Dear Friend,

Attorney General Merrick Garland promised that he had “no conflicts” when
it came to prosecuting Google and other Big Tech organizations for
antitrust violations.^1

So why is Garland filling top positions in the Department of Justice with
Big Tech and corporate attorneys?^2

The DOJ should be working for the people, but Garland’s hires from big law
firms that represent big corporations have been flying under the radar.
That stops now. Demand Progress and the People’s Parity Project are about
to drive this digital billboard right up to the DOJ headquarters so they
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The attorneys the Biden administration has already hired or is considering
for positions are from giant firms like Kirkland & Ellis and have
represented corporations that include Facebook, Jeff Bezos, and Apple.^3

Lisa Monaco, the deputy attorney general, has represented Boeing, Exxon,
and SoftBank.^4 Advisors Karen Dunn and Jamie Gorelick are tied to Uber,
Amazon, and Google.^5

This is not the DOJ we need in order to break up Big Tech, and it's notf
the one to stop attacks on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or
protect us from other abuses of corporate power.

Demand Progress has been successful in blocking corporate and conflicted
employees in the past. We just won a big victory in pressuring the SEC’s
former enforcement director, Alex Oh, to resign after Demand Progress
highlighted her connections to Big Oil.^6

Now we’re going to stop a rush of pro-corporate attorneys from filling the
DOJ. Will you rush a donation to fund this important billboard campaign?

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Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Reuters, "U.S. attorney general nominee Garland says 'no conflicts'
when it comes to Big Tech," [ [link removed] ]February 22, 2021
2. The Intercept, "Corporate lawyers line up for justice department top
slots," [ [link removed] ]February 23, 2021
3. Ibid.
4. Bloomberg, "Biden’s DOJ Picks Assailed for Corporate Ties in Letter to
Klain," [ [link removed] ]March 11, 2021
5. Ibid.
6. Politico, "SEC enforcement chief resigns over role in Indonesian
torture case," [ [link removed] ]April 28, 2021
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