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Joe Biden nominates Merrick Garland as US attorney general US president-elect picks judge whose nomination to supreme court was blocked in 2016
Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 21:36 Kiran Stacey in Washington
Merrick Garland delivers remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, as he is nominated to become US attorney general. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
US president-elect Joe Biden has chosen Merrick Garland, the federal appeals court judge whose nomination to the US supreme court was blocked by Republicans in 2016, to be attorney general in his incoming administration.
If confirmed, Mr Garland, who sits on the US court of appeals in Washington, DC, will head up the justice department, in what has become one of the most politically charged government roles under the Trump administration.