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| Cotton Placed Holds on DOJ Nominees After Not Hearing Back on Department's 'Refusal' to Defend U.S. Marshalls |
| 2022-02-02 |
| [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. Related: Tom Cotton: 2022-01-26 Cotton presses Cardona on teachers union letter urging social media to stifle opposition to CRT Tom Cotton: 2022-01-20 LA's woke DA George Gascon breaks his silence to say it's 'heartbreaking that Brianna Kupfer was murdered while she worked' after her father blamed liberal politicians for her death: Her 'killer' is held on $2M bail following arrest at bus stop Tom Cotton: 2022-01-17 First migrant caravan of 2022 with 300 people traveling from Honduras to US STOPPED by cops in Guatemala; just TEN people allowed to continue |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 It is a start. Now do all the nominees submitted for everything. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-02-02 09:59 |
| #2 Cotton wants to be President. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-02-02 08:37 |
| #1 Good! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-02-02 06:58 |