Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney-general, is pledging he’ll take the lead in prosecuting white supremacists and others who stormed the  US Capitol on January 6.

“If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6 — a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government,” Garland said in an opening statement prepared for his confirmation hearing on Monday before the Senate judiciary committee...