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U.S. President Barack Obama andÊVice President Joe Biden stand with Judge Merrick Garland, the president'sÊnominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in the Rose Garden at the White House, March 16, 2016 in Washington, DC.ÊMerrick, 63, is chief judge ofÊthe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was confirmed to that position by a Senate vote of 76 to 23 in 1997.
DOJ Filing Major Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARCY GORDON | October 20, 2020 9:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 21: Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a press conference on the actions taken by Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security agents in Portland during continued protests at the US Customs and Border Patrol headquarters on July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Chad Wolf
on June 3, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Where Things Stand: DOJ Digs In
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WASHINGTON, DC -JANUARY 30:Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) talks with reporters as he heads to the Senate Chambers January 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Senators spend a second day asking both the House prosecutors and President Trump's defense team questions during the Senate impeachment trial.(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)

While it’s in the preliminary stages of it’s investigation, the Justice Department is now looking into sketchy stock market transactions that at least two lawmakers made after receiving private briefings on the COVID-19 outbreak.

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on June 13, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Roger Stone, a longtime adviser of Donald Trump, is about to enter a waiting vehicle after exiting the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 21, 2019 in Washington D.C. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had just banned Stone from speaking publicly about his case. Stone is facing charges from Special Counsel Robert Mueller that he lied to Congress and engaged in witness tampering. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
6/25/12 Boston, MA President Barak Obama (cq) with Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren during at a fund raiser in Symphony Hall on Monday June 25, 2012. (Matthew J. Lee) slug: 26obama section: reporter:
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