Tillis: Pirro can’t be taken ‘seriously’ for prosecuting alleged reflecting pool vandalism
Key takeaways
- Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) blasted U.S.
- I don t know what s worse to you, vandalizing a pool or assaulting a police officer? he said.
- And you ve let people that admitted to assaulting a police officer go and think I can take that person seriously?
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) blasted U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for threatening to prosecute people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the fullest extent of the law after President Trump granted blanket pardons last year to people convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol.
I don t know what s worse to you, vandalizing a pool or assaulting a police officer? he said. Now we got somebody, let s say they took a pen knife to a damn pool liner, you re going to prosecute them for 10 years?
And you ve let people that admitted to assaulting a police officer go and think I can take that person seriously? Nuh-uh, said Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.