Nov 28, 2022 · As the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Garland leads the Justice Department’s 115,000 employees, who work across the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Jan 16, 2025 · You made clear to communities victimized by hate crimes that they do not stand alone — that the United States Department of Justice stands with them. You protected our country’s democratic institutions from violence and threats of violence.

Jan 16, 2025 · 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...

Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021.

Jan 18, 2025 · 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.

Jan 18, 2025 · Merrick Garland, American lawyer, judge, and government official who served as U.S. attorney general in the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden (2021–25). Garland previously was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1997–2021; chief judge, 2013–20).

Jan 16, 2025 · WASHINGTON — With just a few days left until President-elect Donald Trump takes office, outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland said his farewell to a department he has guided through a...

Jan 18, 2025 · Now, the soft-spoken Garland, who was denied a seat on the Supreme Court by the Republican-led Senate, is leaving this month with the department under siege and his own legacy in question.

Jan 18, 2025 · Now the soft-spoken Garland, who was denied a seat on the Supreme Court by the Republican-led Senate before Trump's 2016 election, is leaving with the department under siege on all sides and...

Jan 18, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 the public discourse about the Justice Department and return to the days ...