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Adam Schiff criticizes slow pace of Justice Department investigation into broader January 6 plot
Annie Grayer
By Annie Grayer, CNN
Updated 2:18 PM ET, Sat September 24, 2022
Austin, Texas (CNN)US Rep. Adam Schiff, who serves on the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, expressed his frustration Saturday with the slow pace of the various criminal investigations conducted by the Department of Justice into the attack on the US Capitol.
"They have been very slow, though, on the much more comprehensive, and I believe, even more significant investigation of January 6," the California Democrat said here at the Texas Tribune Festival.
Schiff criticized the DOJ's overall strategy, saying he believes it was a mistake for the department to start its investigation from the ground up with those who broke into the Capitol because "that works when you have one plot, one conspiracy. It doesn't work when there are multiple lines of effort to overturn an election, multiple plots, that may be all part of the same whole, but nonetheless each operating independently."
He also questioned how the various investigations have been delegated, saying he doesn't understand why the DOJ has left Fulton County, Georgia, to investigate on its own former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election result in the state.
"That may be changing too, but it's a long time coming" Schiff said.
The longtime lawmaker reflected Saturday on how the process for sharing information between the January 6 committee and the DOJ developed, saying he found it "breathtaking" that the initial ask from the DOJ was for all of the committee's work product……
"It would be equally breathtaking if we were to say to the Justice Department, 'Turn over all of your files,'" he said. "My first reaction when we got the request 'Turn over all your files to us' was: 'Why don't you have your own damn files? Why haven't you been conducting your own investigation? Why do you need us to do it?'"