AG Merrick Garland will defend prosecutions of Capitol rioters for their 'intolerable assault' and Dems will say their 'extremist ideology has caused violence against school boards' during his first House Judiciary Committee hearing Garland is testifying before the Democrat-led committee on Thursday morning The Judiciary committee is chaired by New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler Nadler's opening statement appears to take a veiled shot at his GOP colleagues
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It's Garland's first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee
Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to defend the Biden Justice Department's prosecution of January 6 participants' 'intolerable assault' on the US Capitol on Thursday.
In his first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, Garland will laud prosecutors' efforts in what he calls 'one of the largest and most expansive' operations in US history, according to Garland's prepared remarks obtained by Axios.
Democrats, meanwhile, are expected to connect violent Trump supporters' 'extremist ideology' to the increased tensions at school boards and education settings across the country.
'The violence we witnessed that day was