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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

I want this unsealed. I want the American public to know why I’m doing what I’m doing.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

Let me address recent unfounded attacks on the professionalism of the FBI and Justice Department agents and prosecutors. I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. The men and women of the FBI and the Justice…

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

The Department filed the motion to make public the warrant and receipt in light of the former president’s public confirmation of the search the surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest in this matter.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

The best way for garland to counter the former president`s false narratives to create public trust in the Justice Department is to prioritize transparency over secrecy. Silence is not an option in the post-Trump era.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

We will follow the facts wherever they lead.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

I am concerned about the rhetoric I have been hearing. It endangers the men and women who are simply doing their job of keeping this country safe.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly without fear or favor. Under my watch, that is precisely what the Justice Department is doing. All Americans are entitled to the evenhanded application of the law, to due process of…

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 10, 2022

First, I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. Second, the department does not take such decision lightly.

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Muriel Bowser
@murielbowser· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

We have a growing humanitarian crisis that we expect that the federal government expects is going to only worsen.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

The president did two things here that have led to one of the fastest declines in gas prices in history.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

This is a fundamental difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats go to the mat to lower prescription drug costs for seniors... Republicans have extreme views on social security and Medicare.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

This bill is a history-making bill for two reasons. First of all, these historical investments in fighting climate change... It’s the most significant climate change legislation ever enacted in the world.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

We can combat this existential threat by putting forward a plan to create clean energy jobs in America, a plan to move this country to a clean energy future.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

My intuition is that Merrick Garland was given information that there was national security information of such importance and so sensitive, and that he could not trust that Donald Trump will simply turn it back over to the government.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

It’s pretty clear that government at least has evidence that, in fact, he did not do that, and they must present that evidence to a court, which is why they got the search warrant.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2022

I think, if there were to be charges against the former president, it’s going to emanate from the January 6th investigation.

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Neal Katyal
@nealkatyal· Democratic · DC· Aug 8, 2022

There`s no question in my mind that Donald Trump is clearly the target of this investigation, it`s not like they`re going to Mar-a-Lago because they`re interested in Rudy Giuliani or Sidney Powell or somebody else. This is clearly focusing…

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Neal Katyal
@nealkatyal· Democratic · DC· Aug 8, 2022

I think the judge is going to try and do their job, and the job requires them to meet certain legal standards, and obviously because it`s a search of the former president`s home, the judge is going to take that as seriously as she has…

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