Biden to Nominate Merrick Garland as Attorney General
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Merrick B. Garland, a widely respected federal judge, as attorney general.
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Merrick B. Garland, a widely respected federal judge, as attorney general.
Attorney General William Barr is considering resigning before the end of President Trump’s term, The New York Times reports, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would alter the 2020 presidential election results.
President-elect Joe Biden will be responsible for choosing new leaders of the Justice Department and Homeland Security.
By Steve Neavling President Trump on Wednesday said he was “not happy” with Attorney General William Barr and declined to say whether he’d keep Barr in a potential second term. In an interview with Newsmax, Trump said it was “too early” to decide whether Barr would stay on if the president wins re-election in November. …
By Steve Neavling Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is reportedly considering New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as his attorney general if he wins the election. The possibility is so strong that the National Governors Association is looking into contingencies to replace Cuomo as the chairman because he would be unable to serve in that role…
By Steve Neavling President Trump, increasingly agitated as his poll numbers slide and he’s isolated in the White House with COVID-19, lashed out at his FBI director and attorney general Thursday. “He’s been disappointing,” Trump said of FBI Director Christopher Wray in an interview with Fox Business. “He doesn’t see the voting ballots as a…
A judge may decide today whether to accept the Justice Department’s unusual move to dismiss the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a former President Trump appointee who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia.