Merrick Garland to face challenges that include links to Biden and Trump
Barring any surprises at his Senate confirmation hearing next week, Judge Merrick Garland appears poised to become President Joe Biden's first attorney general, bringing a longtime jurist with a steadying hand to a department that's teetering between crises.
From the sprawling investigation into the January insurrection to sensitive probes of presidential allies, the caseload at the Justice Department is as controversial as ever, and Garland will be met by a workforce whose rejection of their previous boss's political maneuverings was unprecedented.
For boosters of Garland, it was his reputation for fairness, honed over more than two decades on Washington, DC's, federal appeals court, that made him a good fit to lead the department out of the Trump era. His success in rebuilding the public's trust in the department, however, may hinge largely on his political deftness.
"Every attorney general walks into sensitive, high-profile ongoing investigations to one degree or another. Garland is about as well qualified as you can get legally to handle anything that comes his way. The question is whether and how he navigates the political parts of the job," said Sarah Isgur, the former public affairs chief for Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had to confront a probe of President Donald Trump's ties to Russia upon his arrival to the Justice Department.
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JFC.
"I don't see how ANYBODY can screw it up anymore than 'Keebler Elf' Sessions and BarrBarrHut."
