Merrick Garland says farewell to the Justice Department with praise, encouragement and an urgent warning for staffers
After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.
Merrick Garland exits with his record under scrutiny and the Justice Department bracing for upheaval
Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years during Donald Trump's presidency.
How Merrick Garland stymied one of Donald Trump’s day one executive orders before leaving office
Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder
Outgoing AG Merrick Garland roasted after video of him leaving DOJ goes viral
Republicans roasted Attorney General Merrick Garland on social media after a video of him doing a victory lap while leaving the Department of Justice became viral. In the clip, which was posted on Friday via X, a celebratory Garland walked and thanked cheering department staffers while the outgoing AG exited out of the building.
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Merrick Garland’s Final Plea for Norms at the Justice Department
From the daily newsletter: a report from Washington. Plus: the coming sale of TikTok; Susan B. Glasser on “the Trump effect”; and remembering David Lynch.
In farewell, Merrick Garland praises Justice Department successes, guiding 'norms'
Attorney General Merrick Garland said "norms" determine the principles upon which the Justice Department operates while bidding farewell to staffers after leading it over the past four years.
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How outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland fared in prosecuting war crimes
We look at what the Department of Justice has and hasn't done on war crimes under outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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Merrick Garland and the Logic of Failure
Garland was too timid. By waiting to go after Trump aggressively he gave the authoritarian movement the ability to run out the clock, avoid accountability, and return to power. Garland should have come out of the chute at 200 mph and taken dead aim at Trump’s criminality from Day 1.
Judge Aileen Cannon says Justice Department can’t share Trump classified documents report with Congress
Judge blocks Justice Department report on Donald Trump's classified documents case
DOJ can't send Congress the Trump classified documents report, judge says
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Epic failure: How Merrick Garland may have just destroyed American democracy | Opinion
It’s hard to say who is the worst attorney general in American history. The candidates are many and comprise a veritable rogue’s gallery of sadists, reactionaries and incompetents. They range from A.
Merrick Garland exits with record under scrutiny, Justice Department bracing for upheaval
Washington – During hearings on Merrick Garland's nomination to be President Joe Biden's attorney general, the longtime federal appeals court judge told senators in 2021 that he hoped to “turn down the volume” on public discourse about the Justice Department and return to the days when the agency was not the “center of partisan disagreement.”
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Judge Cannon Deals Jack Smith, Merrick Garland a Final Defeat by Blocking Release of Mar-a-Lago Report
The Florida jurist finds ‘no historical precedent’ for plan to release a special counsel’s dossier while a case is ongoing.