of people that included roger stone and steve bannon urging trump to declare victory regardless of the results, the actual legal results, of the 2020 election. now the january 6th select committee cites a memo that fitton wrote for trump in the run-up to election day, i think the summer before the election, as evidence that in the words of committee member zoe love gren friend the big lie was untensional, promeditated and a plan concocted in advance. here s a snippet from the january 6th select committee s final hearing. a few days before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of husband outside advisers inside activist tom fitton about the strategy for election night. the select committee got this pre-prepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, declares we had an election today and i won, and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election day deadline
america s gun violence epidemic. plus, ruben gallego joins me here in the studio as he launches his bid to evict conservative former democrat kyrsten sinema from the senate. and the latest from the devolder files. george santos claims to have been mugged on one of the busiest and fanciest avenues. when it comes to the january 6th assault on the capitol and the attempt to subvert our democracy, the wheels of justice are indeed actually turning. in the two years since the insurrection, the department of justice has made more than 950 arrests. nearly 500 of those people have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges. at least 40 have been found guilty at contested trials. just yesterday, four members of the extremist group the oath keepers were found guilty of the most serious charge lobbed in the attack, seditious conspiracy. this follows november s conviction of two other oath keepers including the group s leader, elmer stewart rhodes under the same charge. and righ
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead here on cnn newsroom, air-raid sirens going off in kyiv this morning. civilians warned to seek shelter as russian drones target ukraine s capital. more never before seen video of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. some candidates are already sowing doubt about the integritiy of the upcoming election. plus it s now been a month of tense often violent nationwide protests in iran, and now the iranian president is accusing the united states of inciting chaos. thanks for being with us. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s clarissa ward is in kyiv and updated us on the situation just a short time ago. reporter: this started about 6:45 this morning. the seco
p.m. the cnn newsroom continues the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new today, a member of the january 6th committee weighing in on what would happen if former president donald trump ignores their promised subpoena. here s congressman adam kens ger. do you believe that the justice department, if the president refuses, should hold him in criminal contempt? look, that s a bridge we cross if we have to get there. you know, look, we well-recognize the fact that because of the committee only being able to exist until the end of this congressional year because that was the mandate, we re in a bit of a time limit here. and as we re wrapping up the investigation, we re also pursuing new leads and facts. and we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide is what he says. so, he should come in on the day we ask him to come
at the president s home. now the trump team is not planning to release its copy of the search warrant. the albany times unions and judicial watch have asked the judge to publicly release it. bill: happening at the same time the former president testifying in new york yesterday part of a separate civil investigation into business practices. he declined to answer any questions calling the probe part of a larger witch hunt that left him no choice but to plead the fifth. dana: the white house and d.o.j. remaining tight lipped refusing to explain monday s unprecedented raid. it s not something that i can talk about. i would refer you to the department. bill: president biden ignoring those questions as he heads off to a vacation with his family in south carolina. on that trip on camera climbing up the steps of air force one, his son, hunter, who is also the subject of an ongoing federal investigation. team fox coverage begins now. byron york, david lee miller in new york an