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. reporter: the speech comes amid growing calls for him to do more. i think merrick garland has been extremely weak, and i think there should be a lot more of the organizers of january 6 that should be arrested by now. reporter: the nation s top law enforcement officials vowing their work is not done. our answer is, and will continue to be the same answer we would give with respect to any ongoing investigation. as long as it takes, and whatever it takes for justice to be done. reporter: the justice department s work runs parallel to the house select committee investigation. lawmakers on that panel say they are looking at whether trump may have committed a federal crime by obstructing an official
as they proven yet again today and over and over again, they only care about attacking their political enemies. it has turned out to be nothing more than a partisan committee just to investigate the former president. we ve seen plenty of video of people in the capitol and they weren t rioting. it doesn t look like an armed insurrection when you have people that breach the capitol and i don t condone it, but they re staying within the rope lines in the rotunda. that s not what an armed insurrection would look like. well, both house select committee and the justice department are investigating january 6, but the u.s. attorney jen is under increasing pressure to take more aggressive action against those responsible. cnn s paula reid reports for you from washington. good afternoon. reporter: attorney general ral merrick garland said the justice department is committed to holding all january 6 perpetrators at any level accountable. the justice department remains committed to h
for lawlessness and violence? to which trump replied, no. her cooperation comes as the committee targets other trump allies like fox news host sean hannity, former vice president mike pence, and now we are learning radio host sebastian gorka, subpoenaing his cell phone records. the most powerful and one of the greatest presidents we ve ever had. reporter: gorka is suing the committee and verizon to block that request. his lawyer arguing that unlike other targets, he wasn t involved in planning events on january 6, and only observed speeches at the elipse like any other spectator. in his remarks, garland also addressed what he sees as broader threats to democracy, like attacks on judges, police and journalists, and legislative enactments that make it harder for millions of americans to vote. he noted many of those legislative efforts followed the big lie that the election was stolen. paula reid, cnn, washington. well, another trump ally is