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On the recordOctober 14, 2021
Look, January 6th, Joy, was awful. It was not a movie. People saw it in real time. They saw it with their own eyes. And so, we have been tasked with the responsibility of crafting a solution. Merrick Garland has to do his job in a timely manner in order for us to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. Steve Bannon and anyone else can’t flout the law and expect nothing to happen.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
Source
msnbc.com

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Thompson reflects on the January 6th attack and the need for timely action from the Attorney General to prevent future occurrences.

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