Garland Calls Capitol Attack Top Threat to U.S. Democracy
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Merrick Garland
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The deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was the most dangerous threat to American democracy in decades, eclipsing other recent acts of violence such as attacks on courthouses and police stations last year, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
“It’s fair to say that in my career as a judge and in law enforcement I have not seen a more dangerous threat to democracy than the invasion of the Capitol,” Garland told the Senate Appropriations Committee during a hearing Wednesday on domestic terrorism.