Wednesday: Garland To Deliver Speech On Riot Probe

The Washington Post reports:

Attorney General Merrick Garland will give a speech Wednesday about the Justice Department’s efforts to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, stressing the department’s “unwavering commitment to defend Americans and American democracy from violence and threats of violence,” a Justice Department official said.

The remarks will be directed at Justice Department employees and the public, the official said, at a time when the agency has been under growing pressure — especially from the political left — to hold former president Donald Trump and others in his orbit criminally responsible for efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) January 3, 2022