John, For more than nine months now, we have been urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to establish an independent task force within the Department of Justice to investigate former President Trump and his associates and to hold them accountable for their role in the January 6th insurrection, as well as for all other federal crimes they may have committed. Unfortunately, Garland has failed to take any meaningful action on these attacks on our democracy. Instead, he has adopted indefensible positions of the Trump-era Department of Justice to protect Trump from accountability. Since Garland is unwilling to step up, it is time for him to step down. |
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In a letter to Attorney General Garland published in January, we explained that to preserve the rule of law, the Department of Justice must affirm that no one—not even a former president—is above the law. Yet while the DOJ has charged the low-level rioters who broke into the Capitol, it has not moved against the highly-placed leaders of the insurrection, including Trump himself. Not only that, Garland has actively defended or continued many Trump-era DOJ policies, including the coverup of the key DOJ legal memo regarding Trump’s obstruction of justice, and defending Trump’s libel of a rape victim by claiming that he did so “within the scope of his office as President of the United States.” The DOJ’s inaction—Garland’s inaction—endangers the rule of law. We are now calling on Attorney General Garland to resign from his post. As long as Trump and his co-conspirators walk free, American democracy is in danger. We need an Attorney General who understands that danger and is willing to take action to protect democracy and the rule of law. Sign if you agree: Attorney General Garland must resign. In solidarity, Ben Clements
Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor, Free Speech For People |
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