WASHINGTON − As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration looms, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Justice Department Thursday against claims that it has been weaponized ...

Social media users laid into U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland after video of him leaving the Department of Justice in celebratory fashion went viral online. A DOJ video depicted Garland ...

Republicans roasted Attorney General Merrick Garland on social media after a video of him doing a victory lap while leaving the Department of Justice became viral. In the clip, which was posted on ...

Smith was hired from outside the government and left the Justice Department before Trump was inaugurated. Days before the inauguration, Garland released Smith’s special counsel report detailing ...

Whatever the force of that argument, it would be surprising if Garland embraces it, even if he wants to. The reason the documents appeal is no longer pending against Trump is DOJ policy.

In 2016, the American Bar Assn. couldn’t say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and President Obama ...

And while Garland is credited with overseeing major antitrust, civil rights and national security cases, his oversight of the Justice Department was also marked by high-profile political ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland gave a tearful goodbye while warning of the risks of “grave injustice” for those who abuse the Justice Department’s power. Much of Garland’s parting ...

In his farewell address, an emotional Attorney General Merrick Garland sought to encourage an embattled Department of Justice facing uncertainty and to unabashedly defend his tenure and their work.

Jan. 16 (UPI) --Attorney General Merrick Garland said "norms" determine the principles upon which the Justice Department operates while bidding farewell to staffers after leading the department ...