U.S. Senate confirms Merrick Garland as Attorney General

Some five years after then-president Obama nominated him for the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally won a different job under Joe Biden.

The Senate voted to confirm attorney general nominee Merrick Garland on Wednesday, sending the appellate judge on his mission to uphold the integrity of the Justice Department after its actions over the past years threatened to undermine it.

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