A new report claims President JoeBiden has told people he wants former President Donald Trump to be prosecuted.
The leak was published in the New York Times on Saturday as Democrats mount increasing pressure on the Justice Department to take action against Trump and people within his orbit in relation to the Capitol riot. At focus are Attorney General Merrick Garland and his"deliberative approach," as the report put it, which is causing frustration.
Nevertheless, the House committee can only make a criminal referral, leaving the onus on the Justice Department.Trump and his associates have repeatedly denied any criminality related to the Capitol riot, which took place on the day Congress met to certify Biden's 2020 election victory, and its surrounding events. One former aide, Steve Bannon, has been indicted on contempt charges for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the Jan.
Democrats have gone public with their belief that Garland and the Justice Department should be more assertive with the Capitol riot situation. “We are upholding our responsibility. The Department of Justice must do the same," said Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the Jan. 6 committee. “Attorney General Garland, do your job so we can do ours,” said Rep. Elaine Luria, another member of the panel, according to Politico.
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who along with Rep. Liz Cheney is one of two GOP members of the Democrat-led committee, defended Biden."I think the president has every right to signal. I think he has every right to make it clear where the administration stands," he said. In a bid to mark a change from the commentary by Trump that his own attorney general, William Barr, had criticized, candidate Biden had promised voters in 2020 that “the Justice Department in my administration will be totally independent of me.”
Garland said in early March that the Justice Department’s investigation into the Capitol riot is the “most urgent” in the department's history. The claim came as Republicans said the DOJ in the Biden administration had not put the same effort into prosecutions tied to the violent riots of 2020 as the storming of the Capitol and criticized the agency for its decision to shutter the China Initiative despite a growing threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.
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