Biden nominates Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, names other key DOJ picks
President-elect condemns ‘scenes of chaos’ in Washington, says demonstrations ‘border on sedition’ President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday formally announced he will nominate Judge Merrick Garland as his attorney general, as well as other key nominations to the Justice Department. Sources told Fox News on Wednesday that Biden intended to nominate Garland, a judge on the U.S.