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Merrick Garland

Arcs in the news about Merrick Garland from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 90 stories · 511 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 2, 2023

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Jack Smith after the Trump cases: his reports, the probes of him and his testimony

19 of 30 stories this year · 2 about Merrick Garland

Judge blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report · 48 articles, Jan 7Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel's report on Trump Jan. 6 probe · 29 articles, Jan 7Judge clears the way for release of special counsel Smith's report on Trump's 2020 election case · 54 articles, Jan 7DOJ plans to release part of Special Counsel Jack Smith report on Trump despite Judge Cannon order · 8 articles, Jan 7Appeals court allows special counsel's report about Trump's election interference case to be released to the public · 14 articles, Jan 8Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel’s Trump report for now · 12 articles, Jan 8Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says · 78 articles, Jan 11Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel’s report into Trump and election subversion · 9 articles, Jan 13Trump moves to suspend security clearances of lawyers at DC law firm helping Jack Smith · 12 articles, Feb 25Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by independent political watchdog · 52 articles, Aug 2Inquiry into former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is based on ‘imaginary premise,’ lawyers say · 9 articles, Aug 26Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Monitored Private Communications Of Nearly A Dozen GOP Senators · 10 articles, Oct 6FBI analyzed lawmakers’ phone records during Trump Jan. 6 probe, Republicans say · 11 articles, Oct 7House Republicans seek testimony from ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith · 5 articles, Oct 14Former special counsel Jack Smith asks to testify publicly on Trump investigations: ‘Prepared to answer questions’ · 9 articles, Oct 23Ex-special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed by House Republicans in review of Trump probes · 8 articles, Dec 3Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress · 18 articles, Dec 17Jack Smith set for private interview with lawmakers about Trump investigations · 12 articles, Dec 17Capitol riot ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress · 12 articles, Dec 31

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Everything else5 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Merrick Garland that are not part of any arc yet

  1. May 20– 21Texas man executed 13 years to the day after store robbery in which he fatally set clerk on fire8 articles · 6 independent sources
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Stories that name Merrick Garland

  1. Aug 5Comer subpoenas the Clintons, Trump's DOJ in House Oversight's Epstein probe15 articles · 4 independent sources
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  2. Jan 14Special Counsel's final report on Trump's presidential election interference case released60 articles · 31 independent sources
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  3. Jan 13– 14Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president's remarks in new report40 articles · 29 independent sources
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  4. Jan 11– 18TikTok ban upheld by US Supreme Court224 articles · 123 independent sources
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