january 6th insurrection accountable. the actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law. whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. we will follow the facts wherever they lead. so critics on the left have been demanding more action from the doj. should they feel reassured tonight? i think they should. i actually tweeted that very fact shortly after the address. in fact, i learn in your first segment that the department of justice put that paragraph out in their press release before the speech, so they were obviously sending the signal.
for accountability from that day. we have been hearing from the house select committee about the state of their probe. yet the doj has been notably less forthcoming about the progress it is making. joining me to discuss this is someone who has prosecuted domestic terrorists before and was in fact on the short list to be nominated as attorney general under the biden presidency, former alabama senator, doug jones. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i want to start generally here. how would you rate, sir, the job merrick garland, the current attorney general, is doing? as you know, there is a growing sense of anxiousness, to say the least, about whether the doj as aggressive as it should be with its probe to hold not just the attackers involved in the january 6th insurrection accountable, but those who planned it, financed it, organized it? yeah, you know, look, first of all, thank you for having me tonight. great to be back with you. i think that the justice department is m
not. having heard that a question that we have asked you before, what do you think of the leaders like kevin mccarthy that said one thing immediately after and now saying another speaking out on both sides of their mouths? i mean, i don t think there is a lot new here when we saw this unfold with the flip-flopping of the different political heleaders. kevin mccarthy got caught with his pants down but for me, it speaks to kevin mccarthy s char acre ter. he s placed his own political future and that of his party above holding those responsible for the january 6th insurrection accountable. i mean, it s a sad commentary on the type of elected leaders we have for people that have no integrity and no honor. michael, prete, thank you both. appreciate it. if you ve been waiting for a
political divisiveness and a year of investigations searching for accountability from that day. we have been hearing from the house select committee about the state of their probe. yet the doj has been notably less forthcoming about the progress it is making. joining me to discuss this is someone who has prosecuted domestic terrorists before and was in fact on the short list to be nominated as attorney general under the biden presidency, former alabama senator, doug jones. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i want to start generally here. how would you rate, sir, the job merrick garland, the current attorney general, is doing? as you know, there is a growing sense of anxiousness, to say the least, about whether the doj as aggressive as it should be with its probe to hold not just the attackers involved in the january 6th insurrection accountable, but those who planned it, financed it, organized it? yeah, you know, look, first of all, thank you for having me tonight. great
jury to find out at the end instead of predetermining whether someone s guilty or not. having heard that, a question we have asked you before, what do you think of these leaders like kevin mccarthy who are now who said one thing immediately after and now saying another thing, really speaking out of both sides of their mouths? yeah, i mean, i don t think there s a whole lot new here. when we saw this whole thing unfold with the flip-flopping of all these different political leaders. it just so happened in this instance kevin mccarthy got caught with his pants down. but to me it speaks to kevin mccarthy s character. he s placed, you know, his own political future and that of his party above holding those responsible for the january 6th insurrection accountable. i mean, it s a sad commentary on the type of elected leaders that we have just people that have no integrity and no honor.