Washington D.C., Mar 9, 2020 / 16:00 pm
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is targeting state and local government violations of religious freedom, a senior DOJ official told reporters on Monday.
"Attorney General Barr is particularly interested in religious freedom, and religious liberty issues," said Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, on Monday.
There are still "violations of free exercise of religion protections" by state and local governments, he said, expressing his hope that with "very aggressive enforcement by the Justice Department of religious freedom protections that the public will understand that the Department of Justice takes religious freedom very seriously, zealously, and vigorously."
Dreiband spoke with reporters on Monday in a DOJ briefing on religious freedom.