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Ken Paxton Only Attorney General Not to Sign Letter Condemning Capitol Riot
On 1/14/21 at 7:34 AM EST
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has not signed a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeff Rosen condemning the deadly riot at the Capitol on January 6, making him the only state AG not to do so.
The attorneys general of 50 U.S. states and territories from the National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter to Rosen condemning the storming of the Capitol on January 12.
Louisiana, Indiana and Montana also didn t sign the January 12 letter, but attorneys general from those three states issued a joint letter of their own to Rosen on Wednesday. Their letter condemned the violence at the Capitol but also criticized antifa.
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Rosen condemns Capitol attack, deploys federal agents
Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen condemned the violent rioters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday and said federal agents were being deployed to quell the conflict. The violence at our Nation’s Capitol Building is an intolerable attack on a fundamental institution of our democracy, Attorney General Jeff Rosen said. | Yuri Gripas-Pool/Getty Images
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Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen condemned the violent rioters who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday and said federal agents were being deployed to quell the conflict.
In a statement Wednesday afternoon, hours after supporters of President Donald Trump attacked Capitol police and entered the building, Rosen said the Justice Department had sent federal agents to restore order on the Hill. The department was coordinating with the National Guard, Capitol and D.C. police, as well as the Departments of the Interior and Homeland Security, acting attorney gene