AG Merrick Garland says Justice Department has 'no higher priority' than investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department has “no higher priority” than bringing to justice those who were involved in last year's January 6th Capitol Hill riots.

in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia for their roles in the January 6 attack." Garland also stated that the department has charged over 300 people with felonies. Twenty of those charged with felonies have already pleaded guilty, Garland said.

"Over 40 years ago, in the wake of Watergate Scandal, the Justice Department concluded that the best way to ensure the department's independence, integrity, and fair application of our laws, and the best way to ensure the health of our democracy is to have a set of norms to govern our work," Garland said.

"The central norm is that in our criminal investigations there cannot be different rules depending on one's political party or affiliation," he added."There cannot be different rules for friends and foes and there cannot be different rules for the powerful and the powerless. There is only one rule."

 

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If that is true, then why haven't they completed their investigation 1 year later Just another lie by our government!!

I watched the live coverage with shock, fear, anger and confusion. I cried when I saw the Confederate flag inside our US Capitol building. And I still feel that range of emotions every time I think about that day.

The Company they Keep.

Is the fox entertainment network going to stick up for Sean or will they throw him under the bus? My money is on the bus. Sean should be very worried.

Scared Fox? You should be.

If you don't realize the seriousness of this, you might be a trump supporting fox viewer.

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