Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday indicated he would back Judge Merrick Garland's nomination for attorney general.
McConnell told Politico on Tuesday afternoon that he plans to support Garland's nomination.
McConnell's office did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times' request to comment about his support for Garland's nomination.
McConnell is the latest senior Republican member to express support for Garland's nomination.
Senators on the Judiciary Committee questioned Garland over a range of topics including illegal border crossings, gun control, special counsel John Durham, and domestic terrorism.
"Let me ask you about assaults on federal property in places other than Washington, DC-Portland Seattle. Do you regard assaults on federal courthouses or other federal property as acts of domestic extremism, domestic terrorism?" Hawley asked Garland.
Garland responded, "Well, Senator, my own definition, which is about the same as the statutory definition, is the use of violence or threats of violence in attempt to disrupt the democratic processes. So an attack on a courthouse, while in operation, trying to prevent judges from actually deciding cases, that plainly is domestic extremism, domestic terrorism."
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
McConnell Says He Supports Merrick Garland's Nomination for Attorney General
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