Judge Merrick Garland will face from both sides of the aisle with questions about how he would run the Justice Department if he sits in Senate confirmation Monday at 9:30 a.m.
President Biden nominated Garland, who is a member of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, as his attorney general on Jan. 7. The hearing is expected to take place Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET.
Garland is expected to be faced with questions about how he will oversee the ongoing prosecution of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Republicans are also expected to pressure him on how he will handle Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the Russian probe, the DOJ investigation. in Hunter Biden’s tax cases and the nursing home scandal of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
QUICK FACTS
- Judge Merrick Garland is a member of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
- Garland’s Monday confirmation hearing begins at 9:30 a.m. ET.
In a prepared opening statement, Garland said he would focus on civil rights and warned “we don’t have equal justice yet.” He called the prosecution of the riot “critical work”.
READ GARLAND’S OPENING STATEMENT HERE
“Colored communities and other minorities continue to face discrimination in housing, education, employment and the criminal justice system; and are hardest hit by the damage caused by pandemic, pollution and climate change,” he said willing to address the Senate committee to tell. .
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