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rt to the Congress, with testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell; 10:00 AM • Senate Judiciary Committee concludes consideration of Merrick Garland to be AG - Nominations hearing considers Merrick Garland to be Attorney General, second and final day, with testimony from external witnesses * Hear

Garland "appears to be on his way to Senate confirmation." CBS' Kris Van Cleave: "Nearly five years after being nominated to the US Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally got his Senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. ... He'd take over a department beset by low morale and under fire by Democ

arrest as "the latest twist in the bloody, multinational saga involving Guzman, the longtime head of the Sinaloa drug cartel," while Reuters (2/22, Stempel, Daniel) highlights that her arrest "is the highest profile U.S. capture of a Mexican on drug charges since former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador

nting aggressive efforts over the past few years to crack down on Chinese malign influence at U.S. universities." The piece quotes Attorney General Merrick Garland saying in House Appropriations testimony this week, "Well, within the last month or so, the intelligence community has identified China as a threat

financial stress caused by the pandemic." Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-court-vacates-us-eviction-moratorium-2021-05-05/> (5/5, Stempel, Shepardson), USA Today <https://www.usatoday.corn/story/news/politics/2021/05/05/judge-strikes-down-covid- moratorium-eviction-rental-properties/49

0 Democrats will boycott, Schumer highlighted" Senate Majority Leader McConnell's actions in 2016 "when he refused to consider Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, the choice of President Barack Obama to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February." Reuters <https://www.reuters

/article/us-usa-trump- defamation-lawsuit/pandemic-thwarts-arguments-as-u-s-judge-reviews-trump-rape-accusers-defamation-case- idUSKBN2762TA> (10/21, Stempel) also reports. USA Today <https://www.usatoday.corn/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/21/trump-sexual-assault- allegations-share-similar-patterns

and Names Coley To Lead Public Affairs At DO), Sources Say. Axios (1/26, Nichols, 1.26M) reports President Biden's Attorney General-designate Judge Merrick Garland "has tapped Anthony Coley, an Obama-era Treasury Department official, to serve as a senior adviser and to lead public affairs at the Department of J

as to what's best for American national and economic security." INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks Dismissal Of Case. Reuters (1/26, Stempel) reports Ghislaine Maxwell requested the dismissal of the case accusing her of recruiting teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. Her a

nting aggressive efforts over the past few years to crack down on Chinese malign influence at U.S. universities." The piece quotes Attorney General Merrick Garland saying in House Appropriations testimony this week, "Well, within the last month or so, the intelligence community has identified China as a threat

calls the ruling "a setback to efforts by President Joe Biden to help renters and unwind the financial stress caused by the pandemic." Reuters (5/5, Stempel, Shepardson), USA Today (5/5, Collins, Jackson, 12.7M), the Los Angeles Times (5/5, Logan, 3.37M) and The Hill (5/5, Kruzel, 5.69M) provide similar

eral lawmakers, including lone Republican Nicole Malliotakis and NY Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, challenging the `state secrets privilege' that ex-Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush invoked to block release of a classified 16-page FBI report. Re

." EFTA00160772 FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS Swiss Life Holding To Pay $77.4M To Resolve US Criminal Tax Evasion Charges. Reuters (5/14, Stempel, Hals) reports, "Swiss Life Holding AG agreed to pay $77.4 million and enter a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve a U.S. criminal case in whi

n quickly bring the first charges they can and then add more serious charges later as the investigation unfolds. The article quoted Attorney General Merrick Garland, who, during an event at the DOJ, stated, "We will spare no resource in this investigation?' NPR (09/17, Allen) added that DeSantis questioned whet

BBC (09/17, Walsh), the Guardian (09/17, Betts), ABC News (09/17, Katersky), Fox News (09/17, Whitten), Independent (09/17, Marcus), Reuters (09/17, Stempel), the Times (09/17, Ensor), and the New York Daily News (09/17, Wilkinson) also reported on the story. Continued Reporting: Schools Reopen as Searc