Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke to the Justice Department workforce during their annual conference in Washington, DC.
He defended upholding the rule of law noting, “Over the past three-and-a-half years, there has been an escalation of attacks on the Justice Department’s career lawyers, agents, and other personnel, that go far beyond scrutiny, criticism, and the legitimate and necessary oversight of our work. These attacks have come in the form of conspiracy theories, dangerous falsehoods, efforts to bully and intimidate career public servants by repeatedly and publicly singling them out, and threats of actual violence.”