Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , [For the nearly four years that Merrick Garland spent as a top Justice Department official in the 1990s, he had one ultimate boss: Janet Reno. As Garland prepares to take over the attorney general job, how closely he hews to the Reno model — one that called for keeping extreme distance from the White House, sometimes to a fault — could be highly consequential. His approach will not only determine his success in calming a department roiled under President Donald Trump, but will also influence a series of politically sensitive questions Garland faces, including deciding how aggressively to investigate Trump and overseeing the resolution of an ongoing probe into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.