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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.
Garland's nomination expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress, after languishing 293 days. [10] [82] Garland's nomination was the 15th nomination to the Supreme Court to lapse at the end of a session of Congress. [83] Barack Obama was succeeded by Donald Trump on January 20, 2017.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, preparing to step down from his post, will urge career civil servants at the Justice Department on Thursday not to let unfair criticism prevent them from ...
Garland, who was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021, is preparing to step down from office when President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term. Rebuking attacks of weaponization
Garland is now the second attorney general to face a full House vote to be held in contempt of Congress. In 2012, the House voted 255 to 67 to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
On November 8, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Department of Justice asking for records of the special counsel investigation. He asked for every communication the special counsel's office had ever sent to "any New York State governmental office", "the Fulton County District Attorney's office ...
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The 216-207 vote comes after Garland declined to turn over the audio recording of an interview between Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur, who investigated the president for mishandling ...