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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

inees" sought to "assure lawmakers that the Justice Department would remain politically independent on his watch." The New York Times (2/22, Benner, Savage, 20.6M) reports Garland "vowed to uphold the independence of a Justice Department that had suffered deep politicization under the Trump administrat

d are set to confirm Barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote." The AP (10/22, Mascaro, Jalonick) reports Republicans "powered past a Democratic boycott" to advance the nomi

euters (10/22) reports that last week, Biden "said...he was 'not a fan' of court-packing but has kept his options open." The New Ynrk limec (10/22, Savage, Glueck, 18.61M) reports Biden's campaign "offered few specifics about who would serve on the panel or how the campaign had settled on the idea." Th

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

le Paid Him For "Raw Intelligence." The New York Times <https://vvww.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/politics/igor-danchenko-steele-dossier.html> (10/21, Savage, Goldman, Kessel, 18.61M) reports that "when the publication of a dossier of unproven rumors about Donald J. Trump and Russia rocked American politi

are set to confirm Barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote." The AP <https://apnews.corn/article/election-2020-donald-trump-virus-outbreak-senate-elections-boycotts- de2972

king but has kept his options open." The New York Times <https://vvwvv.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/biden-supreme-court-packing.html> (10/22, Savage, Glueck, 18.61M) reports Biden's campaign "offered few specifics about who would serve on the panel or how the campaign had settled on the idea." Th

d are set to confirm Barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote." The AP (10/22, Mascaro, Jalonick) reports Republicans "powered past a Democratic boycott" to advance the nomi

euters (10/22) reports that last week, Biden "said...he was 'not a fan' of court-packing but has kept his options open." The New York Times (10/22, Savage, Glueck, 18.61M) reports Biden's campaign "offered few specifics about who would serve on the panel or how the campaign had settled on the idea." T

y On Alleged Hunter Biden Coverup The New York Post (07/21, Nelson) reported that the chairmen of three House committees called on Attorney General Merrick Garland Friday to make the "voluntary" decision to allow 11 Justice Department officials to testify about an alleged coverup in the investigation of first s

reported on by the National Review (07/21, Zymeri), Axios (07/21, Sabin), The Hill (07/21, Beitsch), CNN (07/21, Rabinowitz), New York Times (07/21, Savage), The Register (07/21, Hardcastle), Reuters (07/21, Satter), Lawfare (07/21, Hickey), Fox News (07/21, Singman, Gibson), Daily Caller (07/21, Hutch

l Convenes Panel on Violent Crime US Attorney Genera! Convenes Panel On Violent Crime VOA News (01/05, Staff Writer) reported that Attorney General Merrick Garland convened a panel at the Department of Justice Friday to discuss violent crime in the United States, efforts to combat it, and how to share those me

n insurrection from holding public office. Three Years After Jan. 6, Trump's Immunity Claims To Take Center Stage The New York Times (01/05, Feuer, Savage) reported that three years after the Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump's legal team is arguing in a federal appeals court that he should h

s On Both Sides Of Border Global News (04/28, Staff Writer) reported that Canada's Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland met on Friday and announced that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to increase information-sharing between the two countries to "target each stage of

itically potent issue — fentanyl trafficking from Mexico — to convince lawmakers to reauthorize Section 702. Coverage by the New York Times (04/28, Savage), NBC News (04/28, Luce), Fox News (04/28, Singman), National Review (04/28, Zymeri), an an additional article from Politico (04/28, Sakellariadis)