In his role as Attorney General, Merrick Garland has been the silent type.

Since I became Attorney General, I have made clear that the Department of Justice will speak through its court filings and its work.

He has his reasons.

Much of our work is by necessity conducted out of the public eye.

We do that to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations.

But exactly one week ago, Merrick Garland was in the position of needing to say something.

Republican lawmakers and some regular Americans were going after the FBI, conspiracy theorizing about the raid on Mar-a-Lago.

So, Garland made himself clear.

I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter.

The Attorney General spoke for fewer than four minutes and now a lot of work lies ahead.

Coming up on today's explained, Merrick Garland's dilemma.

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