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Garland s long-awaited White House contacts memo seeks to preserve independence of law enforcement.
Attorney General Merrick Garland listens at a news conference at the Department of Justice on June 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a long-awaited directive Wednesday seeking to limit political influence on law enforcement matters by strictly limiting contacts between Justice Department personnel and the White House.
The memo follows through on campaign pledges by then-candidate Joe Biden to reestablish the department’s independence after a series of episodes where President Donald Trump publicly and privately complained about prosecutors’ decisions, urging them to lay off his friends and target his political enemies.
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