Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Remarks at the American Bar Association Antitrust Section Fall Forum

Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Remarks at the American Bar Association Antitrust Section Fall Forum

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Washington, DC - - (November 15, 2018) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Justice published the following speech made by Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim at the American Bar Association Antitrust Section Fall Forum:

“November Rain”: Antitrust Enforcement on Behalf of American Consumers and Taxpayers

Good morning, and thank you for the kind introduction. I’d like to thank the American Bar Association for your invitation to this year’s Fall Forum and Deb Garza for her leadership of the Section this year. I find it hard to believe it’s been only a little more than a year since I was confirmed as AAG and spoke at last year’s Fall Forum. Over the past year, the Antitrust Division has been hard at work on behalf of American consumers. ...

Acting Attorney General Whitaker issues Statement on Veterans Day

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(November 11, 2018) - - Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker issued the following statement on Veterans Day:

"This is the land of the free because it is the home of the brave," Acting Attorney General Whitaker said. "At the Department of Justice, we recognize that our rights depend upon public safety. Our troops risk their lives for that mission, and each of us owes them a debt of gratitude. Today, on the centennial of the Armistice, we stop as a nation to honor those who have taken up that noble mission and kept us safe and free. I hope that all Americans will join me in thanking a veteran today and honoring their heroic service not just today but every day."

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Acting Attorney General Whitaker Statement On Presidential Proclamation

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(November 9, 2018) - - After President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation regarding the Southwest Border, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker issued the following statement of strong support: "Our southern border is in crisis. The hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who have unlawfully crossed our border are posing a significant threat to the government’s ability to effectively enforce our nation’s immigration laws. Plain and simple, there are too many loopholes in our current immigration system. The vast majority of asylum claims that originated from this system are not meritorious. What’s worse, large numbers of aliens fail to even pursue their claims in court and many fail to appear for their court hearings. “Today, the President has made a strong statement that enough is enough. Aliens with ...

Attorney General Sessions Issues Statement on Judicial Ruling Declaring California Senate Bill 50 Unconstitutional

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(November 2, 2018) - - On this date, the United States Department of Justice published the following information: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement regarding the court’s ruling in the Eastern District of California declaring California Senate Bill 50 (SB 50) unconstitutional: “The court’s ruling is a firm rejection of California’s assertion that, by legislation, it could dictate how and when the federal government sells federal land. This was a stunning assertion of constitutional power by California, and it was properly and promptly dismissed by the district judge. It is unfortunate that, in the interim, California forced both the Justice Department and the court to spend valuable time and resources to dispose of its baseless...

Statement From Attorney General Sessions on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

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(November 2, 2018) - - The U.S. Department of Justice published (today) the following statement from Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment, a comprehensive, strategic assessment of the illicit drug threats facing the United States. Attorney General Sessions made the following statement about the report: “This new report from the DEA confirms that transnational drug cartels and foreign drug labs, working with street gangs, are flooding our communities with drugs like heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines,” Attorney General Sessions said. “But under the Trump Administration, we are hammering these groups. I have restored commonsense criminal charging and sentencing...

Attorney General Sessions Delivered the Following Statement About Today’s Tragedy in Pittsburgh

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(October 27, 2018) - - Attorney General Sessions today issued the following statement on the horrific tragedy in Pittsburgh: “Hatred and violence on the basis of religion can have no place in our society,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. “Every American has the right to attend their house of worship in safety. Today 11 innocent people were suddenly and viciously murdered during religious services and several law enforcement officers were shot. These alleged crimes are reprehensible and utterly repugnant to the values of this nation. Accordingly, the Department of Justice will file hate crimes and other criminal charges against the defendant, including charges that could lead to the death penalty. “It has been an important week for us to show gratitude for the hard work of ou...

Attorney General Sessions Issues Statement in Support of the Administration’s National Counterterrorism Strategy

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Washington, DC - - (October 4, 2018) - - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement in support of the Administration’s release of a National Counterterrorism Strategy: “The first duty of any government is to keep its citizens safe,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. “The terrorist threat to this nation remains serious, but under President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice has done its part to protect the American people. Every day, our officers are working around the clock and around the world to identify, disrupt, and investigate terrorists and their enablers. This past Christmas we successfully thwarted an alleged planned attack on San Francisco. Today, the Trump administration takes an historic next step by releasing its National Co...

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers Delivers Remarks on the Unsealing of an Indictment Against Russian GRU Officers for Various Malicious Cyber Activities

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Washington, DC - - (October 4, 2018) - - Remarks as prepared for delivery: Good morning and thank you all for joining us today as we announce an indictment charging seven Russian military officers with violations of several U.S. criminal laws for malicious cyber activities against the United States and its allies. I am joined by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Scott Brady; the FBI’s Deputy Assistant Director for Cyber, Eric Welling, and the Director General of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mark Flynn. A short while ago, the Dutch Minister of Defense and the United Kingdom’s National Security Advisor held a joint press conference announcing a recent intelligence operation aga...

Statement by Attorney General Sessions Supporting Proposed Legislation to Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems

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(September 25, 2018) - - Attorney General Sessions today issued the following statement of support for legislation to counter threats from unmanned aircraft systems: “From the Wright Brothers to John Glenn to today, Americans have been at the leading edge of aeronautics and made breakthroughs that have changed our world for the better. Drone technology, one of the latest of these inventions, promises to strengthen us economically by creating American jobs and transforming American industry. Unfortunately, however, this new tool can also be used to wreak havoc by criminals, terrorists and other bad actors. That is why the Trump administration has worked on legal reforms to enable law-abiding people to use this technology for good while protecting them from those who would u...

Attorney General Sessions Makes Multiple Major Announcements as the Justice Department Continues to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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Cleveland, OH
~ Wednesday, August 22, 2018




Remarks as prepared for delivery

Thank you, Justin, for that kind introduction. Thank you for your eight years of service to the Department of Justice, as well as your service in the Air Force, the Navy Reserve, and as an Assistant D.A. in Manhattan.

It is an honor to be here with my fellow prosecutors and law enforcement officers to make some announcements about one of the most important issues we face: our fight against the opioid epidemic.

But first, I want to thank the outstanding leadership team standing behind me today:

• Jesse Panuccio, our acting Associate Attorney General,
• Brian Benczkowski, our newly-confirmed head of the Criminal Division,

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivers Remarks at the Alliance Defending Freedom's Summit on Religious Liberty

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Alliance Defending Freedom's Summit on Religious Liberty, ML
~ Wednesday, August 8, 2018



Remarks as prepared for delivery Thank you all for being here. On behalf of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, I want to thank all of you for your work for and commitment to religious freedom at such a time as this. As President Trump said to the National Prayer Breakfast last year, “freedom of religion is a sacred right, but it is also…under threat all around us…I’ve never seen it so openly [threatened].” This is a problem around the world. In the Middle East, some religious minorities like the Yazidis and Christians, after centuries of coexistence with religious majorities, are facing the possibility of extinction. In Russia, it is ill...

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the 2018 American Bar Association Annual Meeting

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Chicago, IL - - (August 2, 2018)

Remarks as prepared for delivery Thank you for that kind introduction, Hilarie, and congratulations on your successful tenure as president of the American Bar Association. The ABA is a diverse organization. Not all of its objectives are universally shared. But lawyers should be united in the goal of “advancing the rule of law throughout the United States and around the world.” There is a story about two police officers who pull over a car for a traffic stop. One officer walks to the driver’s side while his partner stands behind the car. As the first officer approaches, the driver rolls down the window and leans out, shaking his fist. “Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am!?” The second officer hears the ruckus and calls out, “...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivers Remarks to Turning Point USA's High School Leadership Summit

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(July 24, 2018) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Justice published (substantially) the following:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Delivers Remarks to Turning Point USA's High School Leadership Summit

Washington, DC ~ Tuesday, July 24, 2018


Remarks as prepared for delivery Thank you, Charlie for that generous introduction and thank you for your strong advocacy for our First Amendment rights at more than 1,100 schools across America. I also want to thank Candace Owens. I know a lot of people love the way Candace Owens thinks. I’m told that later today you’ll hear from Guy Benson, Jason Miller, and my friend and former colleague Senator Purdue. This is a fabulous opportunity. I’m pleased to see that my home sta...

On the 500th Day of the Trump Administration, Attorney General Sessions Announces 311 New Assistant United States Attorney Positions

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Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Prosecutors to Focus on Violent Crime, Civil Enforcement, and Immigration Crimes


(June 4, 2018) - - On today's date, the U.S. Department of Justice published the following information: Today, on the 500th day of the Trump Administration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice is taking a dramatic step to increase resources to combat violent crime, enforce our immigration laws, and help roll back the devastating opioid crisis. In the largest increase in decades, the Department of Justice is allocating 311 new Assistant United States Attorneys to assist in priority areas. Those allocations are as follows: 190 violent crime prosecutors, 86 civil enforcement prosecutors...

Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks to the Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies 2018 Spring Conference

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Scottsdale, AZ - - (May 7, 2018) - - Remarks by U.S. Attorney General Sessions (as prepared for delivery): Thank you, Mark, for that kind introduction. And thank you for your more than 30 years of service in law enforcement. I also want to thank Bob McConnell for putting on this event, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety for hosting us. The Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies and its members are an essential part of the law enforcement community, and this conference is an opportunity for more collaboration and information sharing. That makes all of us better at our shared task of protecting our country from violence and crime. I want to thank Bob and the Association for your friendship and for your strong support for me personally go...