a plot twist in the target let letter sent to donald trump. and from the new york times, the letter to mr. trump from the special counsel jack smith referred to three criminal statutes as part of the grand jury investigation into trump s efforts to reverse his 2020 election laws. and two of the statutes were familiar from the criminal referral but the house january 6 committee and months of discussion by legal experts. conspiracy to defraud the government and on instruction obstruction from a proceeding. and the times said that there is a new twist in the january 6 investigation. they could charge with violating a civil rights statute. and the times adds that the
president and the white house see as essentially having been heroes coming out of january 6 and the 2020 election. so we are talking about law enforcement officers, as you said, including capitol police officers many of whom got injured and harassed and assaulted as they tried to protect the capitol from rioters. some of the names include capitol police officer eugene goodman and people might remember he played a role in diverting the rioters away from the senate chamber as lawmakers were in the process of evacuating and has been heralded a hero for those actions. m michael finnon and carolyn edwards who testified before the house january 6 committee that she had lost consciousness at some point and then when she reg reg regained consciousness she
not. but again, upon i.r.s. audit, they would ask for those kinds of documentation from the tax preparer. reporter: the democrats say the returns reveal trump wasn t audited by the i.r.s. as he claimed and was expected of the i.r.s. during much of the presidency. trump, in a recorded statement, called the release a political attack. the seizure of these confidential records was completely unconstitutional. there is no legitimate legislative purpose for their action, and if you look at what they ve done, it s so sad for our country. reporter: meanwhile, the house january 6 committee released more depositions with key witnesses today, including ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who told the panel she did attend trump s rally january 6, but said she and her husband have an ironclad rule against talking about cases. and, jericka, she said he s uninterested in politics. duncan: scott macfarlane for us on capitol hill tonight. thank you. southwest airlines
i mean, we don t have the final report now from the house january 6 committee. it still has not been released. it was supposed to be made public yesterday. the committee, they are releasing more witness testimony. i want to turn to cnn s correspondent jessica schneider and the managing editor at axios and a former watergate special assistant prosecutor. beginning with you, jessica, i know you re tapping your watch and we re all going where is it? supposed to be yesterday. we thought maybe okay. with zelenskyy visiting that might be the delay. where is it? reporter: at this point we are almost two days beyond what the committee said. the time slipped a little with zelenskyy s visit. okay. it was supposed to be today. we heard earlier tonight from a
and ultimately i paid a high price to advocate or advocating for acknowledgement for the other officers that i saw fight so bravely on january 6th. mike, there s so many americans who still thank you for what you did that day and the rest of the officers who defended the capitol. michael, thank you as always for being with us. good to talk to you. thank you. thank you for having me on. be sure to join cnn for special live coverage as the house january 6 committee holds the final public meeting tomorrow at noon eastern here on cnn. el paso s mayor says the influx on wednesday will be