the lead starts right now. new witness tran scripts released from the january 6th committee, including one from donald trump s own son, and an unusual request from one sitting gop senator. then, officials are calling it the largest russian missile strike since the war began. ukrainians say it could have been so much worse. plus, some signs of relief on the horizon for tens of thousands of southwest pas passengers who have been stuck in the airline s meltdown for now eight days. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. and we begin with our politics lead and new insight into the january 6th investigation. the committee released more testimony transcripts from 19 witnesses, including trump s son donald trump jr., trump attorney christina bobb, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. there s one key thing that sticks out, and that s the role of mark meadows. he was, of course, trump s chief of staff on january 6th an
i agree with you. this isn t voter fraud, he ran, there was a campaign that had every opportunity to bring up all of these issues. i completely agree with you. i have been the first to say that that is political m malpractice that this wasn t brought up. there were some stories about it, but just not the focus on it. and you re right, the opposition campaign should have not let this go. but that doesn t mean that it s their fault. sc we can focus on the stupidity with the lies he told, but that s not necessarily relevant to whether or not he serves. it s whether or not he broke the law. we ve seen an invitation or house rules. we ve seen an invitation for a fund-raiser that is promising a capitol tour. that s an ethics violation. capital e. he may have broken the law, he may have violated ethics, that may take awhile to play out. he may not be on track to serve out for two years. all of that is going to be