no right to my testimony. that was mike pence last year talking about the january 6th committee which never sent him a subpoena, but now he is facing one this time from the special counsel investigating former president trump s role in the attack on the capitol. meanwhile on capitol hill the first hearing for the select committee on the weaponization of government goes pretty much exactly as you would expect with republicans hitting their usual list of grievances. and also ahead the state department releases new details about the chinese surveillance balloon. it comes as a prominent republican defends the response from the biden administration. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 10th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to an nbc news source, pence s subpoena
republican party in making the case that they want to keep these programs that many americans rely upon. the pamphlet in which scott announces this plan, the president actually held it up to the camera on wednesday in wisconsin. yesterday in florida. a copy of it was placed on every seat in the audience to make sure the seniors there saw it. we played earlier on the show, you could just hear the venom dripping in mcconnell s voice about this plan, the proposal. a gift to the white house. easily. that s why biden is leaning into it, despite being booed by republicans making the case or argument, should i say, that he is not being completely truthful and honest about what they really want, or his own history regarding these issues. but rick scott, other republicans, have also gone on the record this week. i believe ron johnson saying things that make it very clear that this program is something that they aren t really sold on. lastly, earlier this week, news came out that labor sec
he wanted attorney general bill barr to come out in public and basically do a repeat of what he did with the mueller report. he came out and said everything was totally fine. the president did nothing wrong, et cetera. now, barr didn t do it and, hopefully, we ll hopefully learn in the coming days why. but let s be crystal clear. they put out a statement, a written statement, that said, there wasn t even enough evidence for an investigation, let alone any sort of charges. so, they gave the president that political cover and a really strong defense point. but apparently, attorney general barr wasn t willing to do it in front of a camera. all right. it will play out in front of a camera on wednesday. public hearings begin. marshall cohen, good to see you, my friend. thank you. steve bannon, president trump s former chief strategist is expected to testify agains roger stone in his trial for lying to congress. bannon was a key witness in the mueller investigation.