Probably the most political lawyer basic in American historical past has insisted he solely ever wished to pursue justice.
Merrick Garland, who worked tirelessly to harass, persecute and finally imprison Donald Trump and his supporters, stated in a farewell speech in entrance of staffers.
“It’s the obligation of every of us to comply with our norms, not solely when it’s simple, but additionally when it’s onerous, particularly when it’s onerous,” Garland declared.
“It’s the obligation of every of us to stick to our norms, even when and particularly when the circumstances we face aren’t regular.”
In response to Politico, which obtained a transcript of his remarks, Garland turned “emotional” through the 15-minute speech, which was held on the Nice Corridor within the Division of Justice.
Garland went on to boast about how the division had charged over 1,500 protesters concerned within the January sixth protests, but insisted that he was solely ever motivated by “justice” slightly than the political calls for of the Biden White Home.
He continued:
You charged greater than 1,500 folks for prison conduct that occurred through the January 6 assault on the Capitol, in addition to within the days and weeks main as much as that assault, you delivered to justice those that kicked, punched, beat and tased regulation enforcement officers who had been defending the capitol that day.
You pursued accountability for that assault on our democracy wherever it led, guided solely by your dedication to following the details and the regulation.
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The story that has been instructed by some exterior of this constructing about what has occurred within it’s unsuitable. You’ve got labored to pursue justice, not politics.
That’s the fact, and nothing can change it. I do know that lots is being requested of you proper now. All I ask is that you just bear in mind who you’re and why you got here to work right here within the first place.”
Whereas Garland is aware of that his corruption and political vendettas might be undone by his substitute Pam Bondi and the incoming Trump administration, he’s presumably hoping that his lackeys will keep it up their mission from contained in the division.
Final month, The Washington Put up reported that Garland was “encouraging profession staffers to stay of their jobs by the following administration, stressing that institutional information is vital as a brand new leaders take maintain.”
“You’ll proceed within the division’s mission, what has all the time been its mission: to uphold the rule of regulation, to maintain our nation protected and to guard civil rights,” Garland stated throughout a speech final month.
“You — the profession attorneys of this district, the profession attorneys of all of the U.S. lawyer’s places of work, the profession attorneys of the Justice Division as a complete — you’re the institutional spine of this division.”
Nevertheless, a few of these people might themselves be dealing with the hammer of justice.
Again in November, it was reported that many attorneys on the DOJ had been hiring themselves prison protection attorneys in anticipation of Trump’s return to the White Home and that many had “wept” following his landslide victory over Kamala Harris.
