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Merrick Garland

July 2024

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    Special counsel Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Trump classified files case

    Criminal case, tossed by Florida judge, accused ex-president of illegally stashing documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence

June 2024

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    Justice department declines to pursue Merrick Garland contempt charges

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    US House votes to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress

  • President Biden Holds Campaign Rally In Philadelphia<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 29: U.S. President Joe Biden takes the stage at a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris are using today's rally to launch a nationwide campaign to court black voters, a group that has traditionally come out in favor of Biden, but their support is projected lower than it was in 2020. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    The Stakes: US Election Edition
    Joe Biden’s exquisite Trump verdict dilemma

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    Merrick Garland hits back at Trump and Republicans: ‘I will not be intimidated’

May 2024

  • US attorney general Merrick Garland

    US politics live with Chris Stein
    House committee moves to hold Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden interview recording – as it happened

    Republican-controlled House judiciary committee moved forward with a resolution to hold attorney general in contempt

March 2024

  • US government sues Apple in landmark iPhone monopoly lawsuit – video

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    US attorney general tells Bloody Sunday service ‘the right to vote is under attack’

December 2023

  • A person walks along a road shadowed by the steel columns of the US-Mexico border wall.

    ‘Texas, we’ll see you in court’: migrant law sparks outcry and opposition

    Democrats call on attorney general to halt state law, while Mexican president and ACLU both say they will challenge it

October 2023

  • Merrick Garland<br>FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department has secured a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over allegations that it avoided underwriting mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities in Jacksonville, Fla., and discouraged people there from getting home loans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    US Jews, Muslims and Arabs face rise in threats, warns Merrick Garland

  • A glass vial with a white label saying "fentanyl" alongside a syringe with an orange tip and many white pills, on a white marble counter.

    US announces sanctions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl

September 2023

  • Merrick Garland testifying in front of the House judiciary committee.

    Merrick Garland faces down Republican attacks over Hunter Biden inquiry

    Attorney general questioned by House judiciary committee members in hearing that White House called a ‘circus’
  • US Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.

    US politics live with Chris Stein
    White House says Republicans turned Garland hearing into ‘circus’ – as it happened

    Attorney general is grilled by Trump-aligned lawmakers on House judiciary committee
  • Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, in 2019.

    Son of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman extradited to the US for drug trafficking

    Merrick Garland, the attorney general, confirmed the extradition, calling it an effort to attack ‘every aspect’ of the cartel’s operations

August 2023

  • Hunter Biden departs federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on 26 July.

    Merrick Garland appoints special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation

    US attorney general makes announcement deepening inquiry into Joe Biden’s son ahead of 2024 election

July 2023

  • Kenneth Polite is expected to return to private practice when he formally steps down.

    Top official in US justice department’s criminal division to step down

  • Donald Trump, who last month became the first former president to face federal criminal charges.

    With Trump in trouble, Republicans step up assault on DoJ and FBI

June 2023

  • ‘The DoJ under Merrick Garland and the FBI have approached their investigations of Trump too cautiously.’

    The right believes the FBI is obsessed with jailing Trump. The opposite is true

    Andrew Gawthorpe
    Far from being persecuted, Trump has been handled with vastly more deference than anyone else would be

April 2023

  • Suspect behind leak of Pentagon documents arrested, says US attorney general – video

    US attorney general Merrick Garland confirms the arrest of Jack Teixeira, 21, who is suspected to have leaked US intelligence documents

March 2023

  • President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Aukus partnership in San Diego, California.

    Joe Biden unveils executive order to crack down on law-breaking gun sellers

    Merrick Garland, the attorney general, tasked with moving the country ‘as close to universal background checks as possible’
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