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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
yer, I'm the United States' EFTA00148036 lawyer.' And if confirmed, he revealed his top priority will be to investigate the Capitol riots." ABC's Rachel Scott: "He called that attack on Capitol Hill heinous, saying that he would prosecute the white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January
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
ander: "Democrats firing back." Senate Majority Leader Schumer: "It is clearly and certainly constitutional to hold a trial for a former official." Rachel Scott said on ABC World News TonightVi (1/26, story 3, 3:10, Muir, 7.57M) that Paul "forc[ed] senators to vote on whether the trial itself is unconstituti
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
unday, with both of the broadcast network newscasts that aired covering the story. On ABC World News TonightVI (1/24, story 3, 2:55, Llamas, 4.79M), Rachel Scott reported, "In just 24 hours, the House will deliver the article of impeachment to the Senate. ... Democrats say they have even more evidence to add
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