Garland and Mayorkas on Domestic Violent Extremism with No Bull
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🗓️ 14 May 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testified on domestic violent extremism before the Senate Appropriations Committee. They talked about what they consider the most pressing threats and answered senators' questions about what their agencies are doing about them. There were also some questions about other topics such as border security, and their testimony included opening statements and repetition. We took it all out to give you just the questions and answers on domestic violent extremism.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:32.6 | I think the increased available availability of extraordinarily lethal weaponry is what |
| 0:39.7 | makes domestic violence extremism and domestic terrorism such a serious priority for the Justice |
| 0:48.6 | Department and DHS and of concern to the country. |
| 0:52.8 | We are putting a significant amount of money into our investigations of domestic violence |
| 1:00.2 | extremist terrorist groups. |
| 1:02.6 | We have a budget request of $1.6 billion for ATF, for the work that it does and another |
| 1:11.0 | request for $401 million for state and local grants. |
| 1:14.8 | We have just issued a notice of proposed rulemaking with respect to ghost guns, which as you point |
| 1:20.8 | out. |
| 1:21.8 | We do not have serial numbers, but equally important because they are sold as kits are not necessarily |
| 1:28.8 | clear that they were subject to background checks when they were sold. |
| 1:34.4 | So under the rule, they would both be subject to background checks and the manufacturers |
| 1:39.2 | would be required to put serial numbers on them and a licensed firearms dealer who comes |
| 1:44.5 | into possession of one without a serial number would be required to put one on it. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm Roohini Krupp and this is the Lawfare Podcast, May 14, 2021. |
| 1:56.1 | On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro |
| 2:00.3 | Mayorkas testified on domestic violent extremism before the Senate Appropriations Committee. |
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