The former Trump attorney general added, “I think there has to be some assurance that this thing is going to be no fear and plenty of favors
, as he [Garland] likes to say, without being pursued.
FYI: Republicans voting for Garland’s confirmation included Sens. Roy Blunt, Missouri; Richard Burr, North Carolina; Shelley Capito, Wyoming; Bill Cassidy, Louisiana; Susan Collins, Maine; John Cornyn, Texas; Joni Ernst, Iowa; Lindsay Graham, South Carolina; Charles Grassley, Iowa; Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma; James Lankford, Oklahoma; Mitch McConnell, Kentucky; Jerry Moran, Kansas; Lisa Murkowski, Alaska; Rob Portman, Ohio; Mitt Romney, Utah; Mike Rounds, South Dakota; John Thune, South Dakota; and Thom Tillis, North Carolina.