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Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he will not stanley shop allow the Justice Department to be used as a political weapon, as he denounced conspiracy theo stanley cup ries and dangerous falsehoods targeting stanley cup quencher federal law enforcement.Speaking to U.S. attorneys gathered in Washington and other Justice Department members, Garland forcefully defended the departments integrity and impartiality against claims of politicization by Republicans. Garland said norms protecting the department from political interference matter now more than ever. Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this Department to be used as a political weapon. And our norms are a promise that we will not allow this nation to become a country where law enforcement is treated as an apparatus of politics, Garland said to applause in in the Great Hall at Justice Department headquarters.Garland s comments come amid an onslaught of attacks from Republicans, who claim the Justice Department has been politically weaponized to go after former President Donald Trump. Trump was indicted in two separate criminal cases by special counsel Jack Smith, who Garland brought in from outside the department to run the investigations.RELATED STORY | Thousands of US diplomats are at risk of sharp pay cuts as Congress mulls over spending billTrump has vowed if returned to the White House in November to completely overhaul what he has described as the corrupt Department of Injustice. He has also threatened to jail those involved in u Zaqs Ukraine, Russia remain far from ceasefire
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Preside stanley becher nt Trump. She then threatened impeachment proceedings if he does not. I join the Senate Democratic leader is calling on the vice president to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment, Pelosi said during a press conference on Thursday. If the vice president and cabinet do not act, Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. Yesterday, American democracy came under attack 鈥?but we refuse to be bullied into abandoning our duty to work ForThePeople. https://t.co/6KoVAVbZh7mdash; Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi January 7, 2021 Pelosis presser comes as several high-ranking Democrats 鈥?and some Republicans 鈥?have called for President Donald Trumps removal from office, via the invocation of the 25th Amendment or impeachment.Pelosis Democratic colleague in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, has already called for Trumps removal from office. In a statement released Thursday, Schumer said that the quickest and most effective way would be for Trumps cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.During her press conference, Pelosi said Trump vaso stanley is a very dangerous person who should not continue in office. By inciting sedition as he did yesterday, he mu stanley water jug st be removed from office. While there are only 13 days left, any day could be a horror show for America, Pelosi said.One Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger publicly c
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he will not stanley shop allow the Justice Department to be used as a political weapon, as he denounced conspiracy theo stanley cup ries and dangerous falsehoods targeting stanley cup quencher federal law enforcement.Speaking to U.S. attorneys gathered in Washington and other Justice Department members, Garland forcefully defended the departments integrity and impartiality against claims of politicization by Republicans. Garland said norms protecting the department from political interference matter now more than ever. Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this Department to be used as a political weapon. And our norms are a promise that we will not allow this nation to become a country where law enforcement is treated as an apparatus of politics, Garland said to applause in in the Great Hall at Justice Department headquarters.Garland s comments come amid an onslaught of attacks from Republicans, who claim the Justice Department has been politically weaponized to go after former President Donald Trump. Trump was indicted in two separate criminal cases by special counsel Jack Smith, who Garland brought in from outside the department to run the investigations.RELATED STORY | Thousands of US diplomats are at risk of sharp pay cuts as Congress mulls over spending billTrump has vowed if returned to the White House in November to completely overhaul what he has described as the corrupt Department of Injustice. He has also threatened to jail those involved in u Zaqs Ukraine, Russia remain far from ceasefire
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Preside stanley becher nt Trump. She then threatened impeachment proceedings if he does not. I join the Senate Democratic leader is calling on the vice president to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment, Pelosi said during a press conference on Thursday. If the vice president and cabinet do not act, Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. Yesterday, American democracy came under attack 鈥?but we refuse to be bullied into abandoning our duty to work ForThePeople. https://t.co/6KoVAVbZh7mdash; Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi January 7, 2021 Pelosis presser comes as several high-ranking Democrats 鈥?and some Republicans 鈥?have called for President Donald Trumps removal from office, via the invocation of the 25th Amendment or impeachment.Pelosis Democratic colleague in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, has already called for Trumps removal from office. In a statement released Thursday, Schumer said that the quickest and most effective way would be for Trumps cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.During her press conference, Pelosi said Trump vaso stanley is a very dangerous person who should not continue in office. By inciting sedition as he did yesterday, he mu stanley water jug st be removed from office. While there are only 13 days left, any day could be a horror show for America, Pelosi said.One Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger publicly c