A group of House Republicans are demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland turn over a detailed account of every Jan. 6 criminal case.
, chastised the Justice Department for ignoring previous calls for information and demanded a briefing on the Jan. 6 cases no later than June 17. The lawmakers criticized the DOJ for “overcharging” some defendants.department has prosecuted in relation to the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, many of these cases are meritorious and appropriate,” the lawmakers wrote. “However, we also know from reporting that individuals caught in the department’s Jan.
“To facilitate our oversight, we request that the department provide a detailed and comprehensive breakdown, beyond what is publicly available, of the names of the individuals prosecuted, whether they were charged with committing violent or non-violent crimes, the specific charges against them, what offenses they ultimately pleaded guilty to violating, the sentencing requests and sentences received, and how they compare with non-Jan.
In addition to the number of defendants who had been charged and the nature of their crimes, the representatives also asked for a comparison between Jan. 6 sentences and those of “similar criminal convictions not related to Jan. 6 , a riot carried out by a left-wing mob.” They also asked for information on the alleged use of excessive force in arresting Jan. 6 defendants, focusing on the arrest of retirees Lora DeWolfe and Darrel Kennemer, whose home wasThe letter also hinted at a possible involvement of the FBI in the events surrounding Jan. 6, with part of the letter saying, “Investigations have pointed to the FBI’s possible involvement in facilitating the events of January 6.
The treatment of Jan. 6 defendants has become a cause celebre for many Republican hard-liners in Congress, with these efforts usually being led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz . Former President Donald Trump has promised to pardon some defendants if reelected.
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