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Biden's attorney general pick vows to prosecute Capitol attackers
France24 ^ | February 21, 2021

Posted on 02/21/2021 3:10:20 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee pledged Saturday to depoliticize the Justice Department and to vigorously prosecute the Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol.

In testimony prepared for his confirmation hearing on Monday and Tuesday, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland indicated he wants to remove the taint of political interference left on the department by Trump.

He also promised to create clear guidelines for FBI investigations, amid allegations that the agency strayed deeply into politics in investigating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016 and then Trump in 2017-2018.

In an apparent reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, Garland also said that enforcing equal justice for people of color remains an incomplete and "urgent" task, 150 years after the Justice Department was founded following the Civil War.

Minorities still face discrimination in housing, education and the jobs market, and suffer more than others the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, Garland said in his statement.

Garland, who must be confirmed by the evenly split Senate, is expected this time to gain enough support from Republicans for his nomination to go through.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; capitolriot; election2020; journalism; media; merrickgarland; merrickposgarland; press; rolandfreisler
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1 posted on 02/21/2021 3:10:20 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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pledged Saturday to depoliticize the Justice Department and to vigorously prosecute the Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol.

Breaking his own pledge in the words immediately following.

2 posted on 02/21/2021 3:15:31 AM PST by New Perspective (#NotMyPresident -Proud father of a son with DS & fighting to keep him off biden's death panels.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
In an apparent reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, Garland also said that enforcing equal justice for people of color remains an incomplete and "urgent" task, 150 years after the Justice Department was founded following the Civil War.

If you are white we will crush you. If you are black you just keep on keeping on.

Minorities still face discrimination in housing, education and the jobs market, and suffer more than others the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, Garland said in his statement.

That's just an outright lie. GOP where are you?

3 posted on 02/21/2021 3:15:39 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Some good old fashion Soviet show trails to make some examples of people.


4 posted on 02/21/2021 3:20:29 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We are living in cuba with a criminal government.


5 posted on 02/21/2021 3:26:23 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about all those folks who burned and ravaged cities...


6 posted on 02/21/2021 3:26:53 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Altura Ct.

White people in power setting up white people for elimination, nice.............until there is no one left but them and those they placated. Guess who is next


7 posted on 02/21/2021 3:32:09 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Antifa is not a Trump supporting group. They are Democrat supported terrorists AND THE FBI KNEW THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY 3 DAYS BEFORE TRUMP’S SPEECH!! And Capital police were informed and they did NOTHING!


8 posted on 02/21/2021 3:46:30 AM PST by high info voter
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Jury nullification. Never vote to convict anyone of any federal crime. I mean none whatsoever until this government changes.


9 posted on 02/21/2021 4:07:58 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Altura Ct.
In an apparent reference to BLM, Biden's AG pick said that enforcing equal justice for people of color remains an incomplete and "urgent" task, 150 years after the Justice Department was founded following the Civil War. Minorities still face discrimination in housing, education and the jobs market, and suffer more than others the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, Garland said in his statement.

Democraps' got the "muscle" ready: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee newest employee is a former gang member who is on parole in New York.

Dyjuan Tatro, a former "triggerman" for an upstate New York gang, began his DCCC employment this week.

He is the Democrats' senior adviser for ....wait for it....."diversity and inclusion."

10 posted on 02/21/2021 4:16:16 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Depoliticize? With Merrick Garland as AG? Riiiight. Because he wouldn’t have any reason to be biased against anyone on the right side of the political spectrum.


11 posted on 02/21/2021 4:22:52 AM PST by xander (Textual correctness unlikely)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does Biden’s Attorney General pick vow to prosecute Hunter Biden? Does Biden’s Attorney General pick vow to investigate widespread voter fraud?

Does Biden’s Attorney General pick vow to investigate FBI abuse of the FISA process?

Does Biden’s Attorney General pick vow to investigate the CIA’s abuse of the intelligence process?

Does Biden’s Attorney General pick vow to investigate the media leaks from the NSC?

Does Biden’s Attorney General pick vow to investigate Chinese influence on the Biden Administration?


12 posted on 02/21/2021 4:23:57 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Liz

Every Democrat Attorney General operates the DOJ as a political attack dog. Every Republican AG says gravely “the Department is looking into the situation and the assigned Prosecutor will determine if an investigation or charges are warranted”. If Barr hadn’t been a Deep State operative there was enough video and affidavit to launch a massive investigation into voter fraud, cut plea deals with the small fish and make them sellout the higher ups. He simply turned his back on America and walked away to receive his reward from his masters. After the perpetrators, Barr is the person most responsible for the fraud. The SCOTUS would have a much harder time ignoring the fraud or Barr’s DOJ had done its job. Treasonous gas bag.


13 posted on 02/21/2021 4:25:21 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: high info voter

Has anybody seen a list of those that actually broke the law that day? I heard there were 200 indictments. Who are these people and what are their political/group affiliations? Who did they NOT charge? What happened to that Antifa/BLM guy who pretended he was a journo and was directing people? Why did that Capitol LEO shoot that woman? This crap is disturbing and we really need to dig out the details and get to the truth. Somehow....or we are sunk.


14 posted on 02/21/2021 4:31:37 AM PST by Pigsley
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To: xander

See another one of CreeperJoe’s picks: Kristen Clarke to head the Justice Dept. Civil Rights division. I’m looking forward to that Senate confirmation hearing...… We are in rough waters.


15 posted on 02/21/2021 4:42:54 AM PST by Pigsley
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To: Yo-Yo

This is what happens when you do not have an opposition party. The GOP gave Dems the green light for 4 years to assault Trump supporters and now those chickens are coming home to roost.


16 posted on 02/21/2021 4:45:41 AM PST by lodi90
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To: littleharbour

He simply turned his back on America and walked away to receive his reward from his masters. After the perpetrators, Barr is the person most responsible for the fraud. The SCOTUS would have a much harder time ignoring the fraud or Barr’s DOJ had done its job. Treasonous gas bag.


Agree. IT’s even worse really. Barr turned his back after lecturing us about the “Rule of law”, etc. He was entirely a lie and fraudster.


17 posted on 02/21/2021 4:51:59 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Altura Ct.
"That's just an outright lie. GOP where are you?"

Probably hiding under a chair... :(

18 posted on 02/21/2021 4:53:26 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Remember: this was supposed to be the reasonable moderate that Hussein wanted to fill Scalia’s seat.


19 posted on 02/21/2021 5:31:14 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...is expected this time to gain enough support from Republicans for his nomination to go through.

Of this I have no doubt.

20 posted on 02/21/2021 6:08:00 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (If your home doesn't reek of Hoppe's, you ain't paying attention.)
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