welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. donald trump today invoked his fifth amendment right in a deposition with a new york attorney general who is investigating the trump organization s finances. this deposition lasting more than five hours. in a lengthy statement, the former president claims he had no choice, saying he s the target of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt. this from the man who once asked if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth? this is one of at least seven criminal, sifcivil, and congressional investigations trump is facing. that includes the probe that led to the fbi search at his mar-a-lago home on monday. that was died to the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents cnn s sara murray has more on today s derailed deposition against the backdrop of the extraordinary legal jeopardy trump faces. what s your message to your supporters? as donald trump s legal woes
yesterday and according to a source, he told the panel the secret service has not fully cooperated with his probe. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. the subpoena is the first time the panel has publicly targeted an executive branch agency. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now. what more do we know about 0 how this subpoena came about, the response, and what are the other things the secret service is saying? reporter: right, fred, so this is a very fast-moving story. we only learned there may be a problem or confusion around these secret service text messages from january 5th and 6th just three days ago, july 13th. that is when the department of homeland security inspector general which is an independent watchdog conducting its own look into the secret service handling of january 6th, they flagged for capitol hill that there were erased or missing text messages from the secret service and they were this inspector general was quite concerned that they
before, zoe lofgren leading that second hearing and pete auilar talking about the pressure campaign on mike pence. this will focus on the pressure campaign at the state level. they re going to use, as you mentioned, lawmakers from georgia to make that point. of course, that s one of the key states that we know that former president trump was pressuring election officials to overturn the election results or at least, in his words, find the overrule 11,000 votes that he would need in order to win georgia, which he actually lost. they re also likely to delve deeper into the idea of fake slates of electors. that s something that john eastman was pressuring former vice president mike pence on. we heard about that last week. but now we may hear a little bit more about the plots at the state level beyond just georgia that the white house and his allies were using at the time to try to find any way to keep the former president in power. and vaughan, former vice president mike pence
overturn the 2020 election. the star witness tomorrow georgia republican secretary of state brad raffensperger who resisted trump s demand getting one more vote from joe biden in georgia. a new abc ipso poll shows 6 in 10 americans want donald trump to face criminal charges for his role in the plot. a georgia grand jury is already investigating. on friday, trump doubled down on comments from the attack. promising pardons from the rioters if he s re-electeded and slamming vice president percent for certifying the re-election. on the biggest issue facing the biden white house, the economy, treasury secretary janet yellen insisting that a recession is not inevitable. in the fight against covid, the moment millions of parents have been waiting for. beginning tomorrow, children as young as six months can get vaccinated. but will parents sign up? and juneteenth is being celebrated in many states in the nation s capital. we ll have a full report. this hour, i ll speak to califor
votes, which is one more than we have. and despite all the revelations so far, the former the president revived his attack against mike pence on friday insisting the rioters were patriots and dangling pardons for them if he runs again and is reelected. trump s lies about the election are reinvestigator rating in texas where they adopted a platform calling president biden s win illegitimate. and there are growing fears about a recession next year as americans are paying higher prices while cutting back on travel and leisure and paying more for loans. the biden administration still arking it s not certain after being wrong on inflation. the president said that today himself. we ll talk about whether that interest rate hike will have an impact. also this hour, the raging bat until ukraine where russia has a firm grip on the eastern part of the country and the families of three americans allege captured in combat are desperately trying to get them home. but first, to the atta