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Merrick Garland: “The job of cleaning up a corrupted U.S. Justice Department is a terrible one and a really hard one. But it is a…”

On the recordJune 8, 2021
The job of cleaning up a corrupted U.S. Justice Department is a terrible one and a really hard one. But it is a necessity for all the obvious reasons.
Said by
Merrick Garland
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
msnbc.com

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Discussing the challenges faced by the Justice Department in addressing past corruption.

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