00:00 Before beginning our meeting, I want to take a moment to recognize that tomorrow marks the
00:03 third anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol. For our country, January 6th was
00:10 an unprecedented attack on the cornerstone of our system of government, the peaceful transfer of
00:17 power from one administration to the next. For many of the law enforcement officers defending
00:23 the Capitol on that day, January 6th was also dangerous, painful, and personal. On that day,
00:32 officers were punched, tackled, and tased as they defended the Capitol and those inside.
00:40 One officer was crushed in a door and another was dragged down a flight of stairs. Officers
00:47 were attacked with chemical agents that burned their eyes and skin. They were assaulted with
00:54 pipes, poles, and other dangerous and deadly weapons. Over the course of several hours,
01:00 law enforcement officers defending the Capitol sustained a barrage of repeated violent attacks.
01:05 140 officers were assaulted. We honor the officers who selflessly defended members of Congress and
01:15 others inside the Capitol that day. Our efforts are with the loved ones who are grieving for the
01:21 five officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty as a result of what happened to them
01:26 on January 6th. We must never forget the terrible violence inflicted on law enforcement officers
01:33 on January 6th. Since the January 6th attack, the Justice Department has engaged in what has become
01:39 one of the largest and most complex and resource-intensive investigations in our history.
01:45 We have initiated prosecutions and secured convictions across a wide range of criminal
01:51 conduct on January 6th, as well as in the days and weeks leading up to the attack.
01:56 We have secured convictions of those who brutally assaulted officers at the Capitol.
02:02 We have secured convictions against those who obstructed the certification of the Presidential
02:09 election. We have secured convictions of leaders of both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers
02:14 for seditious conspiracy. So far, we have charged over 1,250 individuals and obtained over 890
02:24 convictions in connection with the January 6th attack. Our work continues. As I said before,
02:31 the Justice Department will hold all January 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under the
02:38 law, whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault
02:45 on our democracy. In the ongoing January 6th investigations and prosecutions led by U.S.
02:50 Attorney for the District of Columbia Matt Graves and Special Counsel Jack Smith, the Justice
02:56 Department is abiding by the long-standing norms that ensure our independence and the integrity
03:03 of our investigations. We are following the facts and the law wherever they lead. We are enforcing
03:10 the law without fear or favor. We are honoring our obligation to protect the civil rights and
03:17 civil liberties of everyone in our country. We are upholding the rule of law and we are protecting
03:24 the American people.
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