rudy giuliani, to spread their misleading claims about president biden and tilt the election in donald trump s favor. end quote. the times reports the investigation in the eastern district of new york which began in the final months of the trump presidency is separate from the southern district of new york s investigation into giuliani. as the times notes, while the two investigations have a similar cast of characters, and overlamb in some ways, mr. giuliani isn t a subject of the brooklyn investigation. according to people with knowledge in the matter. andre who met repeatedly with giuliani and which who the u.s. government describes as the agent of the russian intelligence services is the focus of the brooklyn investigation according to the times. we ll follow this as it
to use inauguration funds to enrich the trump family by grossly overpaying for event space at its d.c. hotel. emails show weisselberg was called in to oversee the audit after the call for huge always of money raised and where it could have been spent. asked why weisselberg would be involved in the inaugural committee s internal audit, given that he was the cfo of the company allegedly benefitting from the grift, rick gates, you ll remember him. that he was great number. of course, his fluency with trump s finances is part of why there s a cloud of nerves hovering, since news broke that a special grand jury is convened in the manhattan investigation. said one trump adviser, the fact that they re dealing with the numbers guy who has plain details makes people more nervous. as far as we go, weisselberg s part in the investigation is not a line of inquiry currently being pursued by investigators in the manhattan district attorney s office. but he certainly appears to be feeling the squeeze
fundamental question about protecting our constitution. something that each and every one of us took an oath to defend the constitution. this is time to say, when the constitution was attacked, we want to know why. we want to get to the facts and we want to do everything we can to make sure that it never, ever happens again. senator, good to see you. we ll watch this very, very closely tonight in anticipation of a vote. gary peters who is also the chair of the senate homeland security committee. whether this goes through or not, this is a man who will be dealing with this matter for some time. up next, breaking news about a new investigation into foreign interference into the 2020 election to help donald trump. that and much more. stay with us. d trump. that and much more stay with us claritin. and 24-hour relief from symptoms caused by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. try claritin cool mint chewabls for powerful allergy relief plus a cooling sensation. live claritin clear.
and one reportedly being asked to be prepared to testify. that means testify beyond and outside of the grand jury s deliberations. right, exactly. this just shows that the investigation has proceeded beyond this early phase when they were gathering information and sending out subpoenas. there was obviously a grand jury then. now it is convened to hear actual evidence from witnesses, and you know, in new york, the grand jury really isn t used in quite the same way as in federal practice. so this stage really indicates that they ve moved on and are hopefully thinking about charging somebody at the end of it. which means they are couldn t vinced they have a criminal case. what do you make of where that criminal case could be going? we re seeing evidence about weisselberg, we re seeing, we assume that he has been invited to participate in this process, whatever that means.
only these three republican senators openly are supporting this right now. seven more republicans would have to sign on for this thing to get the 60 votes it needs to pass, this is just to investigate what happened on january 6th. for his part majority leader mitch mcconnell has reportedly been whipping votes against the commission. cnn reporting today that mcconnell has been asking senators to vote no on the commission as a quote, personal favor. mcconnell has reportedly told his caucus that an investigation into the insurrection attempt would be bad politics for republicans heading into the 2022 midterms. which very well might be true, as long as the republican party continues to cling to the big lie that the election was somehow stolen from donald trump in 2020. rachel, as you know has been doing extensive reporting about the so-called election audit in arizona s largest county, where republicans have ordered a recount of more than 2 million presidential ballots under the