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Garland was 'man to see' in Oklahoma City bomb inquiry
usatoday.com
WASHINGTON — In the months after the Oklahoma City bombing, with federal authorities considering who should face death penalty charges, local defense attorney Michael McGuire entered a crowded downtown conference room there where prosecutors and FBI agents were hotly pursuing the cooperation of McGuire’s client.
The attorney had only represented Michael Fortier for a few days before that face-to-face meeting with the government, one of several tense encounters with federal authorities since the moment he had been appointed to counsel the close associate of bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Understanding the enormous potential jeopardy that Fortier faced and desperate to protect the key witness from a possible death prosecution, McGuire demanded to know who was leading the government’s case.
“I am,’’ said a man of average build and in shirtsleeves who stepped forward from a knot of assembled suits.
Merrick Garland’s formal manner, McGuire recalled, immediately identified him “as a Washington guy,’’ who was then-Attorney General Janet Reno’s personal representative in Oklahoma City.
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