we ll have much more on this latest action from the justice department. meanwhile, there s also progress this morning in the legal fight over the documents seized from mar-a-lago. the doj and donald trump s attorneys appear to be close to agreeing on a list of potential special masters for that case. and in ukraine, citizens and soldiers celebrating major gains against russian forces. but the latest intelligence from the pentagon says wart is far from over. the war is far from over. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 13th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the widening criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. nbc news has confirmed that about 40 subpoenas were issued over the past week to people associated with former president donald trump. according to the new york times which first reported the news, former trump adviser is among those subpoenaed. his attorney has declined to comment.
also this hour, we will bring you the latest from the justice department issuing a flurry of subpoenas to trump insiders in connection to the january 6 probe. a former top u.s. attorney levels new accusations against bill barr for allegedly targeting prominent democrats for political prosecutions. we will have a report from new hampshire where the midterm s last primary today is taking place featuring a republican battle between a trump candidate and a more mainstream republican to challenge the democratic senator in a contest that could decide control of the senate. we begin overseas with nbc s kelly cobiella and keir simmons in london and andrew roberts and jillian tet. the casket departing earlier today than expected. tell us about the reception as the coffin left after an outpouring of people scottish people in chilly weather lining up to pay their last respects. there were tens of thousands waiting in that long line overnight. some waiting up to five hours or more,
wanted to happen that day, that it was the pre-planned and desired result of a wide-ranging coup attempt by donald trump and orchestrated by him and his close allies and just like they did in other hearings, the committee will use team trump s own words to describe what happened on january 6th with video of trump s own advisors and trump s own allies and trump s own lawyers and trump s appointees, a sneak peek was posted by committee member adam kinzinger who will be co-leading alongside his colleague congresswoman elaine luria shows trump officials in effect corroborating one another, each of them testifying to the fact that as vice president mike pence and lawmakers fled from a mob of trump supporters filled with white supremacists and domestic violent extremists, donald trump was in the dining room watching tv. watch. was the president in that private dining room the whole time that the attack on the capitol was going on or did he ever go to the oval office or the white
anything for better or worse, but for better, but it s breaking under view, the three rings under investigation, the rally, the electors and the big grift, the big scam. it s a stunning piece of reporting. huge piece of reporting,s you say, and when you start going up the line on the three diagrams and some like a venn diagram overlap cross. good seeing you, nicole. i ll get down to my office and watch yours. okay. welcome to the beat, everyone. breaking news on the doj criminal january 6th probe. the justice department investigation into the january 6th insurrection and coup is substantially escalating. this is a story nicole and i just discussed crossing within just the last hour courtesy of the new york times. the justice department count for subpoenas has drastically increased that we know of. this may have been going on privately or secretly, but the times has opened up the story, and you see the names. two top trump advisers, including boris epstein an
cheney will give up her seat in january. she says her work is far from finished. we ll have much more from yesterday s primary elections just ahead. plus, we re learning more about who the fbi interviewed and what agents saw before they seized classified documents from the former president s home. meanwhile, in washington, president joe biden celebrates a major legislative win ahead of the midterms. something that seemed very unlikely just a couple of months ago. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big win for former president trump and a huge loss for republicans against his lies about election fraud. gop congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th select committee and a one-time leader of the house gop, was just ousted by a landslide in wyoming s primary. trump s name wasn t on the ballot, but he loomed large after he ma