Gallego: Garland 'extremely weak' on Jan. 6 cases

Rep. Ruben Gallego called the attorney general “feckless” and said he “has not been helpful in terms of preserving our democracy.” | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

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Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego tore into Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday over his department’s handling of cases related to last year’s attack on the Capitol.

“I think Merrick Garland has been extremely weak, and I think there should be a lot more of the organizers of Jan. 6 that should be arrested by now,” Gallego said in an interview on CNN.

The Arizona congressman, a retired Marine who sheltered reporters in his office during the Jan.

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