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• AG vows prosecution amid ‘unprecedented’ spike in threats against career civil servants - June 6, 2024

• The Justice Department has set up a task force to investigate "heinous threats of violence" against federal workers.

  Eric Katz, Government Executive

  The nation’s top prosecutor pledged this week to use his authority to go after anyone making threats against career federal employees, which he said have spiked to previously unseen levels.

  The issue has become particularly acute in the wake of various investigations into former President Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, even though many of those probes do not involve federal personnel. He criticized congressional Republicans for adding fuel to the fire with divisive and dangerous rhetoric and said the Justice Department would remain steadfast in pursuing its work.

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