U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told Department of Justice staff in Washington, D.C., on Thursday that the DOJ must commit to reaffirming its "norms" and never become a political weapon.

In the piece, Garland defended the DOJ against recent threats made by allies of former President Donald Trump to defund the work of special counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting Trump on charges ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland sounded the alarm on attacks against the Justice Department, calling a barrage of “unfounded” accusations “dangerous for our democracy.” In an op-ed for ...

The allegation that the DOJ is corrupt “constitutes an attack on an institution that is essential to American democracy and essential to the safety of the American people,” Garland said… ...

Yes, Garland could have been anticipating Trump’s early entry into the 2024 race and wanting to guarantee no instrument of DOJ could so much as look at the former (and potentially future ...

A new counsellor at the Department of Justice, now pardoned, was alleged to have urged violence toward police officers.

Garland spoke about DOJ “norms” more than a dozen times during his remarks, which he delivered to the department’s workforce during an annual conference of U.S. attorneys in Washington, D.C.

Republicans frequently criticized Garland for weaponizing the DOJ for political purposes after he launched an investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents ...

Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland's uprightness rescued the Department of Justice from Donald Trump's grip. But then he handed it over again.

Garland urges DOJ independence from White House. Garland also urged the importance of adhering to post-Watergate norms promoting investigative and prosecutorial independence from the White House.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is not a 'political weapon' after Donald Trump threatened to jail rivals if elected.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland championed the Department of Justice's "norms" on Thursday during a speech in Washington, D.C., adding that the DOJ must never become a "political weapon." ...