Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public to deliver a blunt message to Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland.
are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland and the Justice Department.
Committee members see the case they are building against Trump and his allies as a once-in-a-generation circumstance. If it’s not fully prosecuted, they say, it could set a dangerous precedent that threatens the foundations of American democracy. It all puts Garland, who has spent his tenure trying to shield the Justice Department from political pressure, in a precarious spot. Any criminal charges related to Jan. 6 would trigger a firestorm, thrusting prosecutors back into the partisan crossfire that proved so damaging during the Trump-Russia influence investigation and an email inquiry of Hillary Clinton.
Jan. 6 perpetrators, at any level,” and has said that would include those who were “present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy.”
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