Keith Ellison ushers in new era for Minnesota Attorney General's Office

With one hand on a Qur'an, Keith Ellison ushered in a new era Monday for the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, promising to use his new role as "the People's Lawyer" as a vehicle that will take the office's reach to every corner of the state.

"Minnesotans deserve an Attorney General's Office where they can count on fair treatment and equal justice," Ellison said during his inaugural address inside the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. "And they won't just come to us - we will go to them. There is no town, no county too small or too far from the metro that my office will not do everything it can to help."

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