President Biden’s attorney general nominee testifies before a Senate committee weighing his appointment to be the top U.S. law enforcement official.
At his confirmation hearing last week, Garland vowed to prioritize combating extremist violence with an initial focus on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and sought to assure lawmakers that the Justice Department would remain politically independent on his watch. Garland will inherit a Justice Department that endured a turbulent era under Trump — rife with political drama and controversial decisions — and that faced abundant criticism from Democrats over what they saw as the politicizing of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.if confirmed, including an ongoing criminal tax investigation into Biden’s son, Hunter, as well as calls from many Democrats to pursue inquiries into Trump.
A special counsel investigation into the origins of the Russia probe also remains open, which would leave Garland to decide how to handle it and what to make public.
👍 genuinely an emminately qualified legal brilliant mind of highest integrity with humane characteristics to run this critical department.
It's funny how wounded and bullied the gop is acting for being forced to advance the nomination of a competent moderate. They are only happy with nominees that want to destroy the department they intend to head. GOPCorruptionOverCountry GOPincompetence GOp
The most anti-2A AG in AMERICAN HISTORY
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