Joe Biden ‘picks senior judge Merrick Garland as attorney general’

Merrick Garland is set to be the new US attorney general (Andrew Harnik/AP)

President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, sources said.

Mr Biden has turned to an experienced judge who held senior positions at the Justice Department decades ago, including as a supervisor of the prosecution of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.