different slices of it, right? like the mar-a-lago classified documents thing preceded at on pace, the fake elector staying proceeded at a different pace. i think they should explain wh the national archives an records administration general refer that to them to prosecut they were like, no, nothing to worry about, and they sat it o a year before they did anything you know, and there are othe pieces of that in terms of trump s involvement with tryin to overturn the election in th various states, and potentiall trying to incite the attack on congress on january 6th. it seems like different slices of it took on different pace depending on which actor within the fbi in the justic department were winning whic fight. i am happy to know it, but the fact that things wer deliberate and slow and ther was a lot of yada-yada insid the department or to figure it out is not surprising. and i m sure if i was insid the department of ivy league which group i would be in, i would be like, come on let
washington post reporting toda about how long it took for the justice department to get wher it is now on the jack smit investigation of january 6th you know, it s slow i think they will claim it was deliberate in the best sense it was careful and they have ended up where many people, including our guests tonight were urging the to end up. and a year, if we can call i that, of delay at the justic department when did that become - like a new thing i don t know, i m just - you know i think that s true overall of the overall portrait that they are giving us about the justice department s overall process. like, if you are shocked a this point that merrick garlan is a congressman, good morning how was your arrest? but in terms of i think the part that s nuance and is interesting is
judge. and then you ve got the washington to post a new yor times reporting cases involvin classified documents could rules delay this case, that there are sort of additional sensitivities can you help us understand that? there is a lot in the washington post today. one of the league stories that we are getting a lot of tensio on social media is the january 6th case it was so interesting about th washington post reporting wa that this is an active crimina investigation, so there are lot of things, alicia, that th public and press do not know about. but there are two importan things that i think everybod your fingers across the countr should keep in mind. number one, the justic department has a demonstrate commitment to pursuing justice without fear we saw that last week with thi indictment and number two, we saw the attorney general vow to uphold the rule of law. and i will tell you that the
he think there is a large contingent within the justic department but still believe they will get their. and you have to think, also, there s kind of two groups here, there s all the folks who ar there through all of the tortured previou administration and the decisions that were made and then there s also, there s a group that came in wit garland. but in all honesty a lot o them did not come in, ke people who were tried in the investigation nearly a year passed befor they were in a position to d anything about it. then they ve been, they feel like they ve been moving quickly, but it s taken so long it has indeed, aaron david, thank you for your ver important report uncrewed could horry is a former federal prosecutor. harry lippman served as deputy assistant general in the justice department as our lega affairs conch columnist for the l.a. times on coach, you ve been critical
would have been because i don think that s necessarily true. i think of the justice department had done its job an look at the evidence clearly when it was presented before them as outlined in th washington post we could v been a very differen situation. so we are very much in a situation where we are racin against the clock. i m sure if you ask jack smith that he would say that s certainly true for democrats and people tha believe in the rule of law that delay is something that i has undermined their faith i accountability, and having see somebody held to account after many, many years of avoiding that kind of responsibility. for republicans who want to see, and so itchy at trial, and hav a resolution of what happene before a nomination process, that is something that is very much in jeopardy because o delay. and for the country, havin