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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.
By Sarah N. Lynch. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 ...
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Attorney General Merrick Garland will not face charges after House Republicans voted to hold him in contempt over audiotapes of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Hur.
On May 12, 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland filed his brief as the respondent. The government argued that whereas Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr allowed judicial review over the common law standard of equitable tolling, the statutory standard used in hardship determinations still cannot be reviewed. The Supreme Court granted the petition for ...
Garland made the remarks in a farewell address to Justice Department staff four days before Trump takes office Monday. The department has become a political hot potato as Trump has pilloried two ...
The Smith special counsel investigation was a special counsel investigation that was opened by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on November 18, 2022, three days after Donald Trump announced his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election.