what s going on. prosecutors taking an aggressive approach as they ask a judge to hold trump in contempt over the summer, demanding he return all documents with classified markings. this is a new hoax. the document hoax. the judge refused to hold trump in contempt, but notching a victory as the third party review of documents seized from trump s florida resort comes toen aend. the judge dismissing the case today given doj access to tens of thousands of records and other items from mar-a-lago. investigators also plugging away on their probe on efforts to subvert the 2020 election. they re asking about the former president s involvement loaeadi up to january 6th. including 20 prosecutors on january fth and efforts to overturn the election. we will never give up. we will never concede. it doesn t happen. and prosecutors have been looking at potential financial crimes, digging into trump s
most election fund raising arm according to subpoenas viewed by cnn. all this as the house select committee investigating the capitol attack convened privately over the weekend. we have some things to decide as to whether we make referrals on information we uncovered during our investigation. aiming to nail down a list of individuals they plan to refer to the justice department to be considered for criminal prosecution. among those under consideration, trump. former chief of staff, mark meadows, jeffrey clark and rudy giuliani and john eastman. if we make referrals, we want to be careful about how we do them, but i think we re all in agreement there s evidence of criminality here. now when it comes to the special council s investigation, sources are telling cnn trump feels mixed. there are some who think jack smith could be good for the president because he hasn t been marinate lg in the january 6th
think we could learn from the select committee s final report, which is expected to be released in the coming days? i think we could learn a lot because there are going to be details in there we haven t heard before. perhaps we ll be able to see some of their investigative files. one thing we haven t heard yet is what their legislative referrals are going to be to stop another attempted cue oup m happening again or a january 6th from happening again. we have a pretty full picture, but what the public is going to be looking at is in fact in many ways what the department of justice is going to be looking at because the committee chairman, bennie thompson has said we re going to put it all out there. and the justice department will be as interested in it as elie says as the american public. what do you think, elliot? no, absolutely. you know, look. these referrals are symbolic.
proceed with the prosecution they didn t think they would win and they have to be certain. that might be informing some of the caution you re seeing from the justice department. elie, these referrals may be symbolic, but could the select committee potentially hand over new evidence to the u.s. justice department. legally, a referral is just symbolic, but i think what really matters here is the substance of the referral. what actual evidence does the committee turnover to doj and in what form. because i guarantee you, doj prosecutors are going to look at that carefully. they re not just going to throw it in the circular file. we know that for a fact that the committee has been ahead of doj on certain key pieces of evidence. we know for example that the committee got the pat cipollone before doj did. from cassidy hutchison before doj did so it wouldn t surprise me if doj gets all sorts of new evidence. gloria, how much more do you
it s important step for congress. it s a co-equal branch of government, but i don t think the justice department is ultimately relying on them. it s a symbolic step, but an important one. but they re going to be very interested in looking at investigative files if they can. and transcripts and comparing what was told the committee to what they re being told. and a lot of that information will be made public as well. guys, thank you very, very much. just ahead, can congress make very tough choices to avoid a government shutdown with a friday deadline looming? we ll take you inside the talks. that s ahead. can see if it my for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee. all it takes is eight miminutes to get started. then work with professionals to assist your busininess with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. we re carvana we created a brand new way for you to sell your car go to carvana answer a few questions and gives you a real offer