A Far-Right Crackdown? Merrick Garland Will Have to Avoid These Pitfalls to Win
On 2/25/21 at 11:58 AM EST
If there s one thing Merrick Garland knows about, it s tackling domestic terrorism.
During his time at the Department of Justice, Joe Biden s attorney general nominee helped prosecute the men behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, the worst domestic attack to occur in the U.S.
Garland also supervised over other high-profile cases including the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber.
So when he vowed at Monday s confirmation to make do everything in the power of the Justice Department to stop domestic terrorism as attorney general and described the country as facing a more dangerous period than it did after Oklahoma because of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, it is worth taking note.