Schiff says Jan. 6 committee's probe "far out ahead" of Justice Department

Washington —  Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, said Sunday that the panel has been "far out ahead" of the Department of Justice throughout its examination of the events surrounding the violent attack.

"We have been far out ahead in most respects of the Justice Department and conducting our investigation. I think they have made use of the evidence that we have presented in open hearings. I think they'll make use of the evidence that we prefer to present in our report to further their investigations," Schiff said in an interview with "Face the Nation." "And I think it makes an important statement, not a political one, but a statement about the evidence of an attack on the institutions of our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power, that Congress examining an attack on itself is willing to report criminality."