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Merrick Garland, 'Do Your Job,' Says Frustrated Member Of House Panel Probing Capitol Riot
Contempt of Congress charges languish with the Department of Justice as the select committee's members fume at the attorney general.
Members of the House select committee investigating last year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol expressed frustration Monday over an apparently inattentive and slow-moving Justice Department, with one lawmaker telling Attorney General Merrick Garland in a speech: “Do your job.”
Members complained of a lack of support from the Justice Department and were annoyed that criminal contempt of Congress charges have not yet been filed against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for failure to comply with a subpoena from the committee.
The backlog is likely to grow with the expected recommendation by the House panel to bring criminal contempt of Congress charges against Donald Trump’s former trade adviser Peters Navarro and ally Dan Scavino.
Merrick Garland, 'Do Your Job,' Says Frustrated Member Of House Panel Probing Capitol Riot
I hope AG Garland isn't as worthless as I think he is. He seems like a dud so far. What do you think?
No incoming administration has EVER prosecuted the outgoing administration for crimes committed while in office. That's as much slack as I'm prepared to cut Garland on this one. He is a very conservative person. Most judges are centrists and only lean slightly one way or the other. Does this open the door for the next incoming administration to go after Biden and company?
The whole Bill Clinton impeachment was payback for Nixon's Watergate impeachment and removal from office. The Republicans had been in a white heat to go after a Democrat since Nixon left office, but there was no way to attack Jimmy Carter, possibly the most clean living, moral President in history. Clinton was a tough target, but he was always vulnerable on the women. Look at how many Republicans are calling for Biden's impeachment as revenge for Trump's two impeachments.
Having said all that, this bullshit has to be prosecuted. NOW.