--- title: Attorney General Garland Says The Justice Dept. Will Not Back Down or Be Intimidated | TIME description: Attorney General Merrick Garlands vows that the Department of Justice will "not be intimated" or back down from current and future investigations. This comes as House Republicans are using a routine oversight hearing to interrogate Garland about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden. canonical: https://time.com/video/lRyJ98RB/ og:title: Attorney General Garland Says The Justice Dept. Will Not Back Down or Be Intimidated og:description: Attorney General Merrick Garlands vows that the Department of Justice will "not be intimated" or back down from current and future investigations. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Attorney General Garland Says The Justice Dept. Will Not Back Down or Be Intimidated [Watch (HLS stream): Attorney General Garland Says The Justice Dept. Will Not Back Down or Be Intimidated](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lRyJ98RB.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2023-09-20. Attorney General Merrick Garlands vows that the Department of Justice will "not be intimated" or back down from current and future investigations. This comes as House Republicans are using a routine oversight hearing to interrogate Garland about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden._ --- Sep 20, 2023 7:13 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [U.S. House Votes to Hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in Contempt for Withholding Biden Audio](/video/UUmSVJYA/) ### U.S. House Votes to Hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in Contempt for Withholding Biden Audio [Justice Department is ‘Vigilantly Monitoring’ Actions That Infringe on Reproductive Rights, Says Attorney General](/video/Yqzgkkv0/) ### Justice Department is ‘Vigilantly Monitoring’ Actions That Infringe on Reproductive Rights, Says Attorney General [Merrick Garland Vows Independence As Attorney General](/video/KW5SJMgA/) ### Merrick Garland Vows Independence As Attorney General --- ## Transcript Our job is to uphold the rule of law. That means we apply the same laws to everyone. There is not one set of laws for the powerful and another for the powerless, one for the rich, and another for the poor one, for Democrats, and another for Republicans, or different rules, depending upon one's race, or ethnicity or religion. Our job is to pursue Justice without fear or favor. Our job is not to do. What is politically convenient, our job is not to take orders from the president from Congress or from anyone else about who, or what the criminally investigate. I am not the president's lawyer. I will add. I am not Congress. Has prosecutor. The justice department works for the American people. Our job is to follow the facts and the law and that is what we do. All of us recognize that with this work comes public, scrutiny, criticism and legitimate oversight. These are appropriate and important given the matters and the gravity of the matters that are before the department. But singling out, individual career, public servants who are just doing their jobs is dangerous. Particularly at a time of increased threats to the safety of public servants and their families. We will not be intimidated. We will do our jobs free from outside influence and we will not back down from defending our democracy. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Attorney General Garland Says The Justice Dept. Will Not Back Down or Be Intimidated","description":"Attorney General Merrick Garlands vows that the Department of Justice will \"not be intimated\" or back down from current and future investigations.\n\nThis comes as House Republicans are using a routine oversight hearing to interrogate Garland about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden. 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