Epstein Secrets

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

oft Corporation President Brad Smith; and National Defense Industrial Association President and CEO Gen. (Ret.) Herbert Carlisle Location: Rm 106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC; 9:30 AM • Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee considers nomination of Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary - Nominations

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

tt — Executive Business Meeting, with agenda including nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Location: Rm G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC; 9:00 AM EFTA00136936 US House: * House of Representatives on recess from 2 Oct — 16 Nov Cabinet Officers: * Secretary of State

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

n the U.N. Security Council and the U.S. Representative to the sessions of the U.N. General Assembly during her tenure of service * Held in Rm G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building and via videoconference; 10:00 AM • Closed Briefing: Intelligence Matters Location: CVC 217, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC; 2:00 PM

of a 10-year term for the FBI director serves the important purpose of insulating the bureau from political pressure." Along with Biden's chose of Merrick Garland, who didn't endorse Biden, as his attorney general, the "decisions send a signal that the new president is serious about not interfering in prosecu

esident Harris — No public schedule released. US Senate: • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Business Meeting EFTA00148199 Location: Rm 106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC; 6:00 PM • House delivers article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to Senate - House of Representatives transmit