Nominee for DOJ watchdog says violence on January 6 wasn’t an ‘attack’ on the Capitol

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s internal watchdog office repeatedly refused in his confirmation hearing to use the word “attack” to describe the violence on January 6, 2021, that disrupted Congress’ election certification vote. “I don’t know if I would use the term ‘attack,’” Don Berthiaume,