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
Put what on the president . This idea that you just said the the New York Times is reporting that the president approved either wrote or approved the that is not an outlandish suggesting. I take the the New York Times reporting on its face and why wouldnt a father thats president of the United States want to have a say in what his son was putting out that involves him and his presidency. Seems like a legitimate thing thats why i asked. 39yearold son whose running the Trump Corporation and the trump organization, so he doesnt need to be looked over the shoulder by his father. Heres what i think we need to really focus on and obviously i appreciate you having me on. I need to be clear about three things here. Number one, the president was not aware of the meeting, did not attend the meeting and was only made aware of the emails very recently by counsel and not seen the emails. In fact, you know, i didnt see the email until yesterday and im one of the lawyers. So there you have it. Okay.
proved himself to be a vital ally during the attempted coup, including, as the january 6 committee revealed, frequent contact with trump in the hours before the insurrection. while certain close associates of president trump privately expressed concerns about what would occur on january 6, other members of the inner circle spoke with great anticipation of the events to come. the committee learned from white house phone logs that the president spoke to steve bannon, his close advisor, at least twice on january 5. the first conversation they had lasted for 11 minutes. from those same phone logs we know the president and mr. bannon spoke again that evening for six minutes. we also know bannon was an advisor to the group of trump allies who met at their so- called command center at the willard hotel in washington, d.c. ahead of january 6 to plot ways to steal the election.
while close associates of former president trump express concerned about what would occur in january 6, other members of the inner circle of the president spoke with great anticipation about the events to come. the committee has learned from the white house phone logs the president spoke to steve bannon, his close adviser, at least twice on january 5. the first conversation they had lasted for 11 minutes. from the same phone logs, we know the president and mr. bannon spoke on the phone that evening, this time for six minutes. we know he was adviser to g, the group of trump allies who met at their so-called command center at the willard hotel in washington, d.c. ahead of january 6 to plot ways to steal the 2020 election. according to journalist bob word for word and bob costa, he was at the willard when trump called him on january 5. to be clear, bannon wasn t trying to hide his involvement in this scheme.
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