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Their client to testify in any capacity, that would be a significant mistake. meanwhile, the department of justice says it needs $34 million in funding to continue its massive investigation into the capitol attack. it wants that money included in a spending bill that needs to pass in december because of concerns that republicans would cut off funding next year if they win back the house of representatives in the upcoming mid terms. the doj has called the capital attack the most wide-ranging investigation in its history with more than 870 arrests so far. but the doj says its work is far from over. there are still hundreds of rioters who have not yet been arrested. when asked about the requests, the house appropriation chair, a democrat from connecticut, said, quote, there are lots of questions. we re taking a look at all of them and seeing what makes it and seeing what doesn t make it. ....
Most wide-ranging investigation in its history with more than 870 arrests so far. but the doj says its work is far from over as there are still hundreds of rioters who have not yet been arrested. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly, the state attorney for palm beach county, florida, dave aaronberg. ryan, let s start with your reporting and start with the fact that as you show us every day, this investigation continues to go on. they continue to find more rioters, bring them to justice, and you re talking about the possibility of this having to get shut off if they run out of money. how dire is the situation for the doj? well, essentially right now, you know, they ve been working on borrowed time because a lot ....
People we know attacked police on january 6th, and you look at how many cases are being brought on a weekly basis, the numbers don t match up. you have about four arrests per week at this point, but you have a total spectrum of basically almost 3,000 people who either entered the capitol or attacked officers on january 6th. and right now when we re a little over 870 and, you know, you sort of bump that out a little bit and you re not going to get anywhere near that final number by the time sort of the statute of limitations begins approaching. there is a bit of a disconnect between justice department leadership and the folks work og these cases day to day about what is actually needed to bring this investigation home, because it really is overwhelming the court system, it s overwhelming the justice department, and they really do need just manpower, pure manpower to bring these cases to fruition. the base investigation in doj history there. ....
Republicans at this moment, some of them that i talked to, are open to including the funding and this may be the best shot that democrats have, that the doj has, to get this money through, because if the house flips to republican control, it s likely to be run by staunch trump allies. it s good your reporting is getting out there and we re talking about it. matt, the justice department has called january 6th the most wide-ranging investigation in its history. now more than 870 arrests so far. so what options are left for the doj if they do run out of money? well, i don t think we should assume that the investigations and prosecutions would stop. that s not what would happen. what it does mean is they would have to make difficult choices about redistricting agents from other priorities, redistricting prosecutors from other priorities. the justice department would have to say, do we want to continue to devote agents to investigating january 6th perpetrators or have them focus on viol ....
Public hearing. but with pence, the opportunity is still there. and again, he has said as much. that if subpoenaed by the committee, we consider coming forward. which is the way that all of his top aides, the ones who have testified publicly, the ones who testified privately, they all came in, because of the subpoena. it wasn t just a voluntary interview process. but they were compliant because it is clear the pence people had a very different experience on january 6th than donald trump did. thank you very much, ladies, for coming on. and in another january 6th investigation, the justice department says it is running out of money to continue its probe. the d.o.j. has told congress more than $34 million is quote critically needed to fund the investigation, which the department has called the most wide-ranging one in its history. more than 870 people have been arrested so far. but it s not yet clear if congress will tack more funding on to a major funding bill in december. let s go to ....