WAPO Headline: Garland:Capitol riot investigation will be his first priority as AG if confirmed

[lindysalsagal]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/merrick-garland-confirmation-hearing/2021/02/21/b4725878-7474-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html

Merrick Garland tells senators Capitol riot investigation will be his first priority as attorney general

By Matt Zapotosky, Ann E. Marimow and Devlin Barrett Feb. 22, 2021 at 11:41 a.m. EST

Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland said Monday that his first priority and briefing if confirmed as attorney general would center on the sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6 riot the U.S. Capitol.

But, Garland said, “we are facing a more dangerous period than we faced in Oklahoma City at that time.” He said he imagined that investigators would explore not just those who entered the Capitol, but those who might be involved in other ways.

“We begin with the people on the ground and we work our way up to those who are involved and further involved,” Garland said. “And we will pursue these leads wherever they take us.”

Garland, a federal appeals court judge, is expected to be confirmed with bipartisan support, though Monday’s hearing offered Democrats and Republicans a chance to press the nominee on how he will manage the department.

[bottomofthehill]

1. Good now vote and get to investigating!

[pandr32]

2. It should be! Insurrectionists stormed the Capital and people died.

Why that would seem political to anyone is beyond me.

[Irish_Dem]

3. No wonder Cruz and Lindsey are in hysterics today.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. He's a class act

If I was him - I would have told Ted Cruz and Graham:

I don't negotiate with terrorists.


See - I'm not a class act.