deal with the committee for a transcribed interview behind closed doors but it s happening this friday. oh, and it s going to be on video. a lawyer is telling cnn the interview will be limited to specific topics to avoid privilege issues. he was of course the white house counsel. the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. i mean, the understatement of the year. think of what he knows. think about how many times you out there even heard his name from other witnesses during these hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capital, cassidy, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. you still sitting on his phone and i remember passing to him, something to the effect of, the writers have gotten to the capitol, mark, we need to go to the president now. mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said some
prosecutors two of whom served under republican froms, this in the atlantic, after several hearings by the committee, doubt as to who is responsible has been resolved. trump was behind the massive criminal conspiracy behind the proceeding and to defraud the united states of a fair election outcome. trump was not just a willing beneficiary of a complex plot of which others played most of the primary roles, while in office he himself was the principal actor in nearly all of its phases personally involved in elements and aware of and involved of the worst features including the violence on capitol hill mp most remarkably, he did so after vehement objects even by his sink fantic and loyal hand picked team. this was trump s project all along. add to this that more than 800 insurrectionists face charges for their role in trump s project and one big question looms over the country right now when it comes to january 6th. what will the justice department do about the person who is beh
crime imaginable, unquote, if they went to the capitol. i mean, would not have confirmed that, apparently, confirmed that statement if they had asked the question. and you also heard the congresswoman say that some of what they learned from pat cipollone today will be rolling out in the future hearings to come. so will we be hearing and my be seeing remember, it was videotaped as well. some of his testimony as soon as next week. and will the former president be watching? you ve got to figure this is one witness that he really, really hoped would not cooperate with this committee. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. well, i want to bring in cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles here tonight. ryan, good to see you. seven hours, first of all, is a long time, and we re told he answered some questions. so you ve got some new information on pat cipollone s critical interview with the committee today. what can you tell
he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera, he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. reporter: the county sheriffs office also revealed that there were red flags about the shooter well before monday s mass killing. in april of 2019, police were called about a suicide attempt of his. five months later, a relative contacted police after the suspect threatened to quote kill everyone in the family. but still, he was able to obtain the illinois equivalent of a gun license in 2020. today the prosecutor tried to explain it. there was never a firearm restraining order. that s what i had used the term red flag. that type of order mr. crimo has never been involved in that type of order. that s an order where family members and other individuals can go to a court and ask that somebody have firearms taken and not be allowed to piurchase firearms. that did not happen in mr. crimo s case. cnn security correspondent, josh gamb
down claims by trump s attorney that this was a case about records that belonged to trump saying that the documents were not his to have. for her part, judge kennan is at times inclined to order a review of documents into a a special master. quote, justice department attorneys repeatedly pleaded with cannon not to interrupt their ongoing criminal probe that the search warrant excused on august 8th was clearly valid and authorized to obtain evidence of three significant federal crimes. cannon said she was concerned about a couple of instances in which the investigative team had flagged potentially privileged material that was not screened out during the initial review of records. that s the team that was assigned to prevent such occurrences. judge cannon did say that she would unseal a more detailed list by agents at mar-a-lago meaning that we could learn a whole lot more about that extraordinary search. while we await, it is important to put it in broader context. new york