{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-mcgarvey-condemns-miscarriage-of-justice-in-letter-to-ag-pam-bondi-citing-continued-federal-interference-by-trumps-doj-to-undermine-justice-for-breonna-taylor", "Congressman McGarvey Condemns \u201cMiscarriage of Justice\u201d in Letter to AG Pam Bondi, Citing Continued Federal Interference by Trump\u2019s DOJ to Undermine Justice for Breonna Taylor", "2026-03-27", "2026", "2026-03", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cBreonna Taylor is dead, and your department\u2019s decision to walk away from this case means there will be no accountability for how the fatal raid began or for the officers involved.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. (March 27, 2026) \u2013 Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi after a federal judge dismissed charges against former officers involved in the fatal raid of Breonna Taylor\u2019s home in 2020, demanding the Department of Justice stop interfering with and undermining Louisville\u2019s efforts to deliver justice for Breonna Taylor\u2019s family.\n\nLast week, the DOJ requested dismissal of the charges alleging two former Louisville officers knew they lacked probable cause to search Ms. Taylor\u2019s apartment and intentionally drafted and swore to an affidavit that contained false statements and material omissions.\n\n\u201cThe DOJ\u2019s decision to walk away from this case and their argument that it is somehow \u2018in the interest of justice\u2019 is insulting given the Trump administration\u2019s persistent undermining of police and justice reform efforts here in Louisville and its utter abandonment of any kind of civil rights enforcement nationwide,\u201d the Congressman wrote to AG Bondi.\n\nMcGarvey pointed to a pattern of federal interference since the beginning of the Trump administration to undermine accountability for the fatal shooting.\n\n\u201cOne of the president\u2019s very first actions after taking office was to begin the process of invalidating Louisville\u2019s consent decree, from which he eventually withdrew the federal government a few months later,\u201d McGarvey continued.\n\nIn addition to the latest dismissal of charges, last year the DOJ recommended Brett Hankison serve only one day in prison of his nearly 3-year sentence and be released from prison during a pending appeal.\n\n\u201cLouisville has spent six years working towards justice for Breonna and her family,\u201d wrote McGarvey. \u201cWe will continue that work, regardless of federal interference or your efforts to stop us.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD LETTER\n\nLetter Text:\n\nDear Attorney General Bondi,\n\nI write to express my profound opposition to the Department of Justice\u2019s decision to dismiss the federal cases against Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, former Louisville Metro Police Department officers accused of falsifying the no-knock warrant that led to Breonna Taylor\u2019s death in March 2020. It is not \u201cin the interest of justice\u201d to walk away from this case; it is a miscarriage of justice. The Department of Justice must stop interfering with and undermining Louisville\u2019s efforts to deliver justice for Miss Taylor\u2019s family and atone for her death as a community.\n\nOn March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Louisville EMT who aspired to become a neonatal nurse, was shot and killed in her home by officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department executing a no-knock warrant. The warrant affidavit that led to the search was prepared by Detective Joshua Jaynes and approved by Sergeant Kyle Meany. The Department of Justice has alleged the officers knew they lacked probable cause to search Ms. Taylor\u2019s apartment and intentionally drafted and swore to an affidavit that contained false statements and material omissions.\n\nI understand prosecutors have faced several setbacks in their efforts to bring felony civil rights charges against Meany and Jaynes pursuant to 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 242. I am not a jurist, and I will not use this letter to comment on the wisdom, or lack thereof, of the court\u2019s decision in this case to impose the strictest causation and mens rea standards possible to the chain of events that led to Miss Taylor\u2019s death. I must, however, condemn your department\u2019s decision to use those setbacks as an excuse to withdraw entirely from the case. Regardless of the court\u2019s willingness to entertain the argument that Jaynes and Meany\u2019s alleged crimes directly resulted in the fatal shots being fired, this fact remains true: Breonna Taylor is dead, and your department\u2019s decision to walk away from this case means there will be no accountability for how the fatal raid began or for the officers involved.\n\nThe DOJ\u2019s decision to walk away from this case and their argument that it is somehow \u201cin the interest of justice\u201d is insulting given the Trump administration\u2019s persistent undermining of police and justice reform efforts here in Louisville and its utter abandonment of any kind of civil rights enforcement nationwide. One of the president\u2019s very first actions after taking office was to begin the process of invalidating Louisville\u2019s consent decree, from which he eventually withdrew the federal government a few months later. Your department\u2019s Civil Rights Division, the very federal agency charged with protecting and securing justice for Miss Taylor and victims like her, recommended that Brett Hankison, an officer who fired ten blind shots through Taylor\u2019s windows and doors, serve only one day in prison following his conviction by a federal jury. This pattern is not unique to Louisville. In Minneapolis and Memphis and so many more American cities, your Department of Justice has made clear that it is not interested in protecting the rights and freedoms of Black people, especially victims of police violence.\n\nLouisville has spent six years working towards justice for Breonna and her family. We will continue that work, regardless of federal interference or your efforts to stop us.\n\n###\n\nCongressman Morgan McGarvey represents Kentucky\u2019s Third Congressional District, including Louisville and Jefferson County. 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