Garland to call Capitol riot 'heinous attack' and tell Senate Judiciary Committee he'll supervise

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

prosecution of White supremacists

(CNN)Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a "heinous attack" in his prepared opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Department of Justice released Saturday night ahead of his confirmation hearing on Monday.

"If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 -- a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government," Garland says in the statement.

The attorney general nominee plans to stress that the role is meant to "serve the Rule of Law and to ensure equal justice under the law," noting that July 2020 marked the 150th anniversary of the Justice Department's founding in the aftermath of the Civil War and that its core mission was to secure the civil rights promised by the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.

"The mission remains urgent because we do not yet have equal justice," Garland plans to say. "Communities of color and other minorities still face discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/20/politics/merrick-garland-attorney-general-confirmation-hearing-opening-statement/index.html

He's going after Trump's best and brightest.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Nice to see Judge Garland getting a hearing

I’m sure his hands-on experience with Republican tactics will serve him well in the fulfillment of his duties.

[pandr32]

2. This is what we need

The former guy encouraged the deviants openly. He told them all it was safe for them to openly hold and display their behavior in U.S. society without repercussion.
We can never completely eliminate heinous behavior, but we sure as hell can stop encouraging and endorsing it.
Consequences.

[Chainfire]

3. OMG! Talk of equal justice will have rightwingnuts heads exploding.

[wnylib]

19. That's what concerns me. They might

refuse to confirm him. If so, I guess Biden could make him "acting AG."

[DENVERPOPS]

20. What's the old expression

Turn About Is Fair Play..........

The Dems might finally decide to fight fire with fire.......

[wnylib]

22. I sure as hell hope so.

This is a fight for the nation like none I've ever seen in my 70+ years.

[11 Bravo]

32. Are there any Dems who would vote not to confirm?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

36. Hopefully not Joe Manchin.

[speak easy]

4. 'Trump's best and brightest'

[Xipe Totec]

12. 'Trump's beasts and blighted' nt

[Trueblue1968]

17. Maybe even TRUMP, the Beast himself !!!!

[speak easy]

21. A photographic insult to Satan :)

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Perfect picture

Trump is going all out to win at who has the BLACKEST HEART.......He, or former VP Cheney.

[speak easy]

24. ...

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Good One SE!!!!!! nc

[Enter stage left]

26. I wonder what he will do with the other 7 hours of his first day?

[kairos12]

5. Prosecute white supremacists

Start with Congressional Republicans.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. Welp, I guess that means we'll get another episode of Tucker Swanson's

"Why can't I push this fart out?" face while staring at the camera.

[bluecollar2]

11. That's funny...n/t

[11 Bravo]

33. Tucker reminds me of a weasel that got caught jerking off.

(A beardless weasel with a high, squeaky voice.)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. Now that's just poetry!!

[Evolve Dammit]

7. They need to fight the nomination or their "base" will lose. Popcorn time! Good vs evil

[LudwigPastorius]

8. His opening statement should have been,...

"I'm back, motherfuckers. Deal with it!".

[Marie Marie]

9. Well, that ought to doom his confirmation from Republicans.

[lagomorph777]

28. It means he won't have their votes, but it doesn't matter.

They can go fuck themselves.

[calimary]

10. GOOD.

[JDC]

13. Rand Paul's head already is exploding

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. I'm guessing "best and brightest" was meant to be ironic.

Although, strictly speaking, there can be a "best" no matter how poor the field of candidates, and a "brightest" no matter how dim they are.

[Traildogbob]

15. GQP

Stick unity up your asses. You have shown how that will be. Lindsey Graham, Boebart, Hawley, buckle the fuck up. Justice is coming. Hope he goes after elected treasonous assholes relentlessly.

[sop]

16. No wonder they've been stalling his confirmation for the last month.

[Jon King]

18. Brilliant timing by the insurrectionists!

So storm the Capitol and try to overturn the election of the guy who will appoint the AG who will eventually prosecute you. Hard to top that sort of planning!

[lagomorph777]

27. So, he won't be getting any GOP votes then.

Not that it matters. He is 100% correct, and our nation will fall if he doesn't follow through.

[malthaussen]

29. Well, yeah, Mr Garland, we knew the little fish were going to be netted...

... what will DoJ policy be with regard to their inciters?

-- Mal

[triron]

31. My thoughts as well.

[drray23]

30. Hopefully he will also prosecute blatant cases of obstruction

of justice as discovered and documented by Mueller. I dont want Trump to get off the hook and only prosecute the jan 6. rioters.

[theneworiginal]

35. McConnell and other prominent R's said that this was the proper means to address Trump's

complicity in the Capital Insurrection. Well, your ship just came in...