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On the recordMarch 8, 2024
Mr. President, for the past few years, Americans have watched with a certain degree of dismay and even horror as the U.S. Department of Justice--an institution that has long been revered by many Americans, including myself, now a former Federal prosecutor--has been weaponized by the left to go after those whose views are deemed unacceptable and who have been deemed targets by political appointees in the Biden administration's Justice Department because they have been perceived as a threat to their own political interests. From the text messages of illicit lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page at the FBI to the Crossfire Hurricane scandal, to the current prosecution of Donald Trump, Americans have lost faith in the Department of Justice, and they want the political weaponization of the DOJ to stop. Unfortunately, this weaponization has only gotten worse under this administration as we have seen with the use of unnecessary force and the prosecution of peaceful protesters at abortion clinics; the investigation of Catholics based on their religious beliefs and their attendance of traditional Latin mass; and, of course, the labeling of concerned parents as domestic terrorists based solely on their decision to show up to a school board meeting and raise legitimate concerns about how their children are being taught and otherwise treated at school. My amendment would prohibit the Department of Justice from prosecuting any individual in contravention of the Justice Manual.…
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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