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AG Garland’s moves draw criticism after pledge to depoliticize DOJ

In this April 26, 2021 file photo, Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington. President Joe Biden is nominating eight new leaders for U.S. attorney positions across the country, including in the office overseeing the prosecutions of hundreds of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The nominees announced Monday by the White House come as the Justice Department continues to round out its leadership team under Attorney General Merrick Garland, who traveled to Chicago last week to announce an initiative to crack down on violent crime and gun trafficking. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

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It hasn’t taken long for Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to squander a reputation as a straight shooter.

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labeled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. There's a whole fleet of them, one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021. (Department of Defense via AP) **FILE**

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is shown in this Sept. 9, 2021, file photo speaking at the Justice Department building in Washington, D.C. While Mr. Garland sees a rising domestic threat to the nation’s public school, critics are struggling to identify anything more insidious than irate parents getting heated at local board of education meetings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

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In this April 26, 2021 file photo, Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington. President Joe Biden is nominating eight new leaders for U.S. attorney positions across the country, including in the office overseeing the prosecutions of hundreds of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The nominees announced Monday by the White House come as the Justice Department continues to round out its leadership team under Attorney General Merrick Garland, who traveled to Chicago last week to announce an initiative to crack down on violent crime and gun trafficking. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

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