(CNN)Now everyone knows the fact that at least the House Election Commission is investigating. I am. January 6 Riot at US Capitol. The committee received a lot of attention through a hearing.
Cillizza: Let's get started easily: When did the federal investigation around January 6th begin, and what do we know about it?
Polanc: Easy answer to a simple question: Started on the afternoon of January 6, 2021.
Cillizza: If so, how does this study work in collaboration with the House 1/6 Committee? Whether one affects the other.
Polanc: Nothing happens in Washington. The House Select Commission has done a very good job of working quickly and digging deeply, especially on how much we could collect from witness interviews (more than 1,000), National Archives records, and Eastman emails. I am. The mountain of evidence will eventually be in the public domain.
The Justice Department has also overcome a surprising pile of evidence, especially in preparation for the trial.
The Justice Ministry has traditionally started with the mob himself and focused on the top of the pyramid (Trump himself), but traditionally looks from bottom to top. We want access to the records of witnesses that the DOJ has spoken to the House of Representatives, and we are beginning to see these interests cross by not being able to access them as easily as investigators desire. House says they will eventually release all the material. But now the wall between parliamentary work and the Justice Ministry is a point of tension.
Cillizza: 1/6 The committee's debate is whether to recommend criminal accusations in the final report. Is that decision relevant to this federal investigation?
Polanc: Probably not. A lot of ink is spilling as to whether or not the committee members will introduce. Some members of Congress have a rich history of trying to tell the DOJ who to investigate, with few results. Well, as it was then, the Justice Department doesn't have to let Congress sniff out law violations for them. They have their own nose (and more powerful search and subpoena power).
Example: The DOJ's search for Clark took place the day before his ex-colleague gave a burning testimony to the House of Representatives about his actions at the end of the Trump administration. Still, Garland revealed that his department was watching the hearings of these House Select Commissions. If anything revealed at Capitol Hill gets the investigator's attention, it's possible that federal criminal investigators are moving faster than the final report or referral is drafted.
Cillizza: Complete this sentence: "The danger to Donald Trump from this study is _______________."
Polantz: "Who may be willing to share what you witnessed."
Perhaps Trump is not at all dangerous and the law Never crossed the boundaries of. You will not know this until the facts have been collected.
Trump was unable to put together a firewall in Robert Mueller's investigation, and key figures such as White House adviser Don McGarn became witnesses to him in the investigation of obstructions. But some of his advisers chose to endure the trial without revealing the full truth of what happened in the Trump campaign when Russia hacked Democrats-and theirs. Go to the grave-. January 6th is different. I've also heard from Trump's former lawyer. Transparency is gaining momentum, at least in the past week.