(Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the decision.
Garland is a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
He was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama, while Biden was vice president, but the Republican-controlled Senate refused to hold hearings on the nomination.
(Reporting by Simon LewisEditing by Chizu Nomiyama)
