removed from mueller s team for sending anti-trump texts during the 2016 campaign. georgia congressman doug collins asked rosenstein about that agent and whether he had security clearance after being removed. our mission is to pursue justice, defend civil rights and promote the rule of law. the people who carry out that mission are what i treasure most about my job. very few exceptions. they are honorable, principled and trustworthy. rigorous scrutiny by internal affairs offices and external oversight agencies has resulted in increased accountability and higher standards. when wrongdoing occurs, we are more likely to discover it and we remedy it. jon: rod rosenstein defending his agency during his
i treasure most about my job. with very few exceptions, they are honorable, principled, and trustworthy. america s federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are more professional today than ever rigorous scrutiny by external oversight agencies has resulted in increased accountability and higher standards. when wrongdoing occurs, we are more likely to discover it, and we remedy it. that is critical to building and maintaining public confidence. over the past eight months, i ve spoken with thousands of state department employees around the country. i remind them that justice is not only our name, justice is our mission. justice requires a fair and impartial process. and that s why we have to follow
very few exceptions they are honorable, principled and trustworthy. the law enforcement agencies are better today than ever. intense scrutiny and external oversight agencies has resulted in increased accountability and higher standards. when wrongdoing occurs, we are more likely to discover it and we remedy it. that is critical to building and maintaining public confidence. over the past eight months i ve spoken with thousands of department employees around the country. i remind them justice is not only our name, justice is our mission. justice requires a fair and impartial process. that s why we have a special responsibility to follow ethical and professional standards. in 1941, attorney general robert jackson said that the citizens safety lies in the
all right. let me ask you, what new tools do you now have at your disposal because of this public health emergency? are there ways do you have grants you re able to redirect? is this going to help you right now? well, i don t think it it releases the surge of resources we really need. i think it s a small step. i don t believe that there are any new resources. we are having to litigate for resources that have come out of the state coffers for years. what my litigation is hoping to do is to bring real dollars to education, treatment and law enforcement that is badly overrun right now by this failure of oversight agencies at the federal level, and i m hoping that the president takes more serious steps, but i m optimistic and think this is a small first step. talk about the lawsuit against the drug companies, because obviously a lot of parallels have been drawn to the lawsuits against the tobacco companies. and what those lawsuits ended up
now, more of the breaking news in chicago. hundreds of protesters are marching, demanding the resignation of the mayor. it s happening just hours after the mayor delivered a special speech to the city council where he took responsibility for the police shooting death of laquan mcdonald. happened on october 20th, 2014. should never have happened. supervision and leadership in the police department and the oversight agencies that were in place failed. and that has to change. i am the mayor. as i said the other day, i own it. angry protesters gathered outside the chamber as the mayor spoke calling for him to step