President-elect Biden of the United States has announced that he will appoint Judge Garland of the Federal Court of Appeals, the High Court, as the Attorney General of the new administration.
After President Trump's retirement, the focus will be on whether to undertake an investigation into various allegations, including the alleged obstruction of justice over the so-called Russian allegations.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced at a press conference in his hometown of Delaware on the 7th that he will nominate Merrick Garland, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeals in the capital Washington, as the Attorney General of the new administration to be launched on the 20th of this month. I made it.
Garland was nominated by then-President Obama as a judge in the Federal Supreme Court in 2016, but the Republican Party, which was the majority in the Senate, refused to discuss it and was not approved.
The Attorney General of the new administration will respond to an investigation into the tax treatment of Mr. Biden's second son, who will also affect the administration's whereabouts.
In addition, although the Justice Department does not subject the incumbent president to criminal charges, the Attorney General is suspected of obstructing the judiciary in the so-called Russia suspicion and suspicion of fraud over tax processing because such privileges will be lost after retirement. , Will decide whether to undertake an investigation into various allegations about President Trump.
At the press conference, Biden said, "We need to regain judicial independence," emphasizing the idea of not intervening in the Department of Justice's decision, and Garland's decision will be the focus of the future if approved by Congress.