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Merrick Garland: “The central tenant of the way in which the Justice Department investigates, the central tenet to the rule of law is that…”

On the recordAugust 31, 2022
The central tenant of the way in which the Justice Department investigates, the central tenet to the rule of law is that we do not do our investigations in public. This is the most wide-ranging investigation and the most important investigation that the Justice Department has ever entered into. And we have done so because this represents this effort to upend a legitimate election, transferring power from one administration to another, cost at the fundamental of American democracy. We have to get this right.
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Merrick Garland
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Merrick Garland discusses the importance of conducting investigations without public influence, particularly regarding the investigation into January 6.

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