january six outs like committee closed out its final public hearing before the midterm elections with the big big surprise. the vote to subpoena donald j trump. this is a question about a accountability to the american people. he must be accountable. the committee directed the chairman to issue a subpoena for relevant documents and testimony under oath from donald john trump. i,. i. i. i. i. i. i. our. that vote came after the committee laid out a mountain of evidence that lawmakers say shows no plans to league office. even if he lost. a few days, before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of his outside advisers inside activist, tom fits in. about the strategy for a election night. the select committee got this preprepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was said on october 31st, declares we had an election today. and i won! and the memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes coun
stephanie ruhle, january 6th select committee closed out its final public hearing before the midterm elections with the big big surprise. the vote to subpoena donald j trump. this is a question about a accountability to the american people. he must be accountable. the committee directed the chairman to issue a subpoena for relevant documents and testimony under oath from donald john trump. i. i. i. i. i. i. i. i. i. that vote came after the committee laid out a mountain of evidence that lawmakers say shows no plans to league office. even if he lost. a few days, before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of his outside advisers inside activist, tom. about the strategy for a election night. the select committee got this preprepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was said on october 31st, declares we had an election today. and i won! and the memo specifically indicates a plan that only the vo
Dont yet know what the fate of Mark Meadows Motion to remove to Federal Court will be. Its very easy to look at this through a vacuum but remember, theres already a moment now to say can i get some of these cases into Federal Court. This is all considering and assuming thats not going to happen because without mark meadows or others it would be, you know, not 19 people. But this is going to be a very interesting hearing to get the room, the temperature of whats happening there. And also what is the preparation like right now for fani willis. Is she really ready to go . And are those Defense Counsels who asked for an earlier trial date, were they calling a bluff or will their bluff now be called . And we will find out fairly soon. Sara, its interesting because we know that as all of this is unfolding right now a federal judge could rule at any moment now whether to allow the former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows to move his case from a state court in georgia to a federal trial.
treene, who has the new reporting for us. so alayna, what are you hearing from trump s legal team? right. well, boris, i am told from trump s team that they are in ongoing negotiations with the fulton county district attorney s office about the details of his surrender. of course donald trump as is the case with his 18 co-defendants listed in the indictment, they have until next friday august 25th at noon to surrender. and be processed. what i m told is they are talking to the district attorney s office, donald trump s team, and they are currently negotiating what the date may look like. now, i am told that the early indications from these conversations, that it will likely be next week. but again, this is all still being discussed among trump s lawyers and the fulton county district attorney s office. but one thing i want to point you to, boris, is that on monday donald trump has said that he is going to be hosting a news conference at his club in bedminster, new jersey and then
special counsel for the house judiciary in trump s first impeachment trial. good to have you both on here. if i could begin with you first, norm, to this question of attempting to move this case to a federal court as mark meadows is trying now and others may try down the road, you say that s a steep legal hill to climb. why? jim, federal removal is available when a defendant has engaged in official conduct. the supreme court, the case is called nixon v. fitzgerald, has defined that so a well, it has to be official, it needs to be somewhere within the outermost perimeter, the furthest boundaries of official conduct. and based on the evidence that we already know publicly and what fani willis has charged here, essentially she s saying mark meadows participated in an attempted coup and the alleged overturn of a election outcome