enormously wide ranging investigation as well. it is inevitable that there will be things that they find before we have found them and it is inevitable that there will be things that we find that they haven t found. but the justice department has from the beginning been moving urgently to learn everything we can about this period and to bring to justice anybody who is criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another, which is th fundamental element of our democracy. you said you re moving quickly at this there has been a lot of criticism, a lot of pressure, that the doj is behind the power curve, behind the committee, not moving quickly enough on what appears to be solid evidence in some cases. as i said, we have been moving urgently since the very beginning. we have a huge number of prosecutors and agents working on these cases. it is inevitable in this kind of investigation that there will be speculation about what
we can about this period and bring to justice everyone who s criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power, from one administration to another, which is a fundamental element of our democracy. you said, you are moving quickly at this. there has been a lot of criticism, a lot of pressure, that the doj is kind of behind the power curve here, behind the committee, not moving quickly enough on what s appears to be solid evidence in some cases. as i said, we have been moving urgently since the very beginning. we have a huge number of prosecutors and agents working on these cases. it is inevitable in this kind of investigation that there speculation, what we are doing, who we are investigating, what our theories are. the reason there is a speculation and uncertainty is that to some fundamental tenets of what we do as prosecutors and investigators decide to outside the public eye.
alayna treene, we appreciate it. we re out of time. we will talk to you soon. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this wednesday. morning joe starts right now. you said you re moving quickly at this. there s been a lot of criticism and a lot of pressure that the doj is behind the power curve here, behind the committee, not moving quickly enough in what appears to be solid evidence in some cases. as i said, we ve been moving urgently since the very beginning. we have a huge number of prosecutors working on this. it s inevitable with the speculation what we re doing and what our theories are, the reason there is this speculation and uncertainty is something in the tenet of what we do as prosecutors and investigators is to do it outside of the public eye. attorney general merrick garland in an exclusive new interview with nbc s lester holt
this. this is part of what that exchange between lester holt and merrick garland. his first big interview. there s been a lot of criticism, pressure, that the doj is behind the power curve, behind the committee, not moving quickly enough on what appears to be solid evidence in some cases. as i said, we havemove moveing urgently. we have prosecutors working on the cases. it s what we do, do it outside of the public eye. making that point entirely. i noticed lawrence tribe, who was garland s law professor at harvard, among law professor for so many others. he said that he has been among one of the critics. he said, it was very reassuring to see that interview. it was very pointed in the way merrick garland answered lester about what they are doing behind the scenes, as you point out,
also got the phone records of these top officials, including mark meadows, who successfully ducked the house committee. then you have, as mentioned, that interesting agee garland interview with lester holt. let s listen to a bunch of that. there has been a lot of criticism, a lot of pressure that the doj is behind the power curve, behind the committee, not moving quickly enough on what appears to be solid evidence in some cases. as i said, we have been moving urgently since the very beginning. we have a huge number of prosecutors and agents working on these cases. it is the fundamental tenant of what we do as prosecutors and investigators is to do it outside of the public eye. andrew. so, i think everything he said is there. you know, i would have some follow-ups to that. i doubt he would answer them, but i think that he s somewhat highlighted the nature of the investigation because everyone knows there was a very active