thanks for staying up late with us. i ll see you on monday. hello, i m sorry albert, and this is a special report inside trump s election plot on the effort to stop deal and stage accrue with new evidence tonight showing us far broader but prosecutors first fought. we are breaking down the path to a criminal conspiracy, and why experts now think the most serious charges may be yet to come. why are we doing this now? the house insurrection hearing showed the nation in the january six was more organized than many realized. the committee devoted to investigating that day has revealed truths about that day. and yet, the house probe is also under scored something new to many, trump s plot to overthrow the election was far broader than one day. or prepping a one day crimespree. it was an illegal coup conspiracy eastern before the election and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january sixth and illegal orders by trump that were resisted
politicsnation, i will see you back here tomorrow twice. first that 8 am in the morning. i will be a panelists on a special addition of morning joe as we host 100 days till the midterms. and then at 5 pm eastern, we have a special politicsnation show on the 100-day until midterm election. that is sunday right here on msnbc. right now, it s time for a special episode of the beat with ari melber, inside trump s election plot. hello, i m all remember, and this is the beat special report, inside trump s election plot, on the effort to steal a race to stage a coup with new evidence tonight. it is far broader than prosecutors for scott. we are breaking down a path to criminal conspiracy and why the most serious charges may be asked to come. why are we doing this now? the house insurrection hearing showed the nation was more organized than many realize. the committee, devoted to investigate that day has revealed truths about that day. yet, the house probe has also underscored new
insurrection. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in races at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority deposition the chair announces the committees approval to announce the good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government. of local election workers, up to his own vice president. opened hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we will tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted the federal agency, charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we have already covered part of mr. trump s effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr, tell the story and the committee about the baseless claims mr. trump wanted the justice departm
colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. without identifying any of the individuals involved, let me show you a couple of samples of answers we received to this question. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal, and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. tonight, cnn has learned that this example and one other example that congresswoman cheney highlighted were both directed at cassidy hutchinson. cnn has also learned more about this, ms. hutchinson s testimony about what fellow white house staffer anthony renato told her in the presence of secret service head of detail on january 6th. it was about the ride the former president wanted to ta
hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig