Merrick Garland

The opioid epidemic, and particularly the influx of fentanyl, is just horrifying and extraordinarily sad.

the President has proposed a total of more than $30 billion in new investments over the next decade, to support law enforcement by funding the police, preventing crime, and accelerating criminal justice reform.

You're going to have to give us a lot more money.

I assure you we don't want to remove the money that we need to fight violent crime to put it anywhere else.

As our country's chief law enforcement officer, I am committed to supporting members of law enforcement at all levels of government as they work to protect our country, while also safeguarding civil liberties and ensuring our own…

These resources will strengthen the Justice Department's efforts to reduce violent crime and gun violence, to counter the multitude of serious and evolving threats to our country from terrorists, cyber criminals, and hostile nation States.

Over the past 411 days that I have been Attorney General, three co-equal priorities have guided the work of the Justice Department--keeping our country safe, protecting civil rights, and upholding the rule of law.

I'm very grateful for everything that you did, with respect to getting VAWA reauthorized.

There's the enforcement against the drug trafficking organizations and there's the health challenges for those who are addicted.

I think that all intelligence suggests that there will be a large increase in the border, yes--

I think the observation here is terribly critical because there's an obvious conflict of interest here, because of those who are investigating the Biden family and their enterprise can be fired by the head of the family who's being…

the transportation of fentanyl, particularly, has increased.

So, yes. It's an additional 1,200 staff for--

The wave of efforts across the country to suppress access to the ballot box is alarming.

We have prosecuted a number of the individuals responsible now, at Dublin, for this.

Fentanyl's at the very top of the list of the concerns.

This has been the rule that we've had all the way since the mid-60s.

I appreciate your not asking for a commitment, but of course, any consideration of that issue requires interagency discussion.

the budget we've asked for for drug trafficking and drug interdiction, which is $9.8 billion, is a huge amount.

anybody involved in January 6th attack, at any level, would be held accountable for what they did.

he's going to file the evidence where it goes.

The department previously asked National Archives and records administration not to share or otherwise disclose to others information relating to this matter in order to protect the integrity of our ongoing work.

It's ultimately going to be up to Merrick Garland to make the final call.

The Department of Justice had secretly neutralized malware from networks around the world before Russia could strike.

It does not matter how far you sail your yacht. It does not matter how well you conceal your assets. It does not matter how cleverly you write your malware, or hide your online activity. The Justice Department will use every available tool…