The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has charged over 300 people in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot by pro-Trump supporters, acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin told reporters Friday.
At his Senate hearing on Monday, attorney general nominee Merrick Garland will pledge to prosecute "white supremacists and others" who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January, in support of Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his election defeat. The.
Adam KlasfeldFeb 22nd, 2021, 2:50 pm
Positioned by President
Joe Biden as an attorney general nominee whose bipartisan bona fides can restore public confidence in the Department of Justice, Judge
Merrick Garland spent most of the first day of his confirmation hearing affirming that he will repair the wall between the prosecutor’s office and the White House.
“Too many in the Department’s senior roles cast aside the rule of law,” Judiciary Committee Chairman
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) noted. “Trump appointees in the Department sidelined career public servants from line attorneys to FBI agents limiting their roles, disregarding their nonpartisan input, overriding their professional judgments, and falsely accusing them of being members of the ‘deep state.’”
At his Senate hearing on Monday, attorney general nominee Merrick Garland will pledge to prosecute "white supremacists and others" who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January, in support of Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his election defeat. The.