more aggressive with his investigation. despite more than 700 arrests tied to that day already. correspondent david spunt is following the story from the justice department. those involved must be held accountable. one day before the anniversary of the u.s. capitol attack, attorney general merrick garland, the nation s top law enforcement officer addressed the american people. he talked about political violence and free elections but his underlying theme are a warning to those involved in the capitol chaos who have yet to be identified. the actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. garland declined to announce any new charges or even name names. he is under increasing pressure from democrats to do more with the investigation and be more aggressive. i think merrick garland has been extremely weak. we have, again, an attorney general who is feckless and has not been helpful in terms of preserving our democracy.
a very concerted effort about what s gone wrong in the state. so i mean, i you know, this is politics. um, i m i want to tell the truth. i want to be as transparent as possible but at that moment when you asked me that, i wasn t ready to sort of say, for sure, what i was going to do. yeah. all right. or it could be, you know, whispers of all right, all right, all right. it could be another matthew mcconaughey. we ll see. yeah, you could have got the wrong matthew. i want to turn now to the capitol chaos, right? because president biden has said that one of the best ways to protect democracy is to pass his agenda. # to show that government can still work. is that happening? or do you think it s at risk of all falling apart tonight? well, everything we ve watched and you ve watched it unfold. i mean, it s completely dysfunctional. and the bad thing about what s washington is it s become like a virus of dysfunction that s now spread across the country which is awful. it never u
and maybe beto will announce and if we both get through the primaries, we ll be on a ticket together and running in a very concerted effort what has gone wrong in the state. this is politics. i want to tell the truth. i want to be as transparent as possible but at that moment when you asked me that, i wasn t ready to say for sure what i was going to do. yeah. all right. could be, you know, whispers of all right, all right, all right. it could be another matthew, matthew mcconaughey. you could have got the wrong matthew. i want to turn to the capitol chaos, right? president biden has said that one of the best ways to protect democracy is to pass his agenda, to show that government can still work. is that happening or is it at risk of falling apart tonight? well, everything we ve watched and you ve watched unfold is completely dysfunctional. the bad thing what is washington is it s become like a virus of dysfunction that s spread across
A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has hired former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman as a senior staff member, bringing on the one-term Virginia lawmaker as GOP leaders have criticized the panel as too partisan.