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Investigating the attack is now floating the idea of televised hearings in primetime against prominent figures that they have called to testify. zoe tillman is a reporter for buzzfeed news. yeah glenn kirschner, has spent time in the u.s. attorney's office as a prosecutor. and let me go to you, someone who has spent so much time in the office in overseeing these cases, glenn, your reaction to the speech today. >> i think merrick garland speech was a little bit more forward-leaning than i had expected. i was hoping that we weren't just going to hear more about how the department of justice woul...

Ports. and so the prosecutors have to look at every case in isolation not as part of some big angry mob. and say what does this person deserved. does this person deserve to go to prison? does this person deserved probation? these are really difficult calls to make. but when merrick garland said that you should inspect to see lower sentences early on, this sentences will ratchet up as we tackle the more serious cases and is quote was this is purposeful. they are building from the ground up which is the way that we make these cases. >> and is always point, we will see that trial, will be looking...

It builds up from there. and you know, so far we haven't seen any indication that we're going after some of the boldface names or the bigger fish that glenn kirschner was talking about. so we haven't seen any public investigatory steps. steps that they're looking at pursuing charges against those type of people. so we know it's on the calendar in the cases. we know that we can expect to see a lot more plea deals in the small misdemeanor level cases. it will be more of the same for sometime. but the big question is really looking ahead and selling plea deals who created more serious crimes like...

The much bigger potential steps that the attorney general alluded to that aren't quite there yet. >> yes, the quote was that we build investigations without laying a foundation. we resolve more straightforward cases first because the provide the evidentiary foundation for more complex cases. glenn, let me ask you about the other criticism that has come in. and this has come from actually a number of federal judges. is the severity of punishment being requested by the government in some of these cases? this was a political article of the 70 plus people who have been sentence and seen prison tim...