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Jamie Raskin: “I think if they do their job, and I have confidence that Attorney General Garland will do his job, they will move for…”

On the recordOctober 14, 2021
I think if they do their job, and I have confidence that Attorney General Garland will do his job, they will move for criminal prosecution of people who are openly flouting in order for the U.S. Congress to come and testify on an issue that maybe the most important question of an attack on the U.S. government since the Civil War or the War of 1812.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin expresses confidence that the Department of Justice will prosecute individuals who refuse to comply with subpoenas related to the January 6th attack.

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