many are still missing good morning, welcome to way too early, speculation is swirling after the abrupt announcement from the january 6th committee that it plans to hold its sixth public hearing today. the only thing the committee has revealed is the hearing will quote present senior committee staff have been kept out of the loop. three people tell the post that the secrecy is due in part to a credible threat against the witness. the committee announced last week that it was taking a break until the middle of july and yesterday gave just 24 hours notice about the hearing that is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. and to add to the fact that congress is in the midst of a two-week recess. key water gls gate figure john dean tweeted, quote, better be a big deal. there was only one surprise witness during the senate watergate committee hearings on july 16, 1973, an announced witness appeared, alex butterfield, who testified to nixon s secret taping system, forever changing hi
in a surprise hearing this week, cassidy hutchinson, the former trump aide to chief of staff mark meadows, delivered to our stunning testimony to the january six committee. hutchinson took us inside the white house in the days leading up to and on january the six. as trump and his inner circle carried out their campaign to overturn our election. hutchison testified that repeated warnings of violence on that day were simply ignored by trump and other white house officials, including her boss. was it your understanding that mr. ornado told the president about weapons at the rally on the morning of january the six? that is what mr. are not related to me. here is how you characterized mr. meadows general response when people raised general concerns about what could happen on january six. so at the time and the days leading up to the six, there were lots of reports about how things might go bad on the six, even potential for violence. if i am hearing correctly, it seems to
former aide to then trump chief of staff mark meadows. a surprise witness at a surprise hearing that was only announce 2 wood 2 hours ago. so why is she such a big deal? as politico said, she knows a lot. what she heard and who she personally saw coming and going, all add to her value. as she told the committee in march, she had insight into essentially all of trump s meetings. in multiple depositions, she leveled explosive allegations against trump, mark meadows, and republican lawmakers. now, we saw her on tape in the last hearing, naming names about who was seeking presidential pardons. s seeking presidential pardons. we also know that the testimony you just heard revealed only five days ago, has prompted concerns about her safety and security. here s a look at washington post said earlier. in the last hearing, she did reveal that margorie taylor greene, she had heard that margorie taylor greene asked the white house counsel s office for a pardon. you can only imagin
of a criminal invest big asian tonight, asha rangappa and chuck rosenberg what it means to move from subject to target. jay johnson on the secret service scandal and why he says the case against the ex president is already indict-able. plus i debunking of a trump ally from trump tv and a new proposal that gives me genuine hope in these difficult times, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes all of a sudden there s a lot happening in the department of justice investigation into the january 6th insurrection. in just the last few days there s been a bunch of domestic developments some of which were gonna get into in a moment. but before he, do it s worth stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. because the significance here is well, large. for seven years now we ve been covering donald trump and he s basically always been enmeshed in controversy and scandal. he s always been surrounded by investigations and allegations of criminal
reference in that message, well, it is trumps former chief of death, mark meadows. in other words, mark meadows, let me know you have your deposition tomorrow is what the slide should read. now, hutchinson has been represented by longtime trump white house lawyer, stephan pat and tina. for the last year and a half, his law firm has received payments ranging from 10 to $45,000 from trumps save america pack for legal consulting. this is all in the public record, washington post reporting hutchison cut ties after she suggested that she not testify publicly, the post also pointed out, federal laws, tamper congressional testimony. in case none of that was not crystal clear to you, tampering with a witness is a crime, so the new details, they are chilling, they found a lot. like the kind of thing you hear from fictional mob bosses. as long as i continue to be a team player , they know i am on the right team. i am doing the right thing. we know you did the right thing. you hav