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In the Justice Department, responsibility for overseeing and directing investigations is lodged in the department's prosecutors. ”

While the FBI carries out investigative work, the responsibility for supervising, directing and ultimately determining the resolution of investigations is solely the province of the Justice Department's prosecutors. ”

When a nationwide injunction constrains a significant executive policy, the Justice Department has little choice but to seek emergency relief. ”

The core civil liberty that underpins our American criminal justice system is the presumption of innocence. Every person enjoys this presumption long before the commencement of any investigation or official proceeding. ”

There is no more important institution in our country than the Department of Justice. ”

I have long believed that there is no finer group than those who serve in the Department of Justice. ”

To all my colleagues at the Department of Justice, let me say that it is a privilege to serve with you. I will do all I can to support your work in advancing the cause of justice. ”

A Supreme Court justice must convince at least four colleagues to bind the federal government nationwide, whereas a district court judge issuing a nationwide injunction needn't convince anyone. ”

When I first served as Attorney General back in the early 90s, crime was at its highest in American history, with its peak in 1992. ”

How can it be that the homosexual movement, at one or two percent of the population, gets treated with such solicitude while the Catholic population, which is over a quarter of the country, is given the back of the hand? ”