Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes
His testimony came as his department grapples with a number of politically sensitive investigations that are likely to be brought up by senators during the hearing.
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Robert Legare is a CBS News multiplatform reporter and producer covering the Justice Department, federal courts and investigations. He has covered Justice Department policies and law enforcement initiatives, several special counsel investigations and the sprawling probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, he worked as an associate producer for the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."
His testimony came as his department grapples with a number of politically sensitive investigations that are likely to be brought up by senators during the hearing.
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