familiar with the matter shows for the first time just how focused the investigation has been on trump himself. the doj itself is not commenting, but one of the reporters who broke the story was on morning joe discussing how recent grand jury testimony led to these new revelations. the questions that individuals are receiving are overwhelmingly again and again about what did donald trump say, what did donald trump do, then what did donald trump say to the vice president, then what did donald trump ask his lawyers to do for him. and administration official familiar with the investigation tells nbc that while it s correct the doj is looking into trump s actions, there s no criminal investigation of him specifically. what the post reports is that the doj investigation now appears focused on two tracks, the first a seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct a government proceeding, the second is potential fraud corrected to the effort to submit fake electors. and on th
that legal battle. also, trump s name coming up in these grand jury proceedings. if you ever catch your news on the phone or on the internet, you have probably seen more than one news alert from the washington post and new york times about the doj criminal appropriate i will break that down with a very special guest joining me in moments. but for the rest of those news reports, whether you heard about them or not, is this, the grand jury is pursuing questions about donald trump, which thus means, potentially, his alleged crimes. two top aides, the vice president pants, asked about the electoral fraud scheme, and now new today, news that a star witness from those hearings, cassidy hutchinson, cooperated with the federal criminal probe. and that appears to be intensifying. well, it is happening, donald trump is being investigated. today, federal prosecutors are asking questions and digging deeper. web would trump 2.0 look like, do you think we got the abuse of the power,
mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with ump from, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors from some states joe biden won. that s according to two people familiar with the matter, both spoke anonymously. prosecutors asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. some of the questions focused directly on the extent of trump s involvement in this fake electorate effort led by outside lawyers including eastman and rudy giuliani and yet another sign of just how far the doj probe has advanced, the post is also reporting that prosecutors have their hands on the phone records of some key trump officials and aides including those of former white house chief of staff mark meadows. of
washington today, and many same republican politicians who are running up that hill still came out to kiss his ring. plus, the pain that alex jones inflicted on the families of the sandy hook massacre victims as he stands trial for defamation. and dr. anthony fauci will be my guest on white house plans to get the monkeypox outbreak under control. not a sentence i thought i d ever say. good evening, everyone, jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin the reidout with signs that the justice department is widening its investigation into january 6th and the efforts to overturn the election. in an exclusive interview today with nbc s lester holt, attorney general merrick garland said that the department s investigation is moving at an unprecedented speed, and he refuses to rule out prosecuting the twice-impeached former president for his actions. you said in no uncertain terms the other day that no one is above the law. yeah. that said, the indictment of a former
hour. the announcement comes after five hearings this month that were chock full of really juicy, previously unknown details and lots and lots of brand new evidence on the lengths that trump and trump officials and trump advisors and trump allies went to try and secure a second trump term illegally. the committee s chairman, bennie thompson had said more hearings were set for next month as the committee absorbs a mountain of new information from documents from the trump white house and tips from the public as well as new witnesses coming forward. politico reported this about the work of the committee in recent day, quote, the select panel has maintained its investigative work even as it ramped up its pace of hearings. documentary filmmaker alex holder who had extensive access to the trump family met with investigators last thursday morning after getting subpoenaed for his select panel for his recordings and his testimony. the panel also sent a letter to virginia tom a thomas,