If confirmed, Garland will take the helm of the Justice Department as it pursues investigations into and prosecutions of rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol in the violent insurrection January 6.

The Justice Department has made no discernible effort to make its norms harder to contravene. And it has actively resisted calls to beef up its watchdog, the inspector-general. Merrick ah be brave ...

And while Garland is credited with overseeing major antitrust, civil rights and national security cases, his oversight of the Justice Department was also marked by high-profile political ...

"It came as little surprise, then, that the United States Department of Justice became the Trump Department of Justice." Garland said his loyalty belonged to the country, not a president.

Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, vowed on Monday to prioritize civil rights, combat extremist attacks and ensure the Justice Department remains politically ...

Garland, 68, was nominated by former President Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but he was blocked from consideration by Republican senators.

Merrick Garland vows Justice Department won’t be used as a ‘political weapon’ as Trump’s threats fuel harassment - Attorney general rebukes ‘dangerous’ escalation of conspiracy theory ...

Now a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, he served as an assistant United States attorney and as a senior official in the Justice Department from 1993 to 1997 ...

Under Garland’s supervision, the Justice Department has brought consequential antitrust cases against some of the largest companies in the United States.

Garland made reproductive rights a focus of the department after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, quickly announcing a task force focused on identifying ways to protect ...

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving ...

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving ...