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18 months after the january 6th insurrection, we're getting new details from the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. about the investigation into the rioters. so far more than 855 defendants have been arrested in nearly all 50 states and the district of columbia. approximately 329 individuals have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges. and approximately 203 federal defendants have received sentences already. joining me now is nbc's ryan riley to dig into these data. so, ryan, that's a pretty fast track record, the usual record of prosecutions here in d.c. and some of the, you know, covid b...

Prosecutions of those who stormed the capitol. josh, where do things stand now? >> well, mika, i mean, it's not that the justice department has not been moving on these january 6th prosecutions. we're looking so far at about 855 people who have been arrested in connection with the events of january 6th, making this, by far, the largest investigation and prosecution of a criminal event in u.s. history. and about 40% of those people have already either pleaded guilty or been found guilty at trial. so it is a massive undertaking, to the extent people have complaints about it, it's really about ho...

Plotters, the high-level government coup plotters. there were the people on the ellipse that marched down, and then there was this center ring, the organized violent extremists, many of them, i think, 855 last time i looked, have been charged by doj. doj believes about 2,000 were in the building. does the -- does that ring get connected through evidence that the committee has turned up to the ring that you focus so much on in the hearings, what was happening at the white house? >> well, let me just say that i think we will be connecting some dots on tuesday that will be important. and without ...

0 have a long laughs and i get respect to sometimes. >> sometimes. we are sending much, much respect and gratitude tonight to this incredible actor and as long successful career. james caan gone at 82. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. i will see he was fired from his very first job for lying. it was his first job as a newspaper reporter in london and he got caught making up quote. the more right-wing newspaper didn't see that as disqualifying...

0 you both for coming on, appreciate it. >> that is all in on this thursday night msnbc prime starts now with ali veteran good evening ali. ht msnbc prime starts now with ali vetera joining us this hour. he was fired from his very first job for lying. it was his first job as a newspaperjo reporter in london, and he got caught making up quotes. but a more right wing newspaper didn't see that as disqualifying so they stacked him up and sent him to brussels to cover the headquarters of the european union. once there he spent the early 1990ars doing what he did best. he made things up. filed repor...