{"id":473970,"date":"2021-05-05T10:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=473970"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:21:01","slug":"ag-garland-pushing-for-increased-doj-budget-to-combat-domestic-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-garland-pushing-for-increased-doj-budget-to-combat-domestic-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Garland pushing for increased DOJ budget to combat domestic terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fag-garland-pushing-for-increased-doj-budget-to-combat-domestic-terrorism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=473970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2404217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2404217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Monday, April 26, 2021. (Mandel Ngan\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:17 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, May 5, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland is putting his focus on domestic terror when it comes to the Justice Department\u2019s budget. On Tuesday, he told the members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the DOJ needs an additional $85 million over last year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>Garland said the budget bump would include $45 million to be delegated to FBI domestic terrorism investigations and $40 million for U.S. attorneys to manage increasing domestic terrorism caseloads. The attorney general argued that the threat of a terror attacks on U.S. soil is what keeps him up at night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we have an emerging and accelerating threat and the department is putting its resources into defending the country with respect to both,\u201d Garland stated. \u201cNeedless to say, this is an all of government problem and not all of government solution. The Department of Homeland Security (is) extraordinarily important in these areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Justice Department plays a fundamental role in protecting the American people and defending their civil rights. Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AppropsDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AppropsDems<\/a> today at 10 AM as we hear from Attorney General Merrick Garland on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a>\u2019s budget: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/picS2fVuKa\">https:\/\/t.co\/picS2fVuKa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. David Trone (@RepDavidTrone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDavidTrone\/status\/1389598973552435206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garland asked the House lawmakers to support this year\u2019s budget request as the Justice Department works to ensure adherence to the rule of law, protection and public safety and equal justice for all Americans.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-braun-audit-could-resurrect-discussions-of-voting-irregularities\/\">Sen. Braun: Audit Could Resurrect Discussions Of Voting Irregularities<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Monday, April 26, 2021. 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