Merrick Garland: “We believe the civil rights of Americans have been violated. We will not hesitate to act.”

The obligation of the Justice Department is to protect the American people against violence and threats of violence and that particularly includes public officials.

I will not be intimidated and the Justice Department will not be intimidated.

That conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself.

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act has been extraordinarily helpful in our effort to combat gun violence.