Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder

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 Friday via X, a celebratory Garland walked and thanked cheering department staffers while the outgoing AG exited out of the building.

After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.

Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years under former President

Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release a report on the election-interference investigation into Donald Trump 'when permitted' by the courts.

His spokesperson Steven Cheung said that it’s “time for Joe Biden and [Attorney General] Merrick Garland to do the right thing ... remaining before the president-elect returns to the White House. The report consists of two volumes: one includes Smith ...

Senate Democrats want the DOJ to preserve all records related to special counsel Jack Smith's probes into Donald Trump, they wrote in a letter obtained by ABC News.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said "norms" determine the principles upon which the Justice Department operates while bidding farewell to staffers after leading it over the past four years.

An appeals court gave Attorney General Merrick Garland permission Thursday ... would interfere with Trump’s transition into the White House. They also pointed to Cannon’s decision earlier ...

Democratic senators on the upper chamber’s Judiciary Committee on Monday asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to ensure the preservation ... Donald Trump as he prepares to return to the White House later this month. “As President-elect Trump has ...

Democratic senators on the upper chamber’s Judiciary Committee on Monday asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to ... as he prepares to return to the White House later this month.

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.