Jamie Gorelick on Merrick Garland and the Justice Department Team
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🗓️ 11 January 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Jamie Gorelick was the deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno. In that capacity, she hired as her top aide and adjutant one Merrick Garland. This was before Garland became a D.C. Circuit judge, but it was a fateful period for the department, a period in which Garland supervised some high-profile cases, including the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing. Benjamin Wittes sat down with Gorelick to talk about Garland's history at the department, his selection as attorney general and the team that will surround him.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.3 | This is the signal reason that Marik Garland wanted to become Attorney General and was willing |
| 0:44.3 | to give up his position on the DC Circuit. |
| 0:49.0 | We know many, many people who have been hanging on by their fingernails waiting for this |
| 0:59.0 | administration to end so that the department can be returned to its roots. |
| 1:04.6 | And you heard that abundantly in the speeches of the Vice President-elect, Marik Garland, |
| 1:13.6 | and Lisa Monaco, everyone who spoke when the nominations were made formal. |
| 1:20.8 | That's the job. |
| 1:22.8 | In the very first instance, that is the job. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast January 11, 2021. |
| 1:32.4 | Jamie Garellick was deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet |
| 1:38.5 | Reno. In that capacity, she hired as her top aide and adjutant one, Marik Garland. |
| 1:47.3 | This was before Marik Garland became a DC Circuit judge, but it was a fateful period for |
| 1:52.6 | the department. |
| 1:53.7 | A lot happened. |
| 1:55.2 | The Oklahoma City bombing, for example, after which Jamie Garellick sent Marik Garland |
| 2:01.4 | to Oklahoma to supervise the investigation and resulting prosecution. |
| 2:07.2 | Marik Garlick joined me in the virtual jungle studio to talk about Garland's history at |
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