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Politics
Amanda Marcotte

The DOJ was founded for this very fight

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland | Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

In remarks scheduled the day before the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, Attorney General Merrick Garland swore that his agency would not let power and privilege shield those responsible for the assault on our democracy.

"The Justice Department," he promised, "remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law." Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers, he said, would "follow the facts wherever they lead." 

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