Merrick Garland Makes Case for New Era at Justice Department
WASHINGTON—Judge Merrick Garland, President Biden’s pick for attorney general, promised to combat the rising threat of domestic extremism, saying that a sprawling federal investigation into the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol would be his first priority if confirmed for the job.
“I think this was the most heinous attack on the democratic processes that I’ve ever seen, and one that I never expected to see in my lifetime,” Judge Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. He added that the current investigation into the riot—which has led around 250 people to face criminal charges to date—appeared to be “extremely aggressive and perfectly appropriate.”
Judge Garland, a 1997 Clinton appointee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, received a warm welcome as his confirmation hearing opened. Republicans and Democrats hailed the nominee, who spearheaded domestic terrorism investigations in the 1990s, as qualified both to fight the threat of extremist violence and to steady a Justice Department roiled by political storms during the Trump administration.
“I can think of few people better suited” to lead the department, said Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.), the Judiciary Committee chairman. The top two Republicans on the panel, Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Lindsey "Groveling" Graham of South Carolina both described the judge as a “good pick.”
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New Era ie no more Billy Barr crap.
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