Confirmed as attorney general, Merrick Garland will oversee investigation of Jan. 6 Capitol riot Crystal Hill Merrick Garland, a lawyer, federal judge and onetime Supreme Court nominee, was confirmed Wednesday as the nation's attorney general, a position in which one of his duties will be to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. The Senate confirmed Garland, 70-30, on Wednesday afternoon. Although he had some Republican opposition on the Senate Judiciary Committee, his nomination had bipartisan support. Garland, who formerly served as a j...