a kremlin crackdown. sham referendums trying to silence sentiment at home. translator: i ve got two kids at conscription age says this protester. i brought them up alone. i don t want to lose them, she cried. reporter: and for what asks her friend? just so they can kill the sons of other mothers, she answers. reporter: we begin with brand new cnn reporting on the justice department s january 6th investigation. sources telling cnn donald trump s attorneys are waging a secret court fight to stop a grand jury from gathering information from mr. trump s inner circle. the fight broke into public view yesterday and cnn teams three lawyers for the former president at the federal courthouse here in washington. the back-and-forth battle follows a deluge of new subpoenas from federal prosecutors demanding evidence from a slew of former trump aides and associates. let s bring in cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn s crime and justice reporter. i want to start w
different parts of government. now, you know, you mentioned, john, of course corporate law firms have always had an influence but it s been a disproportionate influence and it is going to continue because some of the jones day people are now on federal courts and i ll even start with the three trump appointees the youngest being amy coney barret who was hand picked by don mcgahn. the legacy will go on for 20, 25, 30 years or more. another key point we just talked about the levers the in and out of government, the revolving door. you also make the point they were trying to help donald trump when he was fighting election results. jones day and its lawyers were trying to stop votes from being counted not because they thought there was something improper under way. because they detected an opportunity to use the law to give their side a political edge. in the firm s calculus the consequences fanning fears of fraud that would two months later erupt into a violent assault on democracy were