The most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lies. This election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, id say maybe a couple. 60 of our base does. Reporter Conspiracy Theories. That could have been mickey mouse. Im watching going this is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And then people just bought it whole cloth. Reporter lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes counted. They did not want your vote to count. Reporter potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts, wasnt supported by the constitution. Reporter extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about the eastman memo. Just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. Reporter and all too many in
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
appearance. the sudden scheduling of the hearing suggests she will tell more than during her previous four taped depositions, clips of which were played last week, including the revelation that after the riot, a number of republican congress members had sought pardons from the white house. s had sought pardons from the white house. her boss, mark meadows, appears to be a central figure for the committee s investigation. first turning over his text messages, including the ones he received during the january 6 insurrection from top republican lawmakers, media figures and trump family members, like donald trump junior, marjorie taylor greene and a text chain between top trump white house officials including jared kushner. earlier this month, the department of justice declined to charge meadows on a context referral from the full house. it was made in december on the grounds that meadows abruptly changed course and refused to cooperate with the committee. andrea, this is a surp
trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says it s going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go along with it. you see betty thompson taking it there, much of the questioning will be handled by california congressman adam schiff as he questions the witnesses and makes the majority of the presentation. liz cheney there seated to betty thompson s left-hand side, adam schiff on the right-hand side. we expect the hearing will last at least a couple of hours. let s pause now while chairman thompson gavels in today s hearing. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the u
will include, quote, evidence of pardons. according to jamie raskin the panel is sorting through a deluge of new evidence and it s enough to postpone next week s hearings until next month. some of that evidence comes from a tip line and some of it from a british made documentary featuring ivanka trump who told a crew in mid-december 2020 that donald trump should continue to fight until every legal remedy is exhausted because, she said, people were questioning the sanctity of our elections. now, that sounds a little bit different from what she said in testimony revealed this month. in april this year ivanka said she believed attorney general bill barr s clonclusion that there was no evidence of widespread election fraud. how did that affect your perspective of the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr, so i accepted what he was saying. barr made his view public on december 1, 2020. a few days