cell phone, this is one permitting them to look at the contents of the cell phone. eastman is the one who cooked up the dubious rationale for overturning the election. also cassidy hutchinson, former white house aide to mark meadows, is cooperating with the department of justice. that s according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. and it comes with a caveat. we don t yet know the extent of her cooperation. we re learning, though, that she s not alone. this morning, an acquaintance of hers, alyssa farah griffin, said she is, quote, aware of other white house officials who is been reached out to by the department and are planning to cooperate, end quote. she was more specific when asked about it this afternoon. there was someone else in the broader network who i would consider mid level that could support what they re looking into specifically around similar questions to what short was asked about, which is the pressure campaign on mike pence in the days leading u
victory. and the short, she referred to their, former pence chief of staff, marc short, who testified before the grand jury, the federal grand jury. greg jacob as well they are on the right of your screen. served as a top lawyer to the former vice president. he also testified. which doesn t confirm the prosecutors are planning to make the former president s campaign to pressure mike pence into doing his bidding part of the case against him, but short and jacob s testimony, also with wet griffin just said, might suggest is, as does the washington post reporting yesterday that federal prosecutors have asked hours a detailed questions about the fake elector scheme. news of cassidy hutchinson s cooperation is also suggested because what you can tell prosecutors about former president appearing willingness to turn a mob, some of them he knew to be armed, on the capitol, and then refused to call them off. consider what she s already said to the house select committee. i was in
top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack is questioning donald trump s former cabinet members. sources tell cnn the committee has a particular interest in conversations that trump officials may have had about re removing him from office in the aftermath of the capitol siege. a source says the committee is speaking with former chief of staff nick mulvaney this afternoon. it s possible they could speak with mike pompeo as soon as next week. pompeo talked about his interaction with the committee this morning on fox. we ve had discussions with them about potentially appearing before them, trying to make sure we understand what it is they re asking for. as i always did when i was in service to america, i m happy to cooperate with things that are fair and transparent and deliver good outcomes for the american people. i ll always do that. today you re a no. you mean i m te
trump alibi from trump tv. and the new project that gives me genuine hope in these insane times, when all in starts right now. w. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. all of the sudden there is a lot happening in the department of justice investigation into the january 6th insurrection. in just the last few days, there have been a bunch of developments, some of which we are going to get to in a moment. but before we do, it s worth stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, because i think the significance here is, a large. for seven years now, we have been covering donald trump and he has basically been always enmeshed in controversy and scandal. he has always been surrounded by investigations and also allegations of criminality. serious ones. that is how he has lived his entire life. right on the edge of the law, both before entering politics and after. and there has always been this perpetual sense that trump manages to wriggle his way out of every jam. partl
overturn the election. that, according to the washington post. sources telling the posts that prosecutors have been questioning witnesses for hours before a grand jury about conversations with trump and others in his inner circle related to the fake electors scheme, and his pressure campaign on mike pence to overturn the election. we will have much more on that tonight, so make sure you stay tuned. when it comes, attorney general merrick garland says this. say again, that we will hold accountable anyone who is criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate, lawful, transfer from one administration to the next. and you ve got to sit back and pay attention to this, right? because the gall, the nerve, everything that we have learned from this investigation, everything that we have seen and heard with these hearings, the president whose election lies set all of this into motion, he was back in to washington for the first time today. and what