there is no higher priority for us at the department of justice. it is impossible to overstate the heroism of the capitol police officers, washington, d.c. metropolitan police department officers, and other officers who defended and secured the capitol that day. they demonstrated to all of us and our country what true courage looks like. the result, -- their resolve, sacrifice, and bravery protected thousands of that day. five officers who responded selflessly to the attack have since lost their lives. i ask everyone to please join me in a moment of silence in recognition of the service and sacrifice of officer brian sicknick, officer howard leave in good, officer jeffrey smith, officer gunther has she done, and author -- officer kyle freitag. [silence] i know i speak for all of us in saying that tomorrow and in our work in the days ahead, we will not only remember them, we will do everything we can to honor them. in the aftermath of the attack, the justice department its work on what has become one of the largest, most complex, most resource intens

there is no higher priority for us at the department of justice. it is impossible to overstate the heroism of the capitol police officers, washington d.c., metropolitan policen department officers and other law enforcement officers who defended and secure the capitol that day. they demonstrated to all of us in the country what true looks like. their resolve, their sacrifice and their bravery work inside the capitol that day. five officers responded selflessly to the attack on january 6 i've since lost of their lives but ask everyone to please or join me in a moment of silence and recognition of the service and sacrifice of officer brian, officer howard, officer jeffrey smith, officer guenther, officer kyle. i know i speak for all of us in saying that tomorrow and in the days ahead we will not only remember them, we will do everything we can to honor them. in the aftermath of the attack, the justice department began its work on what has become one of the largest, most complex resource investigations in our history. only a small number perpetrators we

pieces of the puzzle emerging throughout the past year and now that i'm looking at what the department of justicenow that stewart rhodes, the big fish, perhaps, has been arrested. this document from the department of justice really lays out what these oath keepers were doing in the days leading up to january 6th and also after january 6th. you know, there was one piece of reporting several months ago that maybe got overlooked but is now being brought to light again in this indictment. it's the fact that they had this quick reaction force. people might remember that we reported that some of these members of the oath keepers were allegedly stashing ammunition and guns at a comfort inn in arlington, virginia. that's been in court filings, and now the department of justice is using that bit of evidence to make their case of seditious conspiracy. they're also laying it out in other terms, saying these people were organized into teams, that they transported firearms, that they organized trainings to teach these paramilitary combat tactics, and then, on january 67th, they were carrying knives, batons, c

come out of this speech today with a very firm understanding that merrick garland and the department of justice the very bottom of what occurred on january 6th. i don't think there's any question about it. the work that the department has done on the actual invasion of the capitol is truly remarkable. the speed at which they're going and all of the work that they've put in. and they should be commended for that. and i think they will, as he pointed out today, will slowly start to work their way up to organizers, to others who were conspiring, as he put it, to obstruct the counting of the electoral college, which is in and of itself a separate federal crime. however, the open question, which you so correctly pointed to at the top of the show, is, separate and apart from january 6th, is there a department of justice investigation into efforts by a number of people that has been publicly reported to overturn the election, with january 6th being perhaps the culmination, perhaps the last gasp attempt, but certainly not the center of the scheme. and i don't necessarily know, like you, whether or not

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he said the department of justice can't ensure or protect voting rights by itself. that is true. the fbi has 13,000 special agents that makes them one-third the size of the new york city police department that has about 38,000 sworn officers. we are each responsible to one another for protecting this great democracy. the things he said today go right to that. public service, voting rights, integrity, fair elections, barb made the point earlier, he drew this together and wove it together because these are the things that we need to do in order to ensure the survival of this thing that we have. it was a good speech. it is exactly what i would expect from a attorney general. i would say in television speak, stay tuned. >> chuck rosenberg, you should be in my seat sometimes. thank you. one of themes that i think we're all hitting on here is the issue of accountability. that is where merrick garland decided to make this speech today, to pete's point, he was encouraged to do so by many who wanted to hear something from the doj about this sprawling investigation. and on that point, i wan

justice department letter gotten out. i'm not sure all of us would be even living in the same country had a letter got out. that was just insanity. that would have been as radical as trump's other reported idea, to send the national guard out to seize the voting machines, and we won the election. it would've been just that radical, had the u.s. justice department intervened to stop the administration of the election. here's the thing, that insane draft letter, written by jeff clark, which made trump want to install image to tierney general, that insane letter, was created let last general -- that letter, explicitly describes these forged slates of electors, from multiple states. it says in the middle of the letter, the department believes that in georgia and several other states, both as a slate of electors supporting joseph biden, and a separate slate of electors supporting trump gathered on december 14th at the proper location to cast their ballots. both sets of those ballots have been transmitted to washington d.c. to

justice department behind it. so it's first in the states. second at the u.s. justice department. and then there was the third level, which was the pressure on the vice president. they put enormous pressure on vice president mike pence to throw the count. to sabotage the actual count of the electoral college votes. refused to count the real electors from states where republicans say the result there is consent tested there for some reason in any of the states where they sent and forged, fake electors alongside the real ones. they'll say, that's enough of a dispute from the states that you can discern where the real electors are. so therefore, that station have its electors counted at all or maybe the fake electors for trump should be counted instead. or maybe there should be a delay and we should put off the inauguration for a while while we look into these competing slates a little longer. that's basically how i have organized this in my head in order to try to keep in mind the different ways at which this was operating. i confess, we -- i can see that we will learn more in the d

the answer from the department of justice was shameful. you said, the department is dedicating resources commensurate with the significance of these events. i guess significance means the a political benefit to the biden white house. there are a great many americans who are deeply concerned about the politicization of the department of justice under president joe biden. it has been 218 days since we sent you that letter. doj refused to answer the letter. when senator lee and i ask you about it, your answer to every damn question is i don't know. you may believe that the department of justice you are unaccountable to the american people, but that is not the case. the widely disparate standards are unacceptable. ms. sanborn, i want to turn to the fbi. how many fbi agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of january 6? ms. sanborn: i'm sure you can appreciate i can't go into the specifics -- sen. cruz: did any fbi agents or confidential informants actively participate, yes or no? ms. sanborn: i cannot answer that.

justice department to go to georgia and other states. and because the rest of the justice department wouldn't sign off on it and do it, trump tried to install clark as attorney general so he could sign it attorney general. had that happened, think about it, had the u.s. justice department jumped in the way trump wanted to, the way clark proposed. had the u.s. justice department told republican led states in formal letters, don't send in biden electors on advice from the u.s. justice department you better not do that, how do you think republican legislatures in those states would have acted? it's one thing to get, you know, an off the wall call from trump berating you. right? it's another thing for the u.s. justice department to formally advice you over the signature of the united states attorney general that you must not send in your electors, because there's real problems with the vote in your state. how would republican legislatures have responded? we would be living in a different country right now. i'm not sure all of us would be liv

it will be streamed on the justice department's website addressing where the department is at with the investigation and prosecution of those responsible. i think it's going to be most notable, frankly, not for what he's going to say, which is broad platitudes about protecting democracy and the rule of law, but for what he's not going to say. which is any sort of information on specific people or charges at issue. he is under a lot of pressure, intensifying pressure in recent weeks, to hold accountable not just those who breached the capitol sort of low-level trump supporters, members of maybe far-right groups but leaders and organizers up to and including president trump himself. so far the justice department, "washington post" review of all charges the justice department has brought, and there have been hundreds of them, found most of those being charged are jut low-level kind of one-off people. not a part of any kind of grand conspiracy. garland is under pressure to charge people like that. we'll see what tea leaves we can read into what he says and if we can get hints how the justi

electors from our states, five states, after that happened, at least one trump loyalist at the department of justice, the u.s. department of justice, was aware that republicans had done this in multiple states. now, one of the trump officials who has pled the fifth, invoked his fifth amendment rights against self-indiscrimination to avoid testifying to the january 6th investigation, his name is jeffrey clark. clark, he's the one trump reportedly tried to install as attorney general right at the end. best we can tell from public reporting, trump seemed to like the cut of his jib after jeff clark drafted a letter that he insisted must go out on justice department letterhead to some of the states that trump lost, including georgia. this letter that was reportedly drafted by jeff clark was addressed to the state government in georgia, it was reportedly going to be sent to multiple other states as well. and this letter falsely stated that the u.s. justice department was investigating serious credible claims of fraud in the election in that state. and that the state legislature should therefore consider h

justice department. >> reporter: today the justice department escalating its efforts to prosecute those responsible for january 6th, charging oathkeepers leader stewart rhodes along with ten others with seditious conspiracy related to the attack on the capitol. it's the first time federal prosecutors have used the sedition charge after bringing more than 700 cases related to the insurrection. but prosecutors have long signaled that they were considering using the rarely applied section of federal law. rhodes is the most high profile individual charged in the investigation so far. court documents filed today lay out a wide ranging plot to storm the capitol and disrupt the certification of the election. on november 5th rhodes allegedly urged his followers to refuse to accept the election results, writing in a signal message, we aren't getting through this without a civil war. too late for that. prepare your mind, body, and spirit. in december, rhodes wrote of the electoral college certification, there is no standard political or legal way out of this. according to federal prosecutors, on

call 833-317-4673, or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> let's go now to the department of justice andrrick garland. >> the more than 115,000 employees of the department of justice for the first time. today, i have brought us all together again for two reasons. first and foremost, to thank you. thank you for the work you have done not just over the last ten months, but over the past several years. work that you have done in the face of unprecedented challenges. ranging from an unprecedented, deadly pandemic to an unprecedented attack on our democracy. thank you for your service, for your sacrifice, and for your dedication. i am honored to serve alongside you. and second, as we begin a new year and as we prepare to mark a solemn anniversary tomorrow, it is a fitting time to reaffirm that we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack. we will protect those who serve the public from violence and threats of violence. we will protect the corner stone of our democrac

>> senator-- >> can you name anyone else on the department of justice's most wanted page? 'm sorry, i didn't hear the question. >> can you name anyone else on the department of justice's most wanted page from the january 6th riots. >> i'm not familiar with the most wanted page, no, i'm not familiar-- >> i guess we'll have to seek our answers elsewhere, this has not been a stellar performance today. >> senator whitehouse are you on-line. >> i am. >> please proceed. >> thank you. mr. olsen, as a legal matter are violent acts and threats of violence protected by the first amendment? >> senator, no, violent acts and threats are violence are not protected. >> are they crimes, indeed, sometimes federal crimes? >> they can be both state and federal crimes, senator, yes. >> if violence or threats of violence occur at a school board meeting, is there any difference there from other locations? >> not from the perspective of whether or not those acts would be considered crimes under either state or federal law. >> it's the conduct itself, not the location of the conduct that determine

the justice department and those u.s.orneys did kick into year, rounding up, chargen hundreds who stormed the capitol. >> the justice department began its work on what has been become one of the largest, mo are most complex and most resource-intensive investigations in our history. >> doj and the fbi have opened up 170 cases related to last wednesday's insurrection. they expect that number to grow into the hundreds. >> various charges including unlawful entry, assault, theft. eight people face gun charges. >> the charges are adding up. now indictments of 700 people out of the an estimated 2,000 that stormed the capitol. our reports now, over 150 have pled guilty. 71 have been sentenced. that's part of this process. legal experts say the doj is now pursuing this somewhat more assertively than the trump doj had taken in comparable cases. but lean a little closer, and it gets worse. many arrests were for fairly minor offenses. while there were literally hundreds of crimes, there's very little punishment to date, as politico

the congressional body that oversees the justice department.possible -- committed by matt gates. this is something that lawyers should avoid. but again, he has had professional -- like in 2019, when a bar called him, unprofessional, reckless, and insensitive. for tweeting not so veiled threats at former trump -- michael cohen. they say gates needs to be removed from the panel in this investigation. one of the real chances of that happening? and what does it say about this whole mess in terms of our political situation right now? joining me now is that democrats, ted lieu of florida. and the current member of the house just stationary committee. congressman, you've tweeted just this week multiple times that he is entitled to innocence, but he is not entitled to sit on a house judiciary committee that is overseeing the department investigating him for these improprieties. do you worry that the selected member of the house might use this position to interfere in his own criminal probe? >> i thank you katie for your question and it is actually corr

justice department. and then there was the third level which was the pressure on the vice president. it put enormous pressure on vice president mike pence to throw the count. to sabotage the actual count of the electoral votes. refuse to count the real electors of republicans in states where the vote was contested. any state they sent in forged electors against the real ones, that's enough of a dispute in the states that you can't discern who the real electors are. so for that state, you shouldn't have the state counted at all. maybe there should be a delay. or put off the inauguration a little while while we look into the competing slates a little longer. that's basically how i have argued this in my head in order to try to keep in mind the different ways in which this was operating. and i confess -- i concede, that we will learn more in the days ahead. i can almost guarantee you as long as the january 6th investigation keeps doing its work, we will find out more. in terms what we know now, those are th

the department of justice will continue to do all it can to protect voting rights with the enforcements act to give the department the powers we need to insure that every eligible voter can cast a vote that counts. >> so on this eve of the somber anniversary of january 6th, what is next in the justice department's investigation? and what new evidence is coming to light? that's next. ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom ♪ ♪ for me and you ♪ ♪ and i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ a rich life is about more than just money. that's why at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner so you can build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. [sfx: radio being tuned] welcome to allstate. ♪ [band plays] ♪ a place where everyone lives life well-protected. ♪♪ and even when things go a bit wrong, we've got your back. here, things work the way you wish they would. and better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. i've got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi.

>> here's the thing, they don't have to have criminal referrals for the justice department. they do not need a referral from congress to open up a investigation when i was justice we would open up a little tiny article, they do not need that. but it really does highlights, is why it's the tentacles of this conspiracy is. how difficult it is to wrap your arms around it. there is the fake electors conspiracy. there is a steal the ballot box conspiracy. there is a push the georgia election fictional's for more votes conspiracy. all these things happening in these different states, in addition to the, whatever it turns out bannon was doing, and it's not clear yet with that was. then you add the pressure from the riots to try to scare pence into going along with it. so there is all these conspiracies. and they can come under one big umbrella in the justice department. they do not need a referral to get there. >> it is 6:15 am on the eastern border of ukraine and russian border right now. the sun is not up yet. and the world is on alert for possible invasion. the general said this

. >> the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6 perpetrators at any level accountable under law most of amy: will garland do what it takes to bring the insurrectionists to justice? we will speak with elie mystal. and as false claims about voter fraud feel republican efforts to restrict voting access, especially for like voters, we will speak with professor carol anderson, author of "white rage and "one person, no vote." and we will speak with ryan goodman and newsweek's william arn. >> there's so much we don't know about who the people were, who were there, about what the link is to nald trump, and to me, like understanding who these people were is key to our moving forward and improving and enhancing our democracy. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today is the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection of january 6 when supporters of donald trump attacked the capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will address the na

as i have noted several times before, justice department was to battle violent extremist attacks on our democratic institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department's first principle task was secure the civil rights promised by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. this meant protecting black americans seeking to exercise their right to vote from acts and threats of violence by white supremacists. the framers of the civil war amendments recognized that access to the ballot is a fundamental aspect of citizenship and self-government. the voting rights act of 1965 sought to make the promise of those amendments real, to do so it gave the justice department valuable tools with which to protect the right to vote. in recent years, however, the protection of the voting rights act have been drastically weakened. the supreme court's 2013 decision in the shelby county case effectively eliminated the preclearance of section 5 which had been the department's most effective tool for protecting voting rights over the past half century. subsequent decisions have substa

i think they'd like to have some backup from the department of justice. y'd like to see if the department of justice is going to prosecute on that, and so we have to wait and see. but aside from a subpoena which would be kind of a nuclear option to a congressional leader, i don't think they can do much of anything. who knows? they might decide to subpoena him. we'll just have to see. other than that, there's not much they can do. >> did you ever think you'd see a republican leader in the house of representatives, governor -- and you served in the house for many years. did you ever think that leader would rebuke a committee like this one for investigating an attack on the u.s. congress itself? >> wolf, you've observed it for a long time. everything that's happened around there right now is dysfunctional. the level of hatred and vitriol, it knows no bounds. again, i've got to go back to the fact that mccarthy, he doesn't care if he has to thumb his nose at somebody as long as at the end of the day when the republicans win the house, which they're likely to d

i was hoping that we weren't just going to hear more about how the department of justice would followts and follow the law wherever it leads. that is nothing more than seeing the prosecutors with agreed and followed by agreeing. now what he said was that the department of justice is determined to hold all january six perpetrators accountable. his words at any level. and then he had it, whether they were at the capitol or not or otherwise were criminally responsible. that is frankly what i had been waiting to hear because that conjures up notion of, you know, lawyers like jeffrey clark who are offering arguably seditious letters to state election officials giving them a blueprint to undermine joe biden's win. and lawyers like john eastman issuing and drafting memos. basically had a coup for fun and profit. it also conjures up that the people who were part of the workaround are only enjoying the cushy environment of the hotel while they were plotting democracies demise. and of course people in the oval office. so i was really pleased to hear attorney general garland reinforce that they

the justice department is now investigating fake electoral college certifications that falsely declared former president trump the winner of seven swing states that he lost in 2020. the boeigus certificates were st by top officials representing the republican party in each state. we'll have more on where the investigation stands straight ahead. >>> plus, tensions and threats heat up as talks stall and worries grow over a possible second russian invasion of ukraine. president biden and his administration telling cnn this morning that a written response to russian security demands could be presented as soon as today. the kremlin warned it will take what it calls an appropriate response if it deems the u.s. response not constructive. and if the west continues what russia describes even as it mounts forces on the border as an aggressive line. >>> we begin this morning with the doj investigating the fake electoral college certifications. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez sat down for an exclusive interview with deputy attorney general lisa monaco, an extraordinary interview. what

>> it depends on your view of what the justice department should do. er crimes, for financial crimes. you know, the mueller investigation, mueller famously no made decision on obstruction of justice. so i'll just be honest, i don't see that happening. i think this is the most important issue of merrick garland's tenure. he is an institutionalist. he believes that the justice department should prosecute people equally based on the facts. that might not apply in this political atmosphere. i talked to again to one of his aides and they said, you won't see merrick garland becoming a performtive attorney general. he doesn't give many speeches or go out there and talk much to the public. and the question is, does that work in this political era. you have a false narrative being put out by a former president that the 2020 election was stolen and does the justice department need to confront him with his personal role in that? again, i just want to be frank, i don't see any chance of garland prosecuting trump for crimes that happened earlier than january 6th. an

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as "the new york times" asks, quote, will the justice department move beyond charging the rioters themselves? today the attorney general, merrick garland, tried to respond to the mounting pressure on his department. during his speech garland gave something of an update on the ongoing criminal investigation into the riot and noted that more than 700 people have been arrested and charged. he then vowed to pursue everyone who might have been involved in the insurrection. >> the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. we will follow the facts wherever they lead. as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done consistent with the facts and the law. i understand that this may not be the answer some are looking for, but we will and we must speak through our work. >> now, one member of the january 6th select committee says he's concerned about what attorney general garland didn't say. >> what was left un

the department of justice will continue to do all it can to protect voting rights with the enforcement powers that we have. it is essential that congress act to give the department the powers that we need to ensure that every eligible voter can cast a vote that counts. but as with violence and threats of violence, the justice department, even the congress, cannot alone defend the right to vote. the responsibility to preserve democracy and to maintain faith in the legitimacy of its essential processes lies with every elected official and with every american. all americans are entitled to free, fair and secure elections that ensure that they can select the representatives of their choice. all americans are entitled to live in a country in which their public servants can go about their jobs of serving the public free from violence and unlawful threats of violence. and all americans are entitled to live in a country in which the transition from one elected administration to the next is accomplished peacefully. the justice department will never stop working to defend the democracy to which

i've said all along to please give the department of justice some time.s is such a huge investigation involving so many people, hundreds of people, historical from the ground up with those that are in the capitol assaulting police officers, and you move up, and you charge the charges that you can do early, and they get more serious as you get up to those that are doing the planning. i think this is the next step. i applaud the justice department for taking this step. it's a bold move. these are not easy charges to make, but they have methodically gone about it, they've efficiently gone about it, and i think it's going to be real interesting to see going forward. >> the indictment clearly indicates that the justice department already has an awful lot of information on the communication that these defendants exchanged with each other and with others, and at the top of it all was the leader of this group who has -- they already know some of the most condemning things that he said in the lead-up in this conspiracy. >> yeah, and it's a really important point,

you know, you shouldn't be hearing about it from the justice department. as, god, it's great to have someone of integrity running the department again. i was concerned not to hear mention of the possibility of criminal activity not related to the actual day of the 6th. i think that was -- that does concern me. but it could very well be that the justice department of georgia is going on and the grand jury is just being really secret about it, but the lawyers representing the witnesses and the witnesses themselves don't have to remain confidential about it, and generally, they have, you know, they have released information to the press when they are entitled to do so. so, i'm a bit skeptical that the silence is just owing to really good justice department adherence to policy. >> sean hannity has been asked to spend some time voluntarily with the committee, not as a member of the press, who covered donald trump and seemed to have advised him, but as a fact witness. is there any update on his interest in doing so from his lawyer? >> i don't have any update on t

so i'm willing to give the justice department a little bit more runway.ome heavy level individuals. we've never been in this space before to go you know legally after a former president, chief of staff, members of congress, some former, some currently serving. so there are a lot of pieces here that i think the justice department is gun shy maybe strong, but certainly a little bit more hesitant to go after if it were just you know, you or me or some other citizen, if you will, that didn't have title and position and a connection to the government the way some of these potential individuals who are under investigation have. >> i mean, let me just stipulate. the perception of a criminal investigation of the highest member of the other party is a banana republic. that's bad. and what the right has successfully done is made this administration, and i believe this justice department, so afraid of anything that approximates that, that it's not clear they're looking at what seem to be clearly criminal acts. the call to raffensperger to find 11,780 votes. meadows

tomorrow, attorney general merrick garland will address the department of justice's efforts to investigateible for the attack. garland will not speak about specific people or charges. instead, he will offer broad remarks about the department's duty to follow the facts and law and pursue equal justice under the law. it comes amid growing criticism that garland has failed to be aggressive in prosecuting or investigating those responsible for january 6th. joining our conversation, msnbc legal analyst, neil, former acting u.s. solicitor general. now a georgetown law professor. yamesh is still with us. i want to show you something that congressman reuben said today on this topic of trump and on the doj. >> i think merrick garland has been extremely weak and i think there should be a lot more of the organizers of january 6th that should be arrested by now. the problem we have right now is that we have a very obstructionist republican party that should be part of helping us decide how to save democracy instead of trying to cover up for their crimes and you have again, an attorney general who is f

justice department. as you look at this unsigned executive action that politico is reporting on that is part of those 700 documents that donald trump wanted to keep the public and the january 6th committee from seeing, what goes across your mind? >> what goes across my mind is we need to know who wrote it, who agreed with it, we need to know who had the classified information to put those executive orders in. we need to know where it was hidden. we need to know who wanted to hide it from the committee and who showed it to trump and what the discussions were. it's just incomprehensible that anybody would try to do this in the united states of america. not only is it just un-american and bordering on treasonous in my opinion, but it's a violation. there's an interesting history to that. the posse come titus came about after general grant was president and used federal troops to protect the rights of black americans after the war. in order for the next guy to win the nomination to become president, hayes, h

we know the justice department can get certain things. right now, much of this committee's success hangs on what the supreme court will do with a bunch of evidence they need that trump doesn't want the committee to get a hold of. >> reporter: that's right. it all centers now at least with the white house records, on this national archives case before the supreme court. the committee asked the supreme court to expedite this case so the hearings and oral arguments come sooner because they want to wrap up by the summer. at least the evidence gathering phase. it is right because the justice department, at least in the committee's eyes, is not investigating or they have no idea if they are investigating trump and the top people in the white house when the previous administration. one shrugged his shoulders when i asked if they knew if the justice department was investigating trump personally. the archives case is added significance in the weeks to come. >> you studied that speech that was made by the attorney general this week. it was somethin

he instituted new policy about contacts between the white house and the department of justice, but hement about it. i don't think move people know that he re-established that norm very clearly, you know, within the department of justice as a policy so i think that he can go a long way by just giving the public a window into steps that are being taken, how things work, you know. his -- his -- what interest he is balancing as he approaches, you know, these cases like when he's thinking about whether to charge somebody with contempt of congress. i think that that would reassure the public much more than what they are feeling now. >> we'll all be watching, right, to see how much that have we actually do hear and what ultimately is said tomorrow. always good to have you here. thank you. >> thank you. >>> up next, he once argued an accusation of sexual assault against him couldn't possibly be true because he's not a sweater. well, now, prince andrew's attorneys are in court trying to get the same lawsuit dismissed. the latest argument. we'll get you up to speed next. i answer questions abou

i'm ready to help the justice department. ready to help if you need more information, if you need to go to trial and need witnesses. there are people that are signing up to do that, especially in these conspiracy cases. and the thing that we can take away from this is we're one year in. there have been a lot of people charged. it's the largest, most complex, most resource-intensive investigation in the fbi's history, and it is nowhere near from being over. >> it's amazing to me. you said there are 250 people they are still looking for as of today. it's just incredible a year later. caitlan, thank you. >>> all right, the company that owns facebook, instagram and what's app have been in contact with fbi ahead of the anniversary. the spokesperson for meta is continuing to monitor threats on its platform and says it will respond accordingly. facebook, of course, has faced intense scrutiny for failing to do enough to curb all of those threats of violence in the days leading up to the capitol insurrection. >>> still ahead for you,