Todd Blanche: “The Department of Justice approaches incidents like this…”

“I want to make this clear. This man was a floor above the ballroom with hundreds of federal agents between him and the President of the United States. The Department of Justice approaches incidents like this with urgency and clarity of purpose. Violence has no place, civic life. It cannot and will not be used to disrupt democratic institutions or intimidate those who serve them.” (01:10–01:17)

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