Merrick Garland flexes his muscles

| 8:00 pm EDT May 6, 2021
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The Department of Justice has a lot on its plate. The former guy’s administration was the most corrupt of all time, and the Jan. 6th insurrection has been said to be the largest investigation in the history of the DOJ. But Merrick Garland is not going to let that slow him down. Instead, he is growing the strength of the DOJ.

At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Merrick Garland testified regarding the numerous cases and challenges the DOJ and the FBI in particular are facing, requiring budget increases of well over $1 billion.

Garland’s focus on domestic terrorism was no surprise. It’s not only the DOJ’s biggest challenge — Garland’s has made it clear it’s his number one priority. While the Jan. 6th insurrection itself is the DOJ’s and FBI’s hugest investigation, Garland’s battle against domestic terrorism is far and wide and not merely limited to the Jan. 6th insurrection. The DOJ has had to use lawyers from across the country to manage the workload.

Garland said terrorists now have more ready access to lethal weapons because of the internet, and encryption allows them to communicate more quickly and with greater secrecy than they did before.

“So we have an emerging and accelerating threat, and the department is putting its resources into defending the country with respect to both,” said Garland.

Garland and his DOJ and FBI are aggressively pursuing their numerous responsibilities, which Garland testified to in somewhat detail, but Garland is making good on his promise at his confirmation hearing that the Jan. 6th insurrection would be his number one priority.