Just now, the Justice Department has filed a motion in the Southern District of Florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the FBI conducted earlier this week, that search was a premises located in Florida belonging to the former president.

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Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.

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The great joy of being a prosecutor is that you don't take whatever case walks in the door. You evaluate the case; you make your best judgement. You only go forward if you believe that the defendant is guilty.

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The obligation of the judge in the circuit is to follow the previous decisions in the circuit unless those decisions are overruled by an en bloc panel of the court.

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My grandparents left the Pale of Settlement at the border of western Russia and Eastern Europe in the early 1900s, fleeing anti-Semitism and hoping to make a better life for their children in America.

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For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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People must be confident that a judge's decisions are determined by the law and only the law. He must be faithful to the Constitution and statutes passed by Congress. Fidelity to the Constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my life and the hallmark of the kind of judge I have tried to be.

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As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving.

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They tell you in Washington that if you want a friend, get a dog. That is not true. Get a family. This is a hard place to be.

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I think there is no greater job anybody can have than having been a prosecutor.

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Everybody, I think, who hopes to become a judge would aspire to be able to write as well as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. None are going to be able to attain that.

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It strains credulity to suggest that an agency charged with gathering intelligence affecting the national security does not have an 'intelligence interest' in drone strikes, even if that agency does not operate the drones itself.

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I will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked.

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The department does not take such a decision lightly, where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.

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Upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly, without fear or favor.

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Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy, upholding the rule of law means applying the law evenly, without fear or favor.

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Justice Department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.

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Second, the department does not take such a decision lightly.

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First, I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter, second, the department does not take such a decision lightly.

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We pursue justice without fear or favor. We intend to hold everyone -- anyone -- who is criminally responsible for the events surrounding January 6 or any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another accountable, that is what we do. We don't pay any attention to other issues with respect to that.

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