has retained on much of the republican base. more republicans will be asking themselves if this is the person they want as their nominee in 2024. taken as a whole, it was devastating in the extreme and for the congressional committee tasked with investigating the most devastating attack on the u.s. capitol in centuries, hutchinson s testimony puts their probe at a crossroads with important new questions to answer, especially about the role of white house counsel pat cipollone and what he told the ex-presind top trump officials on january 6th and in the days before and after. vice chair liz cheney reiterating the panel s call for cipollone to testify. white house counsel pat cipollone had significant concerns. it s time for sip loan toe testify on the record. any concerns he has about the institutional interest of his prior offers are outweighed by the need for his testimony. punch bowl news is reporting this, quote, the january 6th select committee is likely to subpoena pat c
capitol since the war of 1812. meanwhile, the committee is debating whether or not to rerve the former president trump to the justice department for criminal prosecution. last hour we spoke with a member of the committee, congressman adam kinzinger who seemed open to that idea. i can t do the doj s job. as a nonlawyer, there is all kinds of threshold questions. but my belief is this. we never want to get to a position in a country where we prosecute last administrations because that is what failed republicans, failed democracies do. but if a failed coup and an obvious coup attempt and a president that didn t just choose not to act, but willfully watched to see where the mob would go for three hours on january 6, if he is not held accountable through law, i actually fear that that is a far worse president far worse precedent, to make the determination, if they can and should indictment. if we just wash this under the rug and say for the sake of the country, let s put thi
this month. until a neutral special master can be appointed. the attorneys assert the sets of documents taken from the residence were presumptively covered by executive privilege and the trump team wants a detailed list of the documents taken and the former president, wants them back. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department tonight with this late-breaking story. good evening, david. this is a significant filing. in the filing, the former president of the united states is telling federal prosecutors hands off when it comes to dealing with evidence in this case until a special master is appointed. if a special master is a.pointed. also important to note the judge randomly assigned to handle this case, judge alien cannon. a judge then president donald trump appointed to the bench two years ago. former president donald trump late this afternoon requesting a neutral third party special master to review the search of his home two weeks ago today. a special mast
halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to-do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? i ll speak exclusively to biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg in moments. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering whether some people really are above the law? this week the january 6th committee presented a seasoned finale of sorts to the series of eight hearings they ve held this summer. the committee laid out minute by minute how former president trump sat and watched as rioters stormed the capitol for more than three hours, refusing to call for the violence to end, refusing to reach out to law enforcement or military to send help. two of president trump s former president newspapers both owned by rupert murdock wrote damning editorials. in an astonishing reality, trump is taking very real action to run forment again, stumping
its future but after another election denier wins his primary in maryland has the gop already made its choice? the outing republican governor of maryland larry hogan joins me to discuss. ahead. plus, feeling the heat. halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? i ll speak to pete buttigieg in moments. the january 6th committee presented a season finale of sorts to the series of eight hearings they have held this summer. the committee laid out minute-by-minute how former president trump sat and watched as rioters stormed the capitol three hours he sat this refusing to call for the violence to end and refusing to reach out to the law enforcement or military to send help. this weekend two of former president trump s favorite newspapers both owned by rupert murdoch ran a pair of damming editorials saying trump s acti