the justice department said at this point, it is reviewing senator cotton s letter and will respond soon. but the white house seemingly has yet to read it. listen. there is a letter from tom hutton threatening to block the doj nominees over the department of justice allegedly denying four deputy u.s. marshal s legal defense and lawsuits stemming from the portland riots. is the white house aware of this, and can you give us explanation why that would be happening? i m not aware of the specifics, jackie but i will check with the counsel s office to see if there is something more specific and get back to you. thank you. ashley: during the seattle riots, seriously consider transferring the police departments east precinct building to the black lives matter seattle chapter. now, protesters at the time set up an autonomous zone after the police abandoned the building june 8, 2020, but the official transfer never happened. a memo by the seattle times