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The memo prompted criticism from Republicans in the House and Senate, who accused Garland of treating parents like domestic terrorists, although the memo did not mention either of them. [189] McConnell wrote to Garland that parents "absolutely should be telling" local schools what to teach regarding contentious public issues.
A false narrative had developed among many Republicans that attorney general Merrick Garland had characterized the parents as "domestic terrorists" in the directive. That characterization had come from the National School Boards Association , though it did not ask the Biden administration to adopt it.
Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2024.
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Despite this, Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to disband a task force he had assembled to tag and track parents perceived as threats. [13] The attorney for the father of the Stone Bridge sexual assault victim said the apology was only to fellow NSBA members, not the parents, and called for a direct apology. [14]
The attorney general emphasizes the Justice Department's independence in his testimony at a contentious oversight hearing before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee.
Merrick Garland has been the United States attorney general since March 11, 2021. [3] [4] On November 21, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump named former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi as his nominee to run the Justice Department. [5]
The president's selection of Garland could sway some Republicans drawn to his center-left views in a court that lost one of its most vocal conservatives. Who is Merrick Garland? Meet President ...