新确认的司法部长梅里克·加兰(Merrick Garland)周四向司法部的11.5万多名员工发表了他的第一次虚拟讲话，用他的讲话来表达对职业官员的声援，以及他所说的他们对所有美国人平等正义的共同追求。
加兰说:“我们能够成功并保持美国人民信任的唯一方法，就是遵守已经成为每个司法部员工基因一部分的规范。”“这些规范要求对类似的案件一视同仁——不要对民主党人和共和党人各有一条规则，对朋友和敌人各有一条规则，对有权者和无权者各有一条规则，对富人和穷人各有一条规则，或者根据个人的种族或族裔制定不同的规则。”
加兰站在司法部大会堂与社会保持距离的人群面前，回顾了他在联邦司法部门工作了20年后重返司法部的经历。他指出，在担任法官之前，他曾在DOJ为五位不同的司法部长和四位美国总统服务。
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司法部长梅里克·加兰第一天在美国司法部向工作人员发表讲话
加兰说:“我必须告诉你，当我今天早上走进大法官的大门时，我真的感觉像是要回家了。”。
加兰的讲话很简短，没有提到他的部门在他任职期间将监督的具体问题或案件，如1月6日对美国国会大厦的袭击或该国面临的国内恐怖主义危机，但他告诉员工，他们“团结一致，致力于保护我们的国家，正如我们的誓言所说，免受所有外国和国内敌人的伤害。”
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新确认的美国司法部长梅里克·加兰在他抵达领取他的fi时拥抱了他的妻子林恩
当加兰第一次到达该部门的院子时，迎接他的是一群蒙面的DOJ员工，当他走进大楼时，他们鼓掌欢呼。
负责行政管理的助理司法部长李·洛夫特斯随后在加兰对DOJ员工发表虚拟讲话之前，在一个私人仪式上宣誓就职。
加兰担任司法部长的第一天，主要是为了加快司法部对1月6日美国国会大厦袭击的广泛调查。
迄今已有超过315人被指控与此次袭击有关，超过285人被捕。联邦调查局仍在寻找数十人身份的线索，包括一名在RNC和民主党全国委员会外放置管状炸弹的嫌疑人。
在确认听证会上，加兰将1月6日的叛乱描述为他所见过的对美国民主的最“令人发指的攻击”，并承诺向职业检察官提供将涉案人员绳之以法所需的一切资源。
据一位部门发言人说，加兰将与联邦调查局局长克里斯托弗·雷和DOJ国家安全部门的领导人一起参加与国会大厦事件有关的“一系列简报会”。下午晚些时候，他计划访问华盛顿特区的美国检察官办公室，会见检察官和调查人员。
副总统贺锦丽在下午5:15宣誓就职
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In return to Justice Dept., AG Garland expresses solidarity with career officials
Newly confirmed Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered his first virtual address Thursday to the Justice Department's more than 115,000 employees, using his remarks to express solidarity with career officials and what he described as their united pursuit of equal justice for all Americans.
"The only way we can succeed and retain the trust of the American people, is to adhere to the norms that have become part of the DNA of every Justice Department employee," Garland said. "Those norms require that like cases be treated alike -- that there not be one rule for Democrats and another for Republicans, one rule for friends and another for foes, one rule for the powerful and another for the powerless, one rule for the rich and another for the poor, or different rules depending upon one's race or ethnicity."
Standing in front of a socially distanced crowd in the department's Great Hall, Garland reflected on his return to the department after two decades in the federal judiciary -- noting prior to his judgeship he had served in DOJ under five different attorneys general and four U.S. Presidents.
"I have to tell you that when I walked in the door of Main Justice this morning, it really did feel like I was coming home," Garland said.
Garland kept his remarks brief, with no mention of specific issues or cases that his department will oversee during his tenure like the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol or the domestic terrorism crisis facing the country -- but told employees they are "united by our commitment to protecting our country, as our oath says, from all enemies, foreign and domestic."
When Garland first arrived in the department's courtyard, he was greeted by a gathering of masked DOJ employees who clapped and cheered as he walked into the building.
Assistant Attorney General for Administration Lee Lofthus then swore Garland in during a private ceremony prior to his virtual remarks to DOJ employees.
The rest of Garland's first day as attorney general was largely centered on getting up to speed on the department's sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
More than 315 individuals have so far been charged related the attack with more than 285 individuals arrested. The FBI is still seeking tips on the identities of dozens more, including a suspect who planted pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC.
During his confirmation hearing, Garland described the Jan. 6 insurrection as the most "heinous attack" on American democracy he's seen and pledged to provide career prosecutors with all resources they need to bring those involved to justice.
According to a department spokesperson, Garland would participate in "a series of briefings" related to the Capitol breach with FBI Director Christopher Wray and leaders from DOJ's National Security Division. Later in the afternoon he was scheduled to visit the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. to meet with prosecutors and investigators.
Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially swore Garland in at 5:15 p.m.
