Harmeet Dhillon

His role is not the jury's role.

And his role is not to give commentary or opinion on it.

And so I do think that the magistrate judge was out of line.

And so we will see.

We will see.

There are many more moves to be had here.

And Don Lemon keeps running his mouth, and I really appreciate it.

Well, let me state with regard to the FACE Act, first of all, like Attorney General Keith Ellison, many lawyers and even apparently now magistrates and judges are entirely ignorant of the second half of the FACE Act, which is protecting houses of worship.

Why is that?

Because all they've ever heard of is Obama and Biden, DOJ going after pro-life protesters using that law, praying outside abortion clinics and abuse of the FACE Act.

That's those are the headlines.

And frankly, on the right, Republican attorneys general and prosecutors didn't bring these claims.

That's also a fail.

OK, so now we're using it the way it's supposed to have been used.

And so to a degree, they're ignorant on the Klan Act.

It is a venerable statute with a long and storied and very important history.

I really respect this law.

It is one of our oldest, perhaps the oldest civil rights law that I am charged with administering here at the United States Department of Justice.

And it dates back to an era where local law enforcement and state law enforcement

was weaponized against people of color in this country after the Emancipation of the slaves and so, you know It is this is exactly the purpose for which was intended to be used conspiracy to violate somebody else's civil rights Is there any more fundamental civil right Megan than the right to pray to God peacefully in a house of worship?