Trump sedition: Former Capitol riot prosecutor’s comments alarm new no-drama Justice Department
March 23, 2021
That’s one reason why an interview by Michael Sherwin, the former acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, discussing his push to use a rarely used sedition law to charge January 6 rioters and the possible culpability of former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection, reverberated in the new no-drama Justice Department.
Sherwin’s interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” prompted criticism from officials, even though the remarks largely mirrored those Sherwin made previously in a January news conference.
David Laufman, a former Justice prosecutor echoed some of the internal…
Trump sedition: Former Capitol riot prosecutor’s comments alarm new no-drama Justice Department
Sherwin’s interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” prompted criticism from officials, even though the remarks largely mirrored those Sherwin made previously in a January news conference.
David Laufman, a former Justice prosecutor echoed some of the internal…