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Mar 17 2016
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Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’
President Obama tried to tap a moderate to fill the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, but he ended up picking a fight with powerful Second Amendment groups that say Judge Merrick Garland has shown antipathy toward gun rights.
Washington TimesSep 21 2023
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CNN’s Elie Honig Fact-Checks Chaotic GOP Grilling Of Merrick Garland Over Biden Probes
CNN Chief Legal Analyst Elie Honig took a stab at fact-checking the chaotic hearing at which congressional Republicans grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland over the investigations into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Garland testified at a hearing of the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee Wednesday entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice” that began
MediaiteSep 20 2023
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‘But You Must, Sir’: Merrick Garland Refuses To Discuss Meetings With Top Hunter Biden Prosecutor
Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to answer a question on Wednesday about his discussions with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, the special counsel in the Hunter Biden case. Republican Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson pressed Garland during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee over his correspondence with Weiss. He referenced a letter Weiss wrote in July to Republican South
The Daily CallerJun 15 2021
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Attorney General Merrick Garland unveils plan to combat domestic terrorism
Attorney General Merrick Garland is considering whether to recommend a new criminal statute to prosecute domestic terrorists, among other tactics he is pledging to use to combat the growing threat of domestic extremist violence.
This year, the FBI has seen an increase in the number of open domestic terrorism cases: racially and ethnically motivated attacks and those stemming from
CBS News (Online)Apr 21 2021
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Attorney General Merrick Garland announces an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department.
The Justice Department will investigate the policies and operations of the Minneapolis Police Department, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced on Wednesday, a day after the former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in a rare rebuke of police violence.
“The Justice Department has opened a civil investigation to determine whether the
New York Times (News)Mar 10 2021
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Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general, turning page on Trump era
Merrick Garland has been confirmed as America’s top law enforcement officer, a boost for Joe Biden’s drive against racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Garland’s rise to attorney general, approved 70-30 by the US Senate in a strongly bipartisan vote, turns the page on former president Donald Trump’s harsh “law and order” rhetoric and efforts to bend the justice
The GuardianMar 01 2023
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Attorney General Merrick Garland will champion Justice Department at Senate hearing - The Boston Globe
Attorney General Merrick Garland will both praise and defend the work of his prosecutors, investigators and other employees during a Senate hearing Wednesday in the face of Republican critics who say that the Justice Department and FBI have become “weaponized” against former President Donald Trump and other conservatives. “Every day, the 115,000 employees of the Justice Department work
The Boston GlobeApr 08 2024
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Garland Risks Contempt Of Congress As DOJ Spurns House GOP Demand For Biden Audio
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has chosen to rebuff House Republicans seeking audio of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden for a classified documents investigation despite a threat to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for defying their subpoenas. Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote in a letter sent to House Oversight
The Daily WireAug 11 2023
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Merrick Garland’s Special Counsel Appointment May Violate DOJ’s Own Rules, Legal Experts Say
U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ appointment Friday as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation appears to violate a Department of Justice (DOJ) regulation requiring a special counsel to “be selected from outside the United States Government.” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Weiss’ appointment as special counsel Friday, noting he would “continue to have the authority and the
The Daily CallerAug 11 2023
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Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel Day After James Comer Says Will Subpoena Biden Family
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he would appoint U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware as Special Counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, a day after Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said he would subpoena members of the Biden family. House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said Thursday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria” that his
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