probe of the capitol insurrection. key witnesses subpoenaed by the doj this week including two top aides of former vice president mike pence were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. and according to the washington post, justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. these are by far the most in-depth accounts of the federal investigation. until now we had virtually no sign this investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. and it comes as the new york times reports new details on the so-called fake electors scheme, including previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers that show knowledge as the times puts it that a key element of their plan was of dubious legality and lived up to its billing as fake. let s go first to sunlen serfaty who is live for us on capitol hill wit
on the factions of former president trump. key witnesses include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role the lawyers played. washington post reporting that investigators have emails and phone records of key officials and aides who served in the trump white house, including former chief of staff mark meadows. so until now there was almost no sign that the federal investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. that is what makes these reports so significant. it changes the entire framing of what we know that the federal government, the department of justice, is doing here. and it comes at the same time that the new york times has this new report about so-called fake elector scheme, previously undisclosed emails that reveal trump advisers actually use the word fake. joining us now is david loughlin, former senior justice department official and former prosecutor, also rep
comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter telling the washington post federal prosecutors have now turne
phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. part of today s hearing focused on someone whose home was actually rated by federal investigators yesterday. former justice department official named jeffrey clark. we are going to have more on that right in just a moment. the committee s interest about clark has to do with the former presidents effort to install clark as acting attorney general so that clark could use the levers of the justice department to subvert joe biden s victory in the 2020 election. take a listen to this incredible moment recalled today of a white house meeting just days before january 6 involving jeffrey clark, today s witnesses, the white house counsel, and then president trump. clark had just explained his plan, and here s how white house counsel eric hirschman responded. a warning, now, some of the language is a little bit sal
good evening. i m anderson cooper along with my colleague jake tapper in washington for a special two-hour 360, looking at what was a truly extraordinary day of witness testimony and stunning new details revealed during the january 6th committee hearings. former top officials at the justice department offering details, sometimes moment by moment descriptions of private phone calls and meetings demonstrating how the former president personally and continually tried to convince them to support his fraudulent claims about a stolen election. part of today s hearing focused on someone whose home was actually raided by federal investigators yesterday, former justice department official named jeffrey clark. we re going to have more on that raid in just a moment. the committee s interest about clark has to do with the former president s effort to install clark as acting attorney general so that clark could use the levers of the justice department to subvert joe biden s victory in t