The wide net being cast by prosecutors as they move beyond charging rioters could encompass scores of potential witnesses from inside and outside of government.
The former president’s daughter and adviser was in the West Wing with him as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. She is said to have tried to persuade him to call off the rioters.
The support of Senators Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination was a counterpoint to the bitterly partisan confirmation process so far.
The former president’s daughter and adviser was in the West Wing with him as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. She is said to have tried to persuade him to call off the rioters.
Republicans on the Judiciary Committee assailed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s record and fought efforts to smooth her path toward confirmation, but her nomination remained on track.
The effort could significantly reduce a backlog of asylum and deportation cases as the Biden administration anticipates a huge surge of migrants crossing the border.
Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks.
The inquiry is a test for President Biden and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, who both came into office promising to restore the Justice Department’s independence.