Merrick Garland

Our complaint alleges that recent Georgia’s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of black Georgians to vote on the count of race or color.

We believe the civil rights of Americans have been violated. We will not hesitate to act.

the DOJ formally going after Republican voting restrictions.

Georgia's controversial new voting law specifically and illegally targets black voters.

Our current effort comes on the heels of another large and heinous attack, this time, the January 6 assault on our nation`s capital. Attacks by domestic terrorists are not just attacks on their immediate victims they are attacks on all of…

In the FBI`s view, the top domestic violent extremist threat comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically those who advocate for the superiority of the white race.

The Justice Department was working on surfacing potentially problematic matters deserving high level review to evaluate and strengthening the department`s existing policies and procedures for obtaining records of the legislative branch.

But the truth of the matter is, Ari, I`m afraid that neither one of these laws, quite frankly, would stop or get in the way of this sort of culture of corruption coming from the White House.

We have not been blind to the dramatic increase in menacing and violent threats against all manner of state and local election workers, ranging from the highest administrators to volunteer poll workers. Such threats undermine our electoral…

We will use all existing provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act, and the Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that we protect every qualified Americans…

Congress should pass voting rights legislation.

To meet the challenge of the current moment we must re-dedicate the resources of the Department of Justice to a critical part of its original mission, enforcing federal law to protect the franchise for all voters. We are scrutinizing new…

Each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. Democracy is not a state. It is an act.

Bob was my friend. I saw firsthand his decency, compassion and humility.

We lost a giant yesterday with the passing of Judge Robert Katzmann, humble and modest in demeanor, he leaves behind a legion of family, friends, and colleagues who will feel his loss because he enriched our lives through our relationship…

We are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access. And where we see violations, we will not hesitate to act.

Merrick Garland Justice Department has a huge mess on its hands that it needs to handle, and it needs to handle in a way that restores public trust in that agency.

Our job is to represent the American people. And our job, in doing so, is to ensure adherence to the rule of law.

are united by our commitment to protecting our country, as our oath says, from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and by our commitment to enforcing our country's laws and to ensuring the civil rights and the civil liberties of our people.

All of us are united by our commitment to the rule of law and to seeking equal justice under law.

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.

Yes, the answer is yes.

I think the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, which are the two principal Departments for this purpose, are very well lashed up now.

You can’t just let that slide if the Justice Department has been used for corrupt purposes to help the president’s friends.

This Justice Department, this administration does not believe in defunding the police. We believe in supporting the police.