… Lago, when President Biden was found to have sensitive documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, and all the while, during the historic crime wave we've experienced in recent years, Merrick Garland directed his agency not 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 70,000Americans last year alone. (11:12–11:25)
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Asserts that Merrick Garland instructed the Department of Justice to avoid enforcing mandatory minimum sentences for most drug offenses.
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