Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) gives opening remarks for today's oversight hearing where AG Merrick Garland is testifying.
He notes the last such hearing was October 2017.
Annual hearings were once the norm, he said.
Watch here: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/20…
He notes the last such hearing was October 2017.
Annual hearings were once the norm, he said.
Watch here: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/20…
Durbin reprises the findings of the Judiciary Committee's report “Subverting Justice: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the Election."
ICYMI: lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…
ICYMI: lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…
Garland's remarks briefly touch upon Jan. 6:
"Finally, keeping our country safe requires protecting its democratic institutions including the one we sit in today from violent attack."
"Finally, keeping our country safe requires protecting its democratic institutions including the one we sit in today from violent attack."
"As this committee is well aware, the department is currently engaged in one of the most sweeping investigations in its history in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol."
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