...here's an excerpt from that bio...
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President-elect Joe Biden selected Garland for the position of United States attorney general, with news of the selection coming on January 6, 2021.[109][110] He was formally nominated by Biden on January 20, after Biden took office.[111] In Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, Garland vowed to oversee vigorous prosecution of those who stormed the United States Capitol, and other domestic extremists, drawing on his experience prosecuting the perpetrators of the Oklahoma City bombing.[112][113][114] Garland said it was likely the Biden administration would place a moratorium on use of the federal death penalty and expressed reservations about the death penalty in light of the "almost randomness or arbitrariness of its application."[114] He pledged to protect equal justice under law and reinvigorate the DOJ Civil Rights Division, which, according to some media figures, languished under the Trump administration.[113][115] Garland affirmed that the Justice Department would remain independent under his leadership.[114] The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15–7 to advance Garland's nomination to the Senate floor,[116][117] and on March 10, the Senate confirmed Garland's nomination by a vote of 70–30.[118][112][119] He was sworn in on March 11, 2021, by Assistant Attorney General for Administration Lee Lofthus.[120]
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Clearly, those who do know him find him to be a good and qualified attorney/jurist. The main criticism is that he didn't pursue prosecutions against Donald Trump hard enough or fast enough.
And you'd choose Matt Gaetz over him...thanks for painting a clearer picture of who you are.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland