to criminally investigate donald trump for 2020 election including the events of january six. the crescendoed bill through this summer as they were televised saying explosive revelations about what was happening in the white house in and around january six. but that committee had no ability to charge anyone with anything. only the department of justice did. and from what everyone could tell, at least from the outside, not a whole lot seem to be happening over at the doj. by july, attorney general garland felt the need to speak out and defend his department. there is a lot of speculation about what the justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from on
justice department is doing, what it s not doing, what the theories are, what the theories aren t, and there will continue to be that speculation. this is the most wide ranging investigation and the most important investigation for the justice department has ever done. and we have done so because this [inaudible] effort to upend and general election transfer of power from one administration to the other, concept of the fundamental of american democracy. we have to get this right. garland was not wrong, this is the most important investigation that the justice department has ever entered into. no president has ever been criminally charged in the history of the united states of america. and that means that merrick garland holds one of the most difficult jobs in the entire country. he is now not only at the helm of one, but two sweet being justice department investigations into a former president, donald trump. the departments investigation into january 6th, and the probe into
announced by the media. the attorney general took no questions. also tonight though, new questions about how the fbi learned about the alleged classified information at the trump facility. the specific document or document, did someone in former president trump s inner circle tip off the bureau? and what comes next in this high stakes legal back and forth? correspondent david spunt has the latest tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. after days of intense political and public pressuring attorney general merrick garland stepped up in front of the cameras and told the nation the justice department filed a motion town seal the search warrant involved in that search of form everywhere president donald trump s home monday in mar-a-lago, florida. attorney general garland says the search warrant will reveal some of the items taken and he said unsealing this is in the substantial public interest. first, i personally approved the deci
to impersonate what was required in that state which was only biden electors. the other, a trump campaign lawyer who worked in arizona and new mexico. here s what that fraud meeting looked like in georgia where republicans got together and together sat in a room and claimed to represent the will of the voters. whether it is elkor fraud or massive voter fraud is being investigated. then you have brad carver, there he was, so happy at the motel, putting it on film. telling on themselves, we ll find out. according to prosecutors, whether this is a chargeable crime. the january 6th committee revealed trump s lawyers for starters thought the whole thing looked illegal. did you hear the white house council s office say this plan to have electors meet and cast votes for donald trump in states that he had lost was not legally sound? yes, sir. mr. meadows, mr. giuliani, and giuliani s associates. they knew it at the time. then there is the secret footage we keep hearing about fr
televised hearings next week. ryan noble at the capitol with us for the very latest. what are two contempt charges he is facing . reporter: so these are reled to the defiance of the subpoena sent to him via the january 6th committee, one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents the committee is interested in as part of their investigation, the other is his refusal to sit in deposition for interview with the committee, both could result in serious jail time and a hefty fine, so far he has been defiant as he was pri was prior to the subpoena issued, he claimed he had executive privilege protection extended to him by the former president donald trump, obviously the committee felt different as did the department of justice. so what happened in court next. reporter: there were some the theatrics, complained about the way the fbi knocked down on his door, complained about the way they arrested him at the airport in washington as opposed to asking him to come in and s