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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice
Attorney General Barr Delivers
Opening Remarks at Press Conference
Announcing Updates to
Operation Legend
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...To start, I want to provide a bit of context.
The most basic duty of government is to protect
the safety of our citizens.
In 1991 - 1992, violent crime was at its peak.
Crime rates had tripled over the previous decades.

...During the last two years of the Obama Administration, however,
violent crime started increasing again.
But this Administration has reversed that trend.
Once again, working with our state and local partners,
we pushed crime rates down in
2017, 2018, and 2019.

...Our work is just getting started.
There is no more important mission for the Department of Justice than
keeping our communities safe and enforcing the rule of law.
Through Operation Legend,
we will continue working with our state and local partners
to do just that.