the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
over to cnn tonight. everyone now hates this whole thing. is there a caramel burrito coming at some point? if the push pop goes, i m out of here. thank you so much, everyone. that just ruined our day. thank you, anderson cooper. we appreciate it. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. so, for everyone out there wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg? or maybe the doj or the committee investigation. it might become more clear. the committee maybe flexing its legislative and oversight powers to illuminate what led up to and what really happened on january 6th. but the doj isn t waiting for the torch to be passed. it appears to be investigating the actions of donald trump himself. that s according to the washington post tonight. cnn can confirm the key aide to mike pence, his former chief of staff, mike short, and his lead counsel, greg jacob have already testified before a federal grand jury. pretty high up! the prosecutors asked hours and asked questions of m
asked of him on that day. but i am like you. i seem to hold my designation of h heroism much closer to the vest. consistency over time has a big part in it. the january 6th committee might not have any more hearings planned until september but that does not stop them from releasing more eye-opening testimony. this time donald trump s acting defense chief testifies just how many troops he was told to have ready on january 6th. and could trump s hold oaf the gop be slipping? a new cnn poll suggests more republicans think it s time to maybe find someone else.
that was the same mike pence that would stand and not his head. i m not expecting pence to stand up any further than he has. i think he did the right thing, i don t think that makes him a superhero. we ll see what he ultimately will do. or maybe he s been asked to do already. we just don t know what is been asked of him. but on a day, we know what was asked him what he actually. did i am like you, i seem to hold my designation of heroism much closer to the vest. consistency overtime i think it s very big. shen woo, thank you so, much miles and olivia, stand by we re coming back to you as well. the january 6th select committee might not have any more hearings planned itself september, but that does not stop them from releasing more eye-opening testimony. this time, donald trump s acting defense chief testifies just how many troops he was told to have ready on january 6th. and, could trump s hold over the gop be slipping? cnn poll suggest more republicans think it s time to maybe f
then this is probably a particularly bad time for one acting defense chief to be handing off to another acting defense chief. trump announces he will be going through the senate confirmation process. as this withdrew from the nuclear deal and began ratcheting up pressure, it has been unclear what its goal or end game is. now we ve reached this point where to hear the president tell it last night last night, we may have been minute as way from a strike that could have led to a war. and we have little to no clarity about what happened or why or what happens next. joining us now, nbc national news security reporter who just returned from the united