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Biden Can’t Instruct the New U.S. Attorneys on How to Prosecute the Capitol Rioters, But They’ll Listen to His Signals
Document Type
Blog Posting
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
The Washington Post
Abstract
Biden Can’t Instruct the New U.S. Attorneys on How to Prosecute the Capitol Rioters, But They’ll Listen to His Signals. That's been true at least since the 1990s, our research finds.
Keywords
Biden Administration, U.S. Attorneys, Capitol Riots, Prosecution, Political Signals, Federal Justice, Law Enforcement, Criminal Law, Presidential Influence, Judicial Independence
Publication Citation
Christina L. Boyd et al., Biden Can’t Instruct the New U.S. Attorneys on How to Prosecute the Capitol Rioters, But They’ll Listen to His Signals, The Washington Post (Feb. 1, 2021), https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/01/when-bidens-new-us-attorneys-prosecute-capitol-rioters-they-will-pay-attention-his-signals/
Repository Citation
Boyd, Christina L.; Nelson, Michael John; Ostrander, Ian; and Boldt, Ethan D., "Biden Can’t Instruct the New U.S. Attorneys on How to Prosecute the Capitol Rioters, But They’ll Listen to His Signals" (2021). Scholarship@WashULaw. 740.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/740