6 takeaways from Merrick Garland's confirmation hearing
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Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, vowing to preserve the integrity of the Justice Department and to fully prosecute the "heinous" crimes committed during the attack on the US Capitol last month.
The chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit pledged to "fend off any effort by anyone" to politicize the investigations of the department. "I am not the President's lawyer," said Garland. "I am the United States' lawyer."
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