and find some accommodation route to testify, he is going to cite potentially a letter from donald trump according to the brand-new washington post reporting, and as you may recall, he is awaiting a federal criminal trial that could land him in prison. it is a big deal that mister bannon now is i according to the post some sort of accommodation. we are going to get to that story in a few minutes. we are tracking one element. as for the white house lawyer, mister pat cipollone, he went hours and hours, a .5 hours total. in fact, we are told that it just wrapped up within the last few moments here, pat cipollone arrived before 8:30 am, he is visible in the passenger seat caught by cameras there, he was escorted to a conference room to provide this testimony. there were some shouted questions from the reporters today, this was a dramatic theme when you consider just how long this was, he did not respond to the press, mister pat cipollone matters because he is someone who has bee
happening on the hill, and it s something that i still struggle to work through. the emotions of that. joining us now is olivia troye, former top aide to vice president mike pence. she attended the hearing today. she is a former colleague of cassidy hutchinson. olivia, i just want to read for the audience the tweet that she was just talking about. it was donald trump tree tweeting at 20 4 pm on the capitol, and that was being televised, he was watching it. he tweeted, mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution, giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. usa demands the truth! and so, donald trump further endangered mike pence s life with that tweet. and what cassidy hutchinson seems to be saying is, we knew. she knew that that tweet was further endangering the vice president. yeah, and i can only imagine i
to hang on to power, no matter the cost. this is what was revealed in bombshell tome by cassidy hutchinson, a former top aide to mark meadows. it was made clear that trump knew the dangers that existed on the day of the insurrection. hutchinson testified she heard the names of the extremist groups the oath keepers and the proud boys brought up during planning meetings for the january 6th rally. quote, when mr. giuliani would be around. and she said the justice department s national security division warned that some maga supporters were going to try to, quote, occupy federal buildings and invade the capitol building. most alarming, trump was made aware the very morning of january 6th that many of those at his rally were carrying an array of dangerous weapons. i remember tony mentioning knives, guns, in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray, body armor, spears, and flag poles. despite having all that information, trump took to the stage on the ellipse and directed his
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, june 17th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. there are new questions about donald trump s legal exposure in the january 6th attempted and attempted coup. he and his allies new their scheme was illegal but continued with it anyway. putting vice president pence s life in danger as angry mobs vowed to hang him at the capitol. this was pence on january 6th sheltering in a secure location as rioters overwhelmed the capitol. they came within 40 feet of the vice president s evacuation route. we are learning more about a heated phone call between trump and pence on that morning of january 6th. here s what witnesses, including ivanka trump, said about the former president s demeanor. yeah. i remember hearing the word wimp. he called him a wimp. i don t remember if he said you are a wimp. you ll be a wimp. . it was a different tone i heard him take with the vice president before. so a major new piece
as most important to his testimony, what does it tell you that he spoke for this long, what does it do to the case about the insurrection and potentially, donald trump s criminal liability? i think to put it in a framework, and in eight hours, we have i am sure quite a bit of information that is helpful. one of the most significant meetings of many meetings, i think, is the one in the oval office, with the justice department officials, and pat cipollone and what you have, is you have the i don t know, chief conspirator, trump, and instead of delegating this entire operation to someone else, he is sitting there, and demanding that a letter that contains false information that there is fraud in the election, on a bogus legal theory that people know is not a good legal theory, and he is prepared to replace the attorney general, jeff rosen, with clark, who is at the civil division without any criminal background.