Conservative pressure is mounting on Attorney General William Barr and his Justice Department to ratchet up investigations of violent rioters across the country, specifically to identify those funding and organizing the mayhem.
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, made weekend appeals for DOJ to take action to cut off funding and logistical support for the groups of rioters that have terrorized and destroyed American cities for months.
"Law enforcement needs to look at the funding of violent criminal activity like this. And national Democrats need to confront it. It's organized. It's paid for. It's violent. It's not about Black lives or any lives; it's about anarchy and destruction," Paul wrote in a Fox News op-ed on Saturday.
Buck tweeted his concerns on Sunday, saying it was time for DOJ to follow the money.
"The Justice Department needs to open an investigation into who is funding these violent riots," Buck wrote.
The Justice Department needs to open an investigation into who is funding these violent riots.
Congressman Ken Buck August 30, 2020 The weekend pressure follows other GOP lawmakers urging DOJ to do more to stop the organize violence plaguing U.S. cities since June.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Pressure mounts on Barr DOJ to identify funders, organizers of violent riots
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