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2022-02-02 Home Front: Politix
Cotton Placed Holds on DOJ Nominees After Not Hearing Back on Department's 'Refusal' to Defend U.S. Marshalls
[Townhall] Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) placed holds on all Department of Justice nominees Tuesday after it failed to respond to the lawmaker's letter concerning allegations that the Biden administration is not representing U.S. Marshalls sued over their actions in defending the Portland federal courthouse amid Black Lives Matter riots in 2020.

Eight nominees — four U.S. attorney nominations awaiting votes in the Senate, two U.S. attorneys awaiting votes in the Judiciary Committee and two U.S. Marshals awaiting votes in committee — are now held up by Cotton's recent move.

The GOP senator sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday asking that the DOJ confirm that it is representing the U.S. Marshals or funding their private counsel, or to "explain why on earth you're not."

"These courageous officers were attacked by left-wing street militants with weapons such as mortar fire, ball bearings, and blinding lasers," Cotton wrote in the letter. "A refusal to represent these Deputy Marshals would violate the Department’s long-standing practice — not to mention its moral duty — to defend law-enforcement officers when they’re sued for actions in the line of duty."

Cotton vowed to block the department's nominees if he did not receive a "satisfactory" response by 3 p.m. Tuesday, and now, the senator is moving forward with his threat to object to DOJ nominees.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-02 06:56|| || Front Page|| [11153 views ]  Top
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#1 Good!
Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-02 06:58||   2022-02-02 06:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Cotton wants to be President.
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-02-02 08:37||   2022-02-02 08:37|| Front Page Top

#3 It is a start. Now do all the nominees submitted for everything.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-02-02 09:59||   2022-02-02 09:59|| Front Page Top

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