U.S. Justice Department nominee Judge Merrick Garland speaks at the Queen’s Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware, Jan. 7, 2021.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Merrick Garland as attorney general Wednesday afternoon (March 10). Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced his support for Garland in this vote.
The final Senate vote came in at 70:30, with 20 Republicans, including McConnell, declaring their support for the nomination.
Garland had been nominated by Obama in March 2016 to fill the shoes of the deceased high court conservative Justice Scalia, when Garland’s nomination did not go through over the objections of Republicans like McConnell.
Garland announced that he must make up for the reputational damage the agency has suffered under Attorney General Bill Barr (R-Tenn.).
The Daily Wire reports that Garland will have to take charge of the investigation into the Jan. 6 congressional incident, in addition to his handling of the FBI’s tax investigation of Biden‘s son Hunter.
During the nomination process, Garland vowed not to let politics infiltrate the agency. “The president has made clear in all of his public statements before and after my nomination that decisions about investigations and prosecutions will be left to the Department of Justice,” he said. “That’s why I’m willing to take on this job.”
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