Garland stresses independence in first speech at DOJ
Source: The Hill
BY REBECCA BEITSCH - 03/11/21 10:41 AM EST
In his first speech as attorney general, Merrick Garland sought to assert the independence the Department of Justice (DOJ) would seek under the Biden administration.
“The only way we can succeed and retain the trust of the American people is to adhere to the norms that have become part of the DNA of every Justice Department employee,” Garland said, nodding to complaints that the department became deeply politicized under the Trump administration.
“Those norms require that like cases be treated alike. That there not be one rule for Democrats, and another for Republicans; one rule for friends and another for foes; one rule for the powerful and another for the powerless; one rule for the rich and another for the poor; or different rules, depending upon one's race or ethnicity,” Garland told employees from DOJ’s Great Hall.
Garland will have to balance rebuilding the Justice Department with juggling a wide-ranging domestic terrorism probe and controversial policy fights on issues such as police reform and immigration.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/542719-garland-stresses-independence-in-first-speech-at-doj
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Attorney General that is.
Thank you Merrick Garland, we finally have a REAL Attorney General!
