Merrick Garland, Justice Department

Merrick Garland says farewell to the Justice Department with praise, encouragement and an urgent warning for staffers
After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.
Merrick Garland rebukes 'unfounded attacks' on Justice Department officials in farewell speech
In a farewell speech to Justice Department staffers, outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appeared to rebuke attacks from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies who have "wrongly criticized" the department as politically motivated.
Garland delivers farewell address at Justice Department
Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered his farewell address to the Justice Department before President-elect Donald Trump's administration begins. Garland called for discretion in enforcing the law and referenced the Watergate scandal that plagued the Richard Nixon administration.
AG Merrick Garland delivers farewell speech at DOJ
Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered his farewell address at the Department of Justice on Thursday. During his remarks, Garland emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law. “We know that only an independent Justice Department can ensure that the facts and the law alone will determine whether a person is investigated or prosecuted,

Merrick Garland, Trump and Democrats

Garland defends tenure, sends message of independence to DOJ workforce remaining in Trump administration
In his farewell address, Attorney General Merrick Garland sought to encourage an embattled DOJ facing uncertainty and to unabashedly defend his tenure and their work.
Outgoing US Attorney General Garland tells career staff to stick to 'norms'
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, preparing to step down from his post, will urge career civil servants at the Justice ...
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Merrick Garland and the Logic of Failure
Garland was too timid. By waiting to go after Trump aggressively he gave the authoritarian movement the ability to run out ...
Drug used in federal executions under Trump may cause 'unnecessary pain and suffering,' Garland says
The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with ...
No, Merrick Garland Did Not Let Donald Trump Skate
Within days of becoming attorney general, he assembled his deputies and told them to turn over every Trump rock. Blame a ...
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Pam Bondi refuses to rule out prosecuting Jack Smith, Merrick Garland or Liz Cheney
Pam Bondi refused to rule out prosecuting Jack Smith, Merrick Garland or Liz Cheney — three people Donald Trump said he might ...
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'Merrick Garland has been wholly useless': MSNBC host drops the hammer on outgoing AG
Former Republican National Committee chair and current MSNBC host Michael Steele used a segment on Judge Aileen Cannon's ...
Garland catching heat from all sides for Trump decisions: ‘Disgraceful legacy’
Republicans, and some Democrats, have blasted Biden's attorney general for his handling of Jack Smith's appointment and ...