These career professionals are not only the backbone of the Department of Justice, they are its soul.
The notion that the Justice Department would ever take into account a person's political affiliation or political beliefs in making hiring d...
the Department of Justice first and foremost represents the people of the United States. Not any one President, not any political party, but...
No one is above the law. The President has the constitutional obligation to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.
I have never said anything other than that. I appeared before two congressional committees and said nothing but that.
I think that post-Heller, the options that we have in terms of regulating the possession of firearms has--has been narrowed.
the place where we ought to be, and that would be what I would be working towards.
I recommended independent counsel investigations not just of members of the Cabinet, but of the very President who appointed me.
Those are crimes committed a long time ago that, without the perserverence and the conscience that I think this Committee demonstrated, coul...
I think, post-Heller, absolutely. That's one of the things we're dealing with in Washington, DC now.
I feel privileged just to stand in his shadow and hope that as Attorney General I can honor his legacy.