decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. the special counsel will conduct parts of the first investigation i just mentioned. the investigation into whether any person or entity unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election or with the certification of electoral college vote held on or about january 6. this does not include prosecutions that are currently pending in the district of columbia or future investigations and prosecutions of individuals for offenses committed while they were physically present on the capitol grounds on january 6. those investigations and prosecutions will remain under the authority of the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. the special counsel will also conduct the investigation involving classified documents and other presidential records as well as the possible obstruction of that
the second is the ongoing investigation involving classified documents and other presidential records as well as the possible obstruction of that investigation referenced and described in court filings in a pending matter in the southern district of florida. i m joined today by deputy attorney general, u.s. attorney for the district of columbia matthew graves, and assistant attorney general for the criminal division. assistant attorney general for national security could not be here. he is currently in germany representing the department at the g7 home affairs and security ministerial. u.s. attorney graves has been leading the investigation into the events leading up to and on january 6th. he and dozens of assistant u.s. attorneys and other prosecutors have taken on the monumental task of conducting over 900 prosecutions in defense of our democratic institutions.
attention. the first, as described in court filings in the district of columbia, is the investigation into whether any person or entity unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election, or the certification of the electoral college vote held on or about january 6th, 2021. the second is the ongoing investigation involving classified documents and other presidential records. as well as the possible obstruction of that investigation referenced and described in court filings in the pending matter in the southern district of florida. i m joined today by deputy attorney general lisa monaco, u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, matthew graves, and assistant attorney general for the criminal division, kenneth poleet. assistant attorney general for national security, matthew olsen, could not be here. he is currently in germany represent can the department at the g-7 foreign affairs and
the door kicked in, as the break of john. so it s not necessarily, not necessarily a great argument to make, when you compare to how many other people go through this. and i would also note that the district judge here during this hearing, he sat for an hour, and basically explained how the system to prosecute this defendant. that s not a lot of how people go through this system. let me ask you, paul butler, because ryan was just talking about the other two people whom the justice department has declined to comment. read from the new york times. the reporting there, the justice department is saying based on the individual facts and circumstances of their alleged contempt, my office will not be initiating prosecutions for criminal contempt, as requested in the referral against messrs. meadows and scavino. matthew and grace, the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, wrote to douglas and letter, the general counsel of the house on friday. my office is review of each of
capitol to be issued to someone who worked in donald trump s white house. the existence of the subpoena was first revealed in a lawsuit that navarro has filed against the january 6th committee. house speaker nancy pelosi and the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, matthew graves. navarro has said he will represent himself in the suit. it comes on the heels of the news last week that a federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to individuals involved in the so-called alternate elector plan, including rudy giuliani, john eastman and jenna ellis. what a collection there. joining us now almany, and the one, the only, daniel goldman, msnbc legal analyst, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york as well as former majority counsel during donald trump s first impeachment trial. dan, navarro says that the subpoena is related to the contempt of congress referral. how likely do you think all of