Senator Katie Britt fiercely questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about his catastrophic undermining of the US Justice system. While he has been uninterested in investigating and punishing illegal actions on the part of the left, Garland continues to target Trump supporters who were encouraged by officers to enter into the Capitol building on January 6th – with raids at dawn no less. It’s clear that this is one of the most unethical AGs America has ever seen.
At the Senate Appropriations Committee meeting on Tuesday, Senator Britt asked about orders given to US Marshals guarding Supreme Court justices’ homes instructing them “to not detain protesters” though Attorney General Garland had stated that marshals were allowed to make arrests at their own discretion.
Senator Britt: You said, quote, “The marshals have been advised, and they know and the marshals on the ground, they have full authority to arrest people under any federal statute, including that federal statute,” end quote. That was in direct reference to Section 1507. You went on to say, the Attorney General does not decide whether to arrest. The Marshals on the scene they do make the decision of whether to arrest.”
Britt then continued to grill Garland some more.
Senator Britt: “After your appearance before the Judiciary Committee, we obtained copies of the slide deck that were used to train and prepare the Marshals for their protective detail at the homes of the Justices. Those training materials show that the marshals likely didn’t make any arrests under Section 1507 for a pretty simple reason they were actively discouraged from doing so. As you can see on the slide behind me, the marshals were explicitly told to avoid, unless absolutely necessary, any criminal enforcement action involving the protester.
To make matters worse, the Department of Justice instructed Marshals to actively avoid any kind of enforcement related to protests, which has led to concerns about the safety of protesters and the effectiveness of law enforcement in protecting citizens’ rights to free speech and peaceful assembly.
Senator Britt: The next slide directs the Marshals not to engage in protest-related enforcement actions beyond those that were strictly and immediately necessary and tailored to ensure the physical security of the justices. If you’ll see in the next slide here, it discourages the Marshals from making arrests under any section 1507 by asserting that “there may be a First Amendment right to harass the families of the judges.”
It’s clear that Garland deserves impeachment proceedings right away. He callously endangered the Supreme Court justices and their families with his order to stand down, making it painfully apparent that he is not an Attorney General but a criminal mastermind.
His decision to arrest Trump supporters on January 6th for congregating outside the Capitol exacerbated the matter even further. It truly is mind-boggling behavior. Senator Britt did an amazing job grilling Garland.
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