Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Madam Attorney General, both my friends for many years.

Long ago, I went to law school to study about justice and to bring justice to victims of violent crimes, women, children, and the elderly.

I fought to give them a voice in a system that was both blind and deaf to their concerns.

I dedicated my heart and soul to making sure that there was a system that responded to them.

My profile and my prosecutorial successes garnered public attention,

and my life took unexpected turns.

Through all of this, President Trump, you have remained as steadfast as one of my earliest supporters and champions.

You never wavered.

You were always steadfast, trustworthy, and confident.

Today, Mr. President, you bring me back to my roots.

And it is a larger arena, but no less an arena where we need justice, where we need to

send a message that justice will be honored in the District of Columbia. And just last week

here in our nation's capital, two people on the brink of beginning their life

had hopes and dreams that were never realized because a cold-blooded murderer made a decision

to shoot them down on the streets on a cold, rainy night in our nation's capital.

This will not go without just accounting.

My voice should be heard loud and clear.

No more, no more tolerance of hatred, no more mercy for criminals.

Violence will be addressed directly with the appropriate punishment.

And this city will again become a shining city on a hill in an America that President Trump

has promised to make great again and will make safe again.

Mr. President, America thanks you, and I thank you.

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