the healthy skepticism about the attorney general saying that everybody involved at every level will face accountability here. what is your bigger picture view as to whether or not the justice department is willing to make even politically fraught determinations, if that s where these suits part of the suits and boots investigation, as you described, it might lead? look, you quoted attorney general garland in your introduction. you know, he said that he s going to file the evidence where it goes. if you look at the case filings, right, it s very very clear, and has been from before the emergence of this kind of, expanded vision of this case, that the justice department is very homed in on what s effects, former president trump s words and actions had on people on the ground. it s apparent in, charging documents, it s apparent in
if you look at the case filings, right, it s very very clear, and has been from before the emergence of this kind of, expanded vision of this case, that the justice department is very homed in on what effect, former president trump s words and actions had on people on the ground. it s apparent in, charging documents, it s apparent in water called statements of offense, when people plead guilty. it s just very clear, if you pay attention to the paperwork, that the justice department is aware of the effect that trump s words had on people on the ground. so whether that results in a criminal case, that s just not something that we can tell the moment. i d be surprised if the justice department knew at the moment, but in terms of whether or not
more people assigned to his particular team, remains to be seen don t forget, there are 140 federal prosecutors, assigned to the investigation writ large, and so the job here is to see what is the nexus between the people who are on the ground and the people who were away from that capitol ground. you know, i kind of think of it is suits and boots in a way. and so, a guy like thomas windom, is presumably working closely with other federal prosecutors, who are kind of steeped in the boots on the ground cases. so, we ll see kind of where that goes, as the days and weeks go on. we ve just got about 90 seconds left here, which i regret greatly, but let me just ask you about what i ve described as a sort of cynicism,
there doesn t seem to be a big team yet? that said, we do know that, you know, at least one subpoena has gone out, he is kind of overseeing that. ali alexander, as you mentioned in your introduction has been subpoenaed, and windom is shepherding that subpoena. whether or not there will be more people assigned to his particular team, remains to be seen don t forget, there are 140 federal prosecutors, assigned to the investigation writ large, and so the job here is to see what is the nexus between the people who are on the ground and the people who were away from that capitol ground. you know, i kind of think of it is suits and boots in a way. and so, a guy like thomas windom, is presumably working
it s apparent in charging documents, it s apparent in what are called statements of offense, when people plead guilty, it s just very clear, if you pay attention to the paperwork, that the justice department is aware of the effect that trump s words have on people on the ground. so you know, whether that results in a criminal case, that s just in the something that we can tell at the moment. i would be surprised if the justice department knew at the moment, but in terms of whether or not they are paying attention to it, it s very clear that they are, and now, we know for certain that the justice department has kind of expanded its gaze, so to speak, and like looked beyond people who were on the ground that day, to those who were off-site, but may have some sort of culpability. alan feuer, who covers courts and criminal justice for the