Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is leading an investigation into why the U.S. Marshals Service was ordered to “avoid” arresting protesters camped outside a Supreme Court judges’ private residence, “despite the fact that the actions clearly violated federal law.”
In March, Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, laid out U.S. Marshals Service training protocol during a congressional hearing that revealed guards were told to refrain from making arrests protesters at Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s home after the leaked Dobbs decision sparked pro-abortion outrage. activists During the hearing, Britt shared the protocol with Attorney General Merrick Garland, but claimed he had never seen the slides before.
Officers stationed outside Kavanaugh’s home were reportedly told to “avoid, unless absolutely necessary, criminal enforcement actions involving the protest or protesters, especially in public space” , prompted Jordan to start an investigation into the guidelines.
“The training materials provided to U.S. Marshals strongly suggest that the Biden administration continues to arm federal law enforcement agencies for partisan purposes,” Jordan wrote in a letter to U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald L. Davis, first obtained by The Hill, after Britt’s discovery.
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CHEVY CHASE, MD – JUNE 08: Law enforcement officers stand guard as protesters march past the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on June 8, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. A gunman was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home Wednesday morning as the court prepares to announce decisions in about 30 cases. (Nathan Howard)
“While authorities arrested the man who intended to harm Judge Kavanaugh, we are not aware of any other arrests or charges for the agitators demonstrating outside the judges’ homes, even though the actions violated clearly federal law,” Jordan continued, as he sought to address the lack of arrests.
Jordan also denounced the lack of arrests in an interview on Fox News Radio on Wednesday, saying it’s a “felony to protest in front of a judge’s house.”
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“It’s actually a crime to protest in front of a judge’s house with the intention of changing a decision, of influencing a matter pending before the court. And obviously that’s what they were doing after the leak,” the congressman from ohio. he said, referring to the protests and demonstrations that followed a leak of Dobbs’ decision last May.
Abortion rights advocates hold a protest outside the home of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh on May 11, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (Kevin Dietsch)
“That’s why I think the leak came out … to create this whole atmosphere. And of course we know where it ended. It ended with a death threat and an attempt on Judge Kavanaugh,” Jordan said.
“So we’ve received information that suggests that, that’s what we put in the letter, that there may have been instructions from the attorney general to do whatever he did, only as a last resort. But that’s in direct contradiction to the law, of the statute. So that’s a concern,” he said. “And we want to get some answers to that, and a lot of other things. It seems like we’ve been looking into all kinds of things because so many of these agencies have turned against the American people.”
CHEVY CHASE, MD – JUNE 08: Protesters walk past the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on June 8, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (Nathan Howard)
Jordan’s investigation comes just days after Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, and 10 Senate Republicans announced upcoming legislation that seeks to increase maximum prison sentences for anyone who tries to influence the decisions of the Court’s justices supreme
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“The Protecting Our Supreme Court Justices Act will deter intimidation of our judges and send a message that the Biden administration has refused to send: Judges must be able to do their jobs without fear for the safety of themselves or their families,” Blackburn told Fox. Digital news.
Fox News’ Jon Brown and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
