He's a Trump appointee, you have to wonder if he is deliberately trying to sabotage these cases...
DOJ refers former Capitol riot prosecutor for internal investigation after '60 Minutes' interview
(CNN)The Justice Department has referred former acting Washington US Attorney Michael Sherwin's unapproved interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday about the Capitol riot cases to its Office of Professional Responsibility, a department lawyer said in court on Tuesday.
The development is a signal of the cautious approach of the Justice Department under now-Attorney General Merrick Garland, a former appellate judge, and how he may attempt to steer his agency away from bold political maneuvers that marked the Trump era.
It also sets an early tone in the Capitol riot cases and future media coverage, as a federal judge complained about Sherwin's interview and a New York Times story.
"Rules and procedures were not complied with" when Sherwin did the interview, said John Crabb Jr., a leading criminal prosecutor for the US Attorney's Office in DC.
In court on Tuesday, DC District Judge Amit Mehta strongly warned the Justice Department and defense attorneys for 10 defendants in the Oath Keepers conspiracy Capitol riot case not to talk to the media.
Mehta had called an emergency hearing Tuesday with lawyers in the case, following a New York Times story about sedition charges potentially in the works and Sherwin's interview with "60 Minutes."
"The government, quite frankly, in my view, should know better," Mehta said. "This case will not be tried in the media."
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