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February 22, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Merrick Garland faces Senate confirmation hearing

Judge Merrick Garland will face questions from both sides of the aisle on how he would run the Justice Department when he sits for his Senate confirmation hearing Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland says he does not support defunding the police

President Biden’s pick to the lead the Justice Department, Merrick Garland, said Monday he does not support defunding the police despite calls from some liberals to do so.

February 22, 2021

Garland asked about Eric Holder’s infamous Obama 'wingman' comments, says he’s ‘not the president’s lawyer’

Obama's attorney general took a more partisan stance in comments after he was appointed.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland treads carefully on Durham probe, Hunter Biden questions at confirmation hearing

Judge Merrick Garland, President Biden's pick to be the next attorney general of the United States, vowed to be "mindful of the tremendous responsibility" of leading the Justice Department during his confirmation hearing on Monday.

February 22, 2021

Carrie Severino: Biden Justice Department nominee Gupta too extreme for associate AG -- here's why

During his inaugural address, President Biden waxed poetically about "unity not division." But not even a month later, he is delivering a steady diet of extremism – both in his policies and his top-level executive branch nominees.

February 22, 2021

Chinese Stanford researcher allegedly hid affiliation to People's Liberation Army, destroyed information,

A Stanford University researcher has been hit with additional charges in connection with allegations she was "secretly a member of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army" who lied on her visa application and destroyed information in an attempt to hide her true identity, officials recently announced.  

February 22, 2021

Garland says DOJ would ‘advance’ Biden’s pro-gun control policies

Merrick Garland, President Biden’s nominee for attorney general, signaled Monday that the Justice Department under his leadership would “advance” the policies of the Biden administration on gun control.

February 22, 2021

Garland refuses to say whether James Comey was a good FBI director

Judge Merrick Garland on Monday wouldn’t comment on whether he believed James Comey was a good FBI director during his confirmation hearing despite being pressed by Republican senators to assess Comey's job performance.

February 22, 2021

John B. Daukas: COVID & Cuomo -- Why New York's governor should be worried about a federal probe

On March 25, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order requiring New York nursing homes to admit hospitalized patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.

February 22, 2021

Garland says he has not discussed the Hunter Biden case with the president

Judge Merrick Garland on Monday said he has not discussed the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax affairs with President Biden.