It took Merrick Garland one less than ten-minute statement to trigger a crisis at Fox News.
Merrick Garland Has Triggered A Crisis Meltdown At Fox News
Trump Responds To Merrick Garland By Blaming Obama
Trump responded to Merrick Garland's move to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant by blaming Obama.
AG Merrick Garland Just Devastated Trump And GOP By Moving To Unseal Search Warrant
Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to attacks from Trump and his supporters by filing a motion in court to unseal the search warrant.
Merrick Garland Strikes Back As DOJ Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban
The Department of Justice has announced that they are suing Idaho over their near-total abortion ban.
Merrick Garland Appears To Confirm That The DOJ Is Investigating Trump
In his interview with NBC Nightly News, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that DOJ will investigate anyone who interfered with the peaceful transfer of power and made it clear that the Justice Department is doing its own investigation.
Opinion: Jan. 6 And Uvalde Massacre Highlight How Violent Gun Culture Undermines Democracy
The gun, in many ways these days, has become the symbol and means of tyranny, a tool for taking down democracy.
The 1/6 Committee Wants Merrick Garland To Tell Them Why Mark Meadows Has Not Been Charged
The 1/6 Committee responded to Peter Navarro being charged with contempt of Congress by asking why Mark Meadows has not also been charged.
DOJ Called On To Open A Sedition Investigation Into Trump And His Staff
The thousands of texts obtained by CNN from the 1/6 attack period are leading to calls for Trump and his staff to be investigated for sedition.
Biden Wants Merrick Garland To Prosecute Trump
As late as last year, President Biden privately said that he would like Attorney General Garland to prosecute Trump.
Merrick Garland And The DOJ Have Been Subpoenaing Former Trump Officials
Merrick Garland and the DOJ have been subpoenaing former officials in Trump's orbit about the rally that led to the Capitol attack.
Merrick Garland Delivers An Uh-Oh Moment For Trump And His Pals
Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the DOJ is not avoiding 1/6 cases with political implications, but is building the cases outward.
Rep. Charlie Crist Requests Merrick Garland Investigate Florida Republican Voter Registration Fraud
Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) has requested that the DOJ investigate reports of Republicans changing the voter registration of seniors without their consent in Florida.
Legal Advocates Call For Merrick Garland To Resign For Not Prosecuting Trump
The non-partisan legal advocacy group Free Speech For People is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to resign because Trump has not been prosecuted.
Laurence Tribe: Merrick Garland Must Investigate Trump or Risk Country’s Future
Legal scholar Laurence Tribe says Attorney General Merrick Garland has a duty to investigate former President Donald Trump for the insurrection of January 6 or risk the country’s future.
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We need to begin with the fundamental precept that not all crimes are created equal,” Tribe wrote in an op-ed for The Boston Globe. “Those crimes — regardless of who allegedly commits them — whose very aim is to overturn a fair election whereby our tradition of peaceful, lawful succession from one administration to the next takes place — a tradition begun by George Washington, continued by John Adams, and preserved by every president since except Donald Trump — are impossible to tolerate if we are to survive as a constitutional republic.”
Turns Out It Was Bill Barr and Not Merrick Garland Who Decided Not to Prosecute Ross
The AP and Government Executive issued a correction to their stories about Merrick Garland, turns out it was none other than Trump's AG Bill Barr who "declined" to prosecute Wilbur Ross.
Editorial: Merrick Garland Must Prosecute Criminal Former Trump Admin Officials to Save Democracy
The only way to stop the next Trump administration is to prosecute the last one.
Department of Justice Suing Georgia Over Voting Restrictions
The Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit challenging new voting restrictions in Georgia.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the DOJ‘s action during a press conference this morning.
“This lawsuit is the first of many steps we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted, and that every voter has access to accurate information,” he said.
“The rights of all eligible citizens to vote are the central pillars of our democracy,” Garland said. “They are the rights from which all other rights ultimately flow.”
He added: “Where we believe that the civil rights of Americans have been violated, we will not hesitate to act.”
AG Merrick Garland Defends Himself From Democratic Criticism Over Decision to Have DOJ Defend Trump
Donald Trump is now out of the White House. That means that he is no longer protected from lawsuits and potential criminal charges. One of those lawsuits was a defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll.
When William Barr was Attorney General, he had the Justice Department intervene in the case. And while Merrick Garland is the new AG, the DOJ is still attempting to help Trump.
Last night, Garland received a letter from a number of Democratic lawmakers criticizing the decision. Rep. Jerry Nadler tweeted, “The Department of Justice should not spend taxpayer dollars to defend former President Trump from a defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll. Their decision to do so is profoundly misguided.”
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DOJ Expected to Announce Investigation of Minneapolis Police
Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will launch an investigation into the policing practices of law enforcement in Minneapolis.
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The investigation will examine practices used by police, including the use of force, and whether the department engages in discriminatory practices, according to the person. It will also look into the department’s handling of misconduct allegations
Russia Bans Merrick Garland, John Bolton and Others From Entering Country
For 4 years, Donald Trump refused to respond to provocative actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In fact, Trump seemed to do nothing but praise the Russian leader.
Joe Biden, however, will be taking a much different tack with Putin. Biden has famously called the Russian President a killer and told him that, “he has no soul.”
And this week, the US President announced that he would be taking action against Russia for it’s Solar Winds hack on American federal agencies. When announcing the sanctions, Biden said, “
I was clear with President Putin that we could have gone further, but I chose not to do so. Now is the time to de-escalate.”