when it may take to get that big health and tax bill passed. and sure enough a glue pull could get in the way. and then there s a big twist in the alex jones trial. years of his own text messages and emails and up in the hands of the very people who want him to pay for his lies. that and more as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle. there s even more evidence tonight that the justice department s january six investigation is zeroing in on some very powerful officials in the in the trump white house. and d.c. news has confirmed the top lawyer in the trump administration former white house counsel pat cipollone has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. his testimony was a significant report of the january 6th hearings. remember cipollone was the guy who witnessed that infamous oval office meeting about seizing voting machines a, meeting the took place just weeks before the capitol riot. i opened the door and i w
who witnessed that infamous oval office meeting about seizing voting machines, a meeting the took place just weeks before the capitol riot. i opened the door and i walked in, i saw general flynn, i saw sydney powell sitting there. i was not happy to see these people in the oval office. i don t think any these people were providing the president with good advice. the idea that the federal government could come in and sees election as jeans, i don t understand why we even have to tell you that s a bad idea. it s a terrible idea. and there are new reports that pat philbin white house deputy has also been summoned to appear before the grand jury. adam kinzinger says that his testimony could be key. if he goes before the grand jury, it shows that this is more than what did john eastman do, the attorney that basically came up with that crazy scheme to overturn the election. and there is probably a very deep interest of what the president did. i hope pat cipollone just actuall
released audio of miller s sworn testimony refuting trump s claims that he put the national guard on standby prior to the insurrection. there was no order to put 10,000 troops to be already for january 6th? noah yeah that s correct there was no direct, there was no order from the president. meanwhile, the former president today is taking credit for the primary defeat of another of the committee s key witnesses. remember rusty bowers the arizona speaker for the arizona house to testify about efforts to get him to overturn the election results, will he lost his bid to senate seat to a trump backed opponent. we have a lot to cover tonight, so let s get smarter with the help of our lead off panel. jacqui anna-meni joins us, congressional investigations reporter for the washington base an msnbc contributor. professor alyssa murray she was a law clerk on the federal bench before her nomination to
january 6th include those from former acting defense secretary chris miller. last week house investigators released audio of miller s sworn testimony refuting trump s claims that he put the national guard on standby prior to the insurrection. there was no order to put 10,000 troops to be already for january 6th? yeah that s correct there was no direct, there was no order from the president. meanwhile, the former president today is taking credit for the primary defeat of another of the committee s key witnesses. remember rusty bowers the republican speaker for the arizona house to testify about efforts to get him to overturn the election results, well he lost his bid to senate seat to a trump backed opponent. we have a lot to cover tonight, so let s get smarter with the help of our lead off panel. jacqui anna-meni joins us, congressional investigations reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor.