Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) threatened Monday to block President Biden’s Department of Justice nominees over claims the government will not pay to defend US Marshals facing lawsuits over their actions during rioting in Portland, Ore. during the summer of 2020.In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Cotton lauded the “courageous officers” — who he said were “attacked by left-wing street militias with weapons such as mortar fire, ball bearings, and blinding lasers” — and decried the lawsuits as “frivolous.”“A refusal to represent these Deputy Marshals would violate the Department’s long-standing practice — not to mention its moral duty — to defend law-enforcement officers when they’re sued for actions in the line of duty,” he wrote.
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