Biden Says He Will Bring DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to the White House

Biden Says He Will Bring DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to the White House
Presidential nominee Joe Biden talks with members of the United Steelworkers union in a supporter's back yard in Detroit, Mich., on Sept. 09, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has made a number of pledges that will see the Justice Department shift vastly from the one under President Donald Trump, especially in the area of civil rights and policing.

Biden this week told reporters that, if elected, he plans to bring the DOJ’s civil rights division into the White House as a way to “elevate its standing” and will ensure that the division’s presence will be elevated in the department so that it will have “access and transparency” into all police department activities across the country.