Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that he plans to watch all of the Jan. 6 committee's hearings and that prosecutors handling criminal cases stemming from the insurrection are also watching.
"I am watching, and I will be watching all the hearings, although I may not be able to watch all of it live," Garland said. "But I will be sure that I am watching all of it. And I can assure you that the January 6 prosecutors are watching all of the hearings as well."
The attorney general, who has faced mounting pressure from Democrats to pursue a criminal case against Trump and his allies related to the January 6 attack, declined to comment on new evidence provided by the committee.
He pointed to long-standing Justice Department operating procedure of not commenting on ongoing investigations, saying: "We do that both for the viability of our investigations and because it's the right thing to do with respect to the civil liberties of people under investigation."
Two dozen leading Democrats previously told CNN that Garland may have missed his moment to bring criminal charges against top Trump administration officials before the effort would get caught up in the 2024 presidential campaign jockeying set to begin later this year, after the midterm elections.
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