so today the actual current president informed hi predecessor those will be denied. these are consequences congress is an examining assault on the constitution provoked and fanned by those sworn to protect them. the constitutional protections should not be used to shield from congress or the public. information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the contusion itself. the select committee announced trump s former chief of staff and dod official cash patel are engaging with the comity. for others like steve bannon who will defy the subpoena and chief of staff dan ska vino says we will not allow any witness to attempt to run up the clock and swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. with me now is david jolly who is no longer affiliated with the party and ellie, justice correspondent.
later. there s also a call for recount in three states, an effort for which green party candidate jill stein raised $6 million so far. we re going to here from her in a moment. the clinton campaign joined the recount ifrt and the president-elect slammed it in a twitter storm. one problem, not all his tweets are true. suzanne malveaux tonight keeping him honest. reporter: donald trump is spreading false claims about the election he won. the president-elect tweeting in addition to winning the electoral college in a landslide, i won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally. trump who now trails hillary clinton by more than 2 million votes in the latest national count, offering no evidence to back up his statement about millions of illegal ballots. unbelievable. reporter: echoing themes from his campaign. it is a rigged system, and be careful with the voting. be careful with everything. reporter: trump is raising unfounded allegations of voter f
elections were fair. some trump allies are urging him to let it go. he is the president-elect. it is time to move forward. reporter: it comes as a recount moves forward in wisconsin where officials rebuke the president-elect for casting doubts about the integrity of the voting process. personally i d like him to come down out of his trump tower and spend the time with the folks on the ground that are counting these votes to say people are counting illegal votes is an insult to the people that run our election. reporter: the bipartisan election commission today signed off on a plan to complete a new statewide tally by mid-december. the recount push is being led by green party candidate, jill stein, but the clinton campaign is also taking part in the process. a lawyer for the clint campaign saying it is doing so to ensure it is fair to all sides, adding that the campaign has found no evidence of hacking of voting systems. trump who currently leads clinton in the state by more
wednesday is the deadline to petition a recount in michigan, and today we saw pennsylvania getting challenged. so stein s camp is insisting that she has the million dollars that s necessary to actually pay for these recounts, but anderson, in the meantime, trump s transition team, well, they have been unable to provide any credible evidence that millions of people voted illegally in those states, or really any states. suzanne malveaux, thanks very much. we ll talk to dr. stein and also ask her if she has evidence for her allegations. lot to talk about. joining me tonight, former congressman jack kingston. paul begala. wall street journal s monica langley. kayleigh mcenany. journalist and author carl bernstein. republican strategist, ana navarro. monica, you were at trump tower today. what did you learn about the president-elect s motivation for these tweets about illegal voters?
if it s got to be clean, it s got to be tide. breaking news of the trump transition. vice president-elect mike pence says there ll be a number of announcements tomorrow. mitt romney is a contender for secretary of state. he s meeting with trump tomorrow. no secret, romney and trump have been bitter rivals. i recently asked trump s senior adviser, kellyanne conway, about their heated history, take a look. as you know, president-elect and governor trump, they ve traded very personal insults throughout the campaign. governor romney came out and