I will be an independent Attorney General. I will be the people's lawyer.
I never told him go straight to the White House with that pardon application.
I did not really acquaint myself with his record. I knew that the matter involved--it was a tax fraud case.
It was something that I think is not typical of the way in which I have conducted myself as a careful thoughtful lawyer.
Yes, I will make that pledge. It is important that these OLC opinions, which are so important, as you describe, that they truly reflect what...
No, they would not. It would violate the international obligations that I think all civilized nations have agreed to, the Geneva Conventions...
I feel privileged just to stand in his shadow and hope that as Attorney General I can honor his legacy.
I think, post-Heller, absolutely. That's one of the things we're dealing with in Washington, DC now.
Those are crimes committed a long time ago that, without the perserverence and the conscience that I think this Committee demonstrated, coul...
I recommended independent counsel investigations not just of members of the Cabinet, but of the very President who appointed me.
the place where we ought to be, and that would be what I would be working towards.
I think that post-Heller, the options that we have in terms of regulating the possession of firearms has--has been narrowed.
I have never said anything other than that. I appeared before two congressional committees and said nothing but that.
No one is above the law. The President has the constitutional obligation to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.
the Department of Justice first and foremost represents the people of the United States. Not any one President, not any political party, but...
The notion that the Justice Department would ever take into account a person's political affiliation or political beliefs in making hiring d...
These career professionals are not only the backbone of the Department of Justice, they are its soul.
Whatever system we use, it will be consistent with our values; it will be a system that has due process guarantees.
