Posted on 02/21/2021 1:12:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Joe Biden’s choice for attorney general, Merrick Garland, has pledged to supervise the prosecution of protesters who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a prepared opening statement for his confirmation hearing.
Garland’s hearing is scheduled to begin Feb. 22 and will extend over two days. The appellate court judge, who was best known for being nominated by President Barack Obama in 2016 to the Supreme Court, was tapped by Biden in early January to lead the Justice Department.
The judge is expected to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that if confirmed, he would “supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6,” which he characterized as “a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government.”
He will stress his experience in “battling extremist attacks,” reminding lawmakers that he had supervised the prosecution of the perpetrators of the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people, including many children.
Garland will also pledge to serve the rule of law and ensure equal justice under the law, according to his prepared remarks.
If confirmed, Garland will be required to oversee a number of politically sensitive cases, included an investigation into the taxes of Biden’s son Hunter Biden, as well as a probe into the origins of the 2016 counterintelligence investigation into Russia and former President Donald Trump’s campaign.
“If I am confirmed, serving as Attorney General will be the culmination of a career I have dedicated to ensuring that the laws of our country are fairly and faithfully enforced, and that the rights of all Americans are protected,” the judge is expected to say.
He also reiterated his commitment to remain independent from Biden,
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So he’s he would “supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6,” . Yeah that sounds unbiased and completely fair. And calling them “extremists” sounds like they’ll get a fair shake. My fellow Arkansan Barnett is languishing in jail for trespassing. Stiff sentence for a misdemeanor and he;s not even been to trial so it’s sentence first, trial later.
That means any effort to cover up the actions of #BLM activists JOHN EARLE SULLIVAN -- who vidya'd Ashli Bobbitt's death -- will stain Garland and he will have no SCOTUS seat ever, just like Larry Legstain.
“Well, there’s probably a great many very innocent people who were there that day, and I promise you we will find them all, and crush them. And their families, too.”
Is that investigation still on-going, or has it already been dropped?
AG Nominee Merrick Garland Says He Would Oversee Prosecution of Jan. 6 Protesters
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Will he personally oversee the prosecution of those who took over several city blocks of Portland last summer? All the Left-wing rioters during the BLM/Antifa protests?
Selective enforcement should lead to civil rights charges against the “prostituter”
Just Us
Ask Eric Withholder who authorized gun running to narcoterrorists in mexico
Even if they are not guilty!
There are, about 200 BLM and Anti-Fa, he should see Sniffer pardon’s.
He’ll make examples out of the 221 arrested so far (count as of last week). Long sentences in Supermax with no parole.
They have to demonstrate who is in charge.
I’m not holding by breath on there being any investigation or charges to the yet unnamed shooter.
Barr swallows.
(...vast quantities of food, I judge from his girth)
>>Garland will also pledge to serve the rule of law and ensure equal justice under the law<<
So are you going after anti-FA and burnlootmurder participants? If not, your statement is a bald-faced lie.
Meanwhile, NONE of the 214 people arrested in DC for rioting during the Trump inauguration was ever convicted. Most had the charges dropped, and the few who went to trial were acquitted by sympathetic DC juries.
Bet he’d like to lock Cocaine Mitch up too! For 2015.
From another article, lead paragraph:
“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.”
Yikes...I misread the headline.
At first, I thought Garland was going to oversee prostitution.
No, Hunter has that position already covered.
You can bet those patriotic protesters will not get justice, but will receive punishment just as in a banana republic. Many still are being held without bail..
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