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Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.
Rebuking attacks of weaponization. Garland appointed special counsels to lead investigations of Trump, Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden, in a move designed to reduce concerns about potential political ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday fiercely defended the independence of the U.S. Department of ... “Every one of those cases was started by them against their political opponent. And ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland at a news conference at the Justice Department on Aug. 23. ... On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to prosecute his political opponents during a second term.
Attorney General Merrick Garland told staff at the Department of Justice that the agency will not be used as a “political weapon” as Donald Trump campaigns on a message of political ...
[7]: 75–83 Political commentators at the time widely recognized Scalia as one of the most conservative members of the Court, and noted that—while many considered Merrick Garland a centrist, and he had been called "essentially the model, neutral judge" [8] —a replacement less conservative than Scalia could have shifted the Court's ...
It also reignited the political debate about the 81-year-old Biden’s age in the ... Here’s how the members voted on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. A ...
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office — Attorney General. Merrick Garland [2]: March 11, 2021 (Confirmed March 10, 2021, 70–30) [RC 1] Deputy Attorney General