Tom Cotton Confronts Deputy Attorney General Over DOJ Double Standards

Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton confronted the deputy attorney general Wednesday over the agency implementing a two-tiered justice system to crack down on political opponents.

During a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco was pressed about the department exploiting the 2002 Accountability Act to “prosecute hundreds of Americans for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, on the grounds of the United States Capitol.”

The law passed in the aftermath of Enron’s collapse prohibits actions that “otherwise obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding.”

“I want to be clear, I’m not talking here about persons who committed violent acts against law enforcement officers and destroyed property,” Cotton said. The Arkansas senator emphasized the Justice Department was using the law to prosecute individuals who “in some cases, were merely present on the Capitol grounds.”

“Just this week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in New York City and it’s been reported that a democratic mob was in the hallway trying to get into the doors and stop that hearing from proceedings,” Cotton added.

According to Newsweek, demonstrators stormed the hallways fo the Jacob Javits Federal Building where House lawmakers convened a field hearing on New York City crime.

“Has your department begun to investigate this effort to obstruct or influence the official proceeding of the House Judiciary Committee in New York City?” Cotton asked.

“I’m not aware of those events,” Monaco said, declining to comment.

“I’m simply