developments and changes overnight on capitol hill. this afternoon, the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection will call a special witness in this surprise public hearing. that is former white house chief of staff mark meadows aide, former aide, cassidy hutchinson. she s expected to testify starting at 1:00 eastern today. last week in videotaped testimony, she revealed the names of several republican lawmakers who sought blanket pardons. so, let s begin with that, with our own correspondent jessica schneider. jess, there wasn t going to be a hearing this week at all. then when one was announced, didn t know who the witness would be. very similar in the leadup. why? yeah, last-minute announcement, possibly, poppy, to try to keep things secret because of concerns about security. the committee concerned about the security of cassidy hutchinson and other possible witnesses. that may be why it was kept under wraps to this point. cassidy hutchinson in her hearing tod
Ahead of his transfer to a West Virginia prison, inmates there traded bets over how much time mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger had left to live, illustrating how well-known his location was around the time of his move, a Justice Department watchdog found.
an unconstitutional search and seizure because it was conducted through actually the office of inspector general. well, the office of inspector general is sort of the general doj watchdog. you know there was a concurrent seizure on jeffrey clark s home. he obviously worked at the justice department. eastman is complaining saying how can the oid perform this when i never worked at the justice department. well, they can conclude that the concurrent search and seizure at the clark home, obviously there s something going on with the inspector general, not the least of an investigation into a potential conspiracy to obstruct the official counting of the votes or, you know, any number of things. david, turning to the hearing that s going to begin in about three hours with cassidy hutchinson, a key witness. you heard what jessica has
congresswoman ilhan omar might face for comparing israel and the u.s. to hamas and taliban. we begin with the breaking news and congressional correspondent chad pergram on the search for answers about the search for leaks. good evening, chad. good evening, bret. the biden justice department is now investigating the trump justice department. the feds have previously investigated the records of reporters. but in a rare confirmation of an open probe, the doj watchdog says review subpoenas the department sent to apple. it was looking for information for democrats on the house intelligence committee. one of the target was president trump s nemesis intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. we are obviously deeply suspicious of what the justice department was doing. more than that, this looks like a patent abuse of the department, yet another example of the president politicizing using the department of justice as a cudgel to go after his enemies. peter strzok was the top
for general michael horowitz s report, the doj watchdog has been investigating the early stages of the fbi s russia probe and government efforts to get surveillance warrants on one member of the trump campaign. witnesses and lawyers have been invited to review portions of the draft this week and next, meaning the release of the report into possible fbi misconduct is going to coincide with house democrats public impeachment hearings. adopting a letter according to american magazine that will serve as a voting guide for catholics in 2020. the bishops listing the issue of abortion as one of their top concerns. the report also sing some bishops don t agree, arguing the guide does not reflect the priorities of pope francis. the report they interior department handing agreed to move or face removal. the bureau of land management s new headquarters in colorado and moving a few workers to field