Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
The Lawfare Podcast
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Lance Ito and the Oklahoma City Bombing
When the Oklahoma City bombing happened on April 19th, Janet Reno recognized right away that someone needed to be in charge. Jamie Garrelik sent Merrick Garland and he was the official in charge of the investigation for the first month or so. He handled the arraignment of McVay, the initial preliminary hearing for both McVay and Nichols. But he ultimately did not try the case somewhat to his disappointment because JamieGarrelik said this Unibomber investigation is a mess. So he was brought back to Washington to run the investigation that ultimately led to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski the following year. It also tells you something about how he has acted as attorney general of
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