- The Attorney General detailed his vision

for the Justice Department

before a House oversight committee,

and right off the bat, controversy.

- Raise your right hand.

- [Jennifer] Even before

the Attorney General'sswearing in, fireworks.

- Did we ever vote on that?

That's a clever written statement

but a protocol is not a rule.

- [Jennifer] Popping off over a failure

to provide proper notice

to play a video of a school board meeting.

- Obviously you're gonna censor us,

which is sort of the conduct

of the left today it seems.

- [Jennifer] This ahead

of Attorney General MerrickGarland's opening statement,

laying out his vision for the DOJ.

- On my first day in office,

I spoke about three co-equal priorities

that should guide the Department's work.

Upholding the rule of law,

keeping our country safe,

and protecting civil rights.

- [Jennifer] Those threepriorities pitted against claims

of election fraud,

charges in the January 6th riot,

and a country grappling with the debate

over the public school system's role

in social issues, and COVID mandates.

- Not in a million years did we dream

that one day we'd seethe Justice Department

treat American parentsas domestic terrorists.

- [Jennifer] The AG skeweredover a Justice Department memo

instructing the FBI to address threats

against school officials.

- Is there a legal precedent

for the Department of Justice

to investigate peaceful protests

or parental involvementat public school meetings?

- We would never do that.

We are only concerned about violence,

threats of violence.

- [Parents] No more masks, no more masks.

- [Jennifer] After anational school board missive

to President Biden

said clashes and protests byparents over public schools

may amount to domestic terrorist.

- Who at the White Housetold you to write the memo?

- No one in the White House spoke to me

about the memo at all.

- Are these parents in Loudoun County

and all these other school boards

across the country domestic terrorists?

And I think that is kindof the whole big issue here

and what's really getting Republicans

in a lather.

- [Jennifer] Also atissue, the 2020 election.

- There's no evidence thatvoter fraud impacted the outcome

of the 2020 presidential election, true?

- That's correct.

- [Jennifer] Garlandreiterating the findings

of multiple state audits

across the country, proving claims

of widespread voter fraud to be false.

And in the midst of anongoing Capitol riot probe,

the AG outlining the DOJ's role

ahead of a House vote on bringing contempt

of Congress charges against Steve Bannon

over the former White House counselor's

refusal to cooperate.

- We'll apply the facts and the law

and make a decision consistent

with the principles of prosecution.

- The AG also facing questions

over the Texas law banningabortions in the state,

and the DOJ's repeated attempts

to block it in federal appeals courts.

The latest attempt now heading

to the Supreme Court.

Jennifer Wishon, CBN News.