Posted on 07/18/2021 9:38:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) have issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding answers on the mistreatment of Jan. 6 protesters who participated in the mostly-peaceful rally in and around the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
“On May 12, you testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee that, ‘if there has to be a hierarchy of things that we prioritize, this would be the one we would prioritize because it is the most dangerous threat to our democracy,’” the letter explains.
“Respectfully, such a sweeping exaggeration can be viewed as nothing more than political hyperbole and a dangerous politicization of law enforcement activities that may punish those engaging in protected speech by lumping them in with those who committed acts of violence,” they added.
Roy and Massie are concerned that the feds are using Jan. 6 as a pretext to rip up the Bill of Rights and Constitution and bring the war on terror to the homeland to be used against American patriots.
“We continue to hear stories of overly aggressive and violent tactics from FBI agents executing arrest warrants on individuals with no risk of violence or who committed mere trespass offenses. And DOJ continues to push for pretrial incarceration of citizens with no history of, or propensity for, violence, only to be rebuffed by judges time and time again. The American people deserve to know why,” they wrote.
Roy and Massie are demanding answers from the feds by July 21 and want a briefing on the matter as well. They are far from the only lawmakers who are alarmed about federal overreach in the wake of Jan. 6.
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Clearly, they are Enemies of the People.
BTW, Massie should run for Senator. He’d make Rand Paul look like the liberal one.
They should. Why aren't they?
"who participated in themostly-peaceful rally"
“Yep. The Republicans in congress are silent. Just like they were when Obama’s IRS was targeting the TEA party.”
The GOPe hated the TEA Party. Just like they hated the Goldwater people, the Reagan coalition, the evangelicals, the right to lifers, Ross Perot’s supporters, and now the Trump supporters.
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Garland sounds to me like a “squish” of an AG (and I’ve worked under the terms of at least 5 of them. Consider him one of the worst, a partisan, ignorant coward).
If Garland refuses to provide the requested information to GOP Senators, they should then issue their own report on what they know and ask why Garland refuses to answer their questions, which must be listed and answered re why he won’t give up that information, so that the reader/public can see what he is hiding.
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