Joe Biden’s pick for attorney general, Merrick Garland, answered questions before the Senate this week.
He made it clear that he thinks the incident at the Capital is terrorism, but when he was asked about the Antifa attacks on a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon that went on for months, he made excuses.
He actually suggested it was completely different because it happened at night.
Breitbart News reports:
Merrick Garland: Portland Riots May Not Be ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Because Courthouse Was Closed
Judge Merrick Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that Antifa’s attacks on the U.S. courthouse in Portland last year may not have been “domestic terrorism,” because unlike the Capitol riot, they took place at night when the court was not “in operation.”
Garland, who is President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, was questioned at his confirmation hearing by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO):
Sen. Hawley: Let me ask you about assaults on federal property in places other than Washington, DC — Portland, for instance, Seattle. Do you regard assaults on federal courthouses or other federal property as acts of domestic extremism, domestic terrorism?
Judge Garland: Well, Senator, my own definition, which is about the same as the statutory definition, is the use of violence or threats of violence in attempt to disrupt the democratic processes. So an attack on a courthouse, while in operation, trying to prevent judges from actually deciding cases, that plainly is domestic extremism, domestic terrorism. An attack simply on a government property at night, or any other kind of circumstances, is a clear crime and a serious one, and should be punished. I don’t know enough about the facts of the example you’re talking about. But that’s where I draw the line. One is — both are criminal, but one is a core attack on our democratic institutions.
The attack on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse began after 10 p.m. local time after more than 1,000 people gathered downtown. Some became violent. The attackers blocked the entrances to the courthouse, preventing the special DHS forces inside from easily getting out. Some federal officers escaped and tried to repel those vandalizing the outside of the courthouse but were beamed in the eye by lasers, which can cause temporary and long-term blindness. Other rioters then installed wooden boards on the outside of the courthouse entrance to prevent the rest of the DHS officials from leaving, while others tried to break down the doors.
NOW WHAT DOES THIS NUT CASE MEAN WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO BURN UP PEOPLE?????????????????? NO DAMN WONDER HE DID NOT GET ON THE SUPREME COURT. ANOTHER BOUGHT AND PAID FOR DEMOCRAT THAT WILL MAKE A STORY OF DOMESTIC TERRORIST NOT TRUE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO!!!
So when are we going to get a purge day?
Another f,in idiot and Democrat. This countryside in reall big trouble
Fire before Hire !!!! Idiot & Traitor All the Biden picks Traitors Fire them ALL & Biden & Harris !!!!