Merrick Garland to undergo back surgery
The Justice Department announced Monday that Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and will delegate duties to a deputy attorney general during the surgery. Garland, 71, is scheduled to undergo a “minimally invasive” back surgery on Saturday, which is expected to take about 90 minutes, Justice Department Public Affairs Director Xochitl […]
AG Garland insists Trump get ‘speedy’ trial to serve ‘public interest.’ But what about due process?
Attorney General Merrick Garland called former President Donald Trump's election interference trial “swift.” “The special counsel has said from the beginning that he believes the public interest requires a speedy trial, and I agree with that,” Garland said in an interview with CNN on Friday. But Garland declined to say how a “speedy” trial would […]
Garland denies political motives at DOJ amid Hunter case, says politics ‘not a part of our determinations’
Asked Friday if the Justice Department was handling the case in a fair manner, Attorney General Merrick Garland insisted, “We are following the facts and the law.” CNN correspondent Evan Perez spoke to Garland about managing the Justice Department. So far, “you've appointed more special prosecutors than any other attorney general,” he observed, “and you […]
Comer warns Garland over handling of potential Hunter Biden contempt resolution
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to hold the president's son Hunter Biden on the same level as Republicans charged with contempt of Congress. He warned that if he did not do so, Biden could be arrested. He faces impeachment. “As for Merrick Garland, we know how […]
Garland says US witnessing ‘deeply disturbing spike in threats’ against public servants
Attorney General Merrick Garland has warned that as the United States continues to combat the “scourge of violent crime,” we are “witnessing an extremely alarming surge in threats to those who serve the public.” Garland will speak Friday in Washington, D.C., with leaders from the Department of Justice's law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, ATF, […]