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Trump Nominee for Justice Department Inspector General Avoids Calling January 6 an Attack
Don Berthiaume faced Senate questions on Wednesday during his confirmation hearing. He acknowledged physical violence at the Capitol but declined to use the word attack.
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President Trump’s nominee to serve as inspector general at the Department of Justice declined to describe the events of January 6, 2021, as an attack during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. U.S. senators as part of the process to confirm him permanently in the role.
Trump first placed Berthiaume in a temporary acting inspector general position last year and nominated him for the permanent post this year. U.S. senator from Connecticut, asked Berthiaume who won the 2020 election.
Blumenthal pressed further, noting violence against Capitol police. Berthiaume again stated he did not agree with the word “attack,” though he acknowledged there was physical violence.
U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and some used violence against Capitol police. Trump later pardoned and commuted sentences for nearly all involved, and some of those individuals are now seeking payouts from the federal government through an obscure legal claims process.
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