PERSON: Merrick Garland


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U.S. Department of Justice
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Attorney General
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Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the 86th United States attorney general. He previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Republican-led U.S. Senate effectively blocked Garland’s appointment.

A native of the Chicago area, Garland attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., and then practiced corporate litigation at Arnold & Porter, after which he worked as a federal prosecutor in the United States Department of Justice, where he supervised the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers. President Bill Clinton appointed Garland to the D.C. Court of Appeals in 1997, and he served as its chief judge from 2013 to 2020.

President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Garland to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in March 2016 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia. However, the Republican Senate majority refused to hold a hearing or vote on his nomination. The unprecedented refusal of a Senate majority to consider a Supreme Court nomination was highly controversial. Garland’s nomination lasted 293 days (the longest to date), and it expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress. Eventually, President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated Neil Gorsuch to the vacant seat, and the Republican Senate majority confirmed him.

President Joe Biden nominated Garland as U.S. attorney general in January 2021. He was confirmed by the Senate in a 70–30 vote, and took office in March of that same year.

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Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
07/16/2018: Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
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James Jeffrey on Syria Strikes: ‘This Was a Very Effective Strike in Terms of Military Capabilities in the Face of Potential Russian Defenses’
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James Jeffrey: Bolton Is a ‘Strong Believer’ in Regime Change So ‘We’ve Got Trouble’
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Felt Hillary Clinton Would Be More Aggressive’ than Obama
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James Jeffrey: Erdogan-Putin Meeting ‘Not Good News’ for the U.S. and Europe
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Amb. Jeffrey: ‘If Putin’s Name Was Pinocchio, His Nose Would Be a Yard Long’
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Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
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James Jeffrey on Syria Strikes: ‘This Was a Very Effective Strike in Terms of Military Capabilities in the Face of Potential Russian Defenses’
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James Jeffrey: Bolton Is a ‘Strong Believer’ in Regime Change So ‘We’ve Got Trouble’
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Felt Hillary Clinton Would Be More Aggressive’ than Obama
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Truly Believes’ the U.S. ‘Really Does Want to Overthrow Regimes, Including Ultimately that of Russia’
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Fmr. Amb. James Jefrey: Turkey Airport Attack ‘Almost Certainly an ISIS Attack’
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Amb. Jeffrey: ‘If Putin’s Name Was Pinocchio, His Nose Would Be a Yard Long’
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Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
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James Jeffrey on Syria Strikes: ‘This Was a Very Effective Strike in Terms of Military Capabilities in the Face of Potential Russian Defenses’
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James Jeffrey: Bolton Is a ‘Strong Believer’ in Regime Change So ‘We’ve Got Trouble’
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Felt Hillary Clinton Would Be More Aggressive’ than Obama
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Truly Believes’ the U.S. ‘Really Does Want to Overthrow Regimes, Including Ultimately that of Russia’
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James Jeffrey: Erdogan-Putin Meeting ‘Not Good News’ for the U.S. and Europe
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Fmr. Amb. James Jefrey: Turkey Airport Attack ‘Almost Certainly an ISIS Attack’
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Amb. Jeffrey: ‘If Putin’s Name Was Pinocchio, His Nose Would Be a Yard Long’
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Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
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James Jeffrey on Syria Strikes: ‘This Was a Very Effective Strike in Terms of Military Capabilities in the Face of Potential Russian Defenses’
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James Jeffrey: Bolton Is a ‘Strong Believer’ in Regime Change So ‘We’ve Got Trouble’
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Felt Hillary Clinton Would Be More Aggressive’ than Obama
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James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Truly Believes’ the U.S. ‘Really Does Want to Overthrow Regimes, Including Ultimately that of Russia’
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James Jeffrey: Erdogan-Putin Meeting ‘Not Good News’ for the U.S. and Europe
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Views: 23
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Fmr. Amb. James Jefrey: Turkey Airport Attack ‘Almost Certainly an ISIS Attack’
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Amb. Jeffrey: ‘If Putin’s Name Was Pinocchio, His Nose Would Be a Yard Long’
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Views: 7
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0:00:48
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Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
07/16/2018: Amb. James Jeffrey: Putin Saw Trump Endorsing His View Russia Had Nothing To Do with the Hacking and ‘That Is Wrong’
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James Jeffrey on Syria Strikes: ‘This Was a Very Effective Strike in Terms of Military Capabilities in the Face of Potential Russian Defenses’
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James Jeffrey: Bolton Is a ‘Strong Believer’ in Regime Change So ‘We’ve Got Trouble’
12/15/2016: James Jeffrey: Bolton Is a ‘Strong Believer’ in Regime Change So ‘We’ve Got Trouble’
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0:01:47
James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Felt Hillary Clinton Would Be More Aggressive’ than Obama
12/15/2016: James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Felt Hillary Clinton Would Be More Aggressive’ than Obama
Views: 4
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0:01:02
James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Truly Believes’ the U.S. ‘Really Does Want to Overthrow Regimes, Including Ultimately that of Russia’
12/15/2016: James Jeffrey: Putin ‘Truly Believes’ the U.S. ‘Really Does Want to Overthrow Regimes, Including Ultimately that of Russia’
Views: 1
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0:02:13
James Jeffrey: Erdogan-Putin Meeting ‘Not Good News’ for the U.S. and Europe
08/10/2016: James Jeffrey: Erdogan-Putin Meeting ‘Not Good News’ for the U.S. and Europe
Views: 23
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0:03:03
Fmr. Amb. James Jefrey: Turkey Airport Attack ‘Almost Certainly an ISIS Attack’
06/28/2016: Fmr. Amb. James Jefrey: Turkey Airport Attack ‘Almost Certainly an ISIS Attack’
Views: 2
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Amb. Jeffrey: ‘If Putin’s Name Was Pinocchio, His Nose Would Be a Yard Long’
11/25/2015: Amb. Jeffrey: ‘If Putin’s Name Was Pinocchio, His Nose Would Be a Yard Long’
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