Free Speech for People, a U.S. legal advocacy group, has called for Attorney General Merrick Garland to resign, citing his inaction regarding potential crimes committed by former President Donald Trump and his associates.
Frustrated by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's failure to investigate or take legal action against former President Donald Trump and his associates for various potential crimes, Free Speech for People argued Thursday that because Garland 'is unwilling to step up, it is time for him to step down.' 'Garland is no longer fit to serve as attorney general.
' Free Speech for People's call for Garland to resign came in a lengthy statement outlining his inaction as well as Trump's troubling behavior while running for and serving as president. It followed the U.S. legal advocacy group urging Garland to 'establish an independent task force to centralize and coordinate criminal investigations of Trump and his associates.' The organization called for a task force in January, just days after news broke that incoming President Joe Biden would nominate Garland to lead the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Since the Senate confirmed his nomination in March, the statement says, Garland hasn't taken 'any meaningful action' to hold accountable Trump or 'his co-conspirators for attempting to overthrow the government on January 6, 2021 and a flurry' of earlier criminal acts. While Trump was president, the House of Representatives impeached him twice: in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and this past January for 'high crimes and misdemeanors' after he incited a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. Warning that 'DOJ's inaction--Garland's inaction--endangers the rule of law,' Free Speech for People's statement outlines some of what came before and after the 45th president's address that was followed by a violent mob of his supporters storming the halls of Congress: Even before the 2020 election, Trump conspired with key aides to sabotage a free and fair election by extorting (or, viewed another way, bribing) the president of Ukraine to embarrass Joe Biden politically in exchange for military aid
DONALD TRUMP MERRICK GARLAND FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JANUARY 6TH
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