Merrick Garland Talks About His Supreme Court Nomination Being Blocked
Attorney General Merrick Garland is opening up about how he handled his Supreme Court nomination being blocked in the Senate. ABC News’ Pierre Thomas asked Garland, “How did you feel at that moment when you were blocked…
Attorney General Merrick Garland is opening up about how he handled his Supreme Court nomination being blocked in the Senate.
ABC News’ Pierre Thomas asked Garland, “How did you feel at that moment when you were blocked and how did you get over it? How did you move past it?”
Garland replied, “I now have the opportunity to do some very important things. I have the opportunity now to lead a Justice Department in pursuit of civil rights. I have a chance to lead a Justice Department in pursuit of the rule of law.”
He continued, “And ensuring the independence of the department, and its independence particularly from any kind of partisan influence in the way we bring investigations or prosecutions.”
The attorney general also noted he has an opportunity to lead a department in Oklahoma City “that needs to fight against domestic violent extremists.”
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“I think that’s a wonderful opportunity for myself, and that’s the reason that I wanted to come back to the Justice Department,” Garland added.
Thomas replied, “So moving on is moving on.”
Garland repeated the statement back, “So moving on is moving on.”
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