… while, during the historic crime wave we've experienced in recent years, Merrick Garland directed his agency not to to enforce mandatory minimums against most drug crimes. He did this while Americans across the country were suffering from fatal drug overdoses at record numbers, especially from fentanyl, which took the lives of approximately 70,000 Americans last year alone. The result of all of these abuses of authority has been a loss of trust and confidence by the American people in these important institutions, the FBI and the Department of Justice. (08:14–08:30)
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Asserts that approximately 70,000 Americans died from fentanyl overdoses in the past year.
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