investigation. some spoke to trump on that day, including minority leader kevin mccarthy. i have not received any subpoena, but it goes to show, the more about politics this is more about politics than anything else. there is only two things the committee should be looking at. why was the capitol left so ill prepared? and how can we make sure this never happens again? but that s not what they are focused on. meanwhile, one result of the big lie, that the election was stolen from trump, is the so-called audit of the arizona 2020 election results, which showed that biden won. that review has been ongoing for five months, the results are expected to be made public tomorrow. with that, let s bring in our lead off guests on this night. ashley parker, pulitzer prize -winning bureau chief for the washington post. clint watts, former fbi special agent and distinguished fellow at the foreign policy research institute.
but that could tell us what he did or did not want to happen? the difference is that unlike journalists, this committee has subpoena power. and so you can see the reaction from trump world already. they are furious. but it looks like this is the beginning of what is going to be an effort to get closer to the former presidents inner circle. clint watts, this thing to various members of this committee tonight, in interviews, it is clear that they are moving fast and that they are focused. based on what you have seen so far, the content of these letters, what are you looking for going forward? i think this is the critical step chris jansing. when you look across the board, it s what has been, beat up on the law enforcement, why weren t they responding? but when you look at its core, the only real unknowns at this point is who got as people out there on the lawn that day, out in front of the capitol?
is going over in trump world tonight. these people who receive the subpoenas are incredibly important to trump worlds with the exception of steve bannon. given that he, in some ways they were all members of the presidents inner circle, confidence, people in contact with him in the run up and on the day of the insurrection. as a journalist, who immediately after wrote some of the stories trying to detail what happened on january 6th and how we got there, this committee is doing exactly what we did. same, who were the people who can tell us what the president meant by this tweet? what was he thinking about the angry crowd? you knew there was a crowd. didn t gather the night before? what was his mindset? what did he expect to happen? what was he telling people close to him? when he dictated a tweet to dan scavino or typed went out himself, or received a subpoena. what was his goal? what did he say before or after the tweet was said that we don t know?
democracy was being threatened. we are not wasting time. these are going to be some more visible efforts we are making. but we will be conducting interviews as well. and we have already made strides in acquiring documents we need for the investigation. is the former president on a list of potential people you will call before you? you know, i think we have a lot of work to do before we answer that question. that is, though, barbara, a key question. given what is in the letters to these aides, what do they reveal about how the committee is approaching the investigation? and what are they looking to do? well, it does seem to me to send a message that they are focusing their energies on donald trump himself. the first thing they looked at, in that hearing the summer, with the police officers, was all about the impact that the capital. but this is all going right to the source. if you look at the four men who
house on or in the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection. they have been asked to appear for depositions and turn over documents in mid october. today the committee sent a letter to each, one two former trump chief of staff mark meadows reported that he was quote, engaged in multiple elements of the planning and preparation of efforts to contest the election. and to delay the counting of electoral votes. the letter to former trump aide dan scavino, says he was, quote, with the former president on january 5th, when he and others were considering how to convince members of congress not to certify the election to joe biden. and kashyap patel served as chief of staff to acting secretary of defense christopher miller, and there is substantial reason to believe that you have additional documents relevant to understanding the role played by the department of defense and the white house in preparing for and responding to the attack on the u.s. capital. the letter to onetime trump