wishes trump had twitter because it would be fun to get that peek into donald trump, she claimed donald trump wanted to set tom brady up with ivanka way back then. too much information? [ laughter ] yeah, it would be twitter is clearly the forum where we would have used to have seen an immediate tweet and reaction to this, whether he would have knocked tom brady or gone on and spewed more about the fact that he thinks the election was stolen when it wasn t. but i just want to go back to the january 6th commission. because jim banks, like you mentioned, that members already have their mind up when they go into this. you can see that in his statement when he was announced to be on, he said that he wants to seek out and have oversight over the left authoritarian agenda. that s what he said so a bit of
clearly, going after her political assassination. when asked for a response, cheney s team referred cnn to this statement she made in may. quote, if they think they re going to come into wyoming and make the argument that the people of wyoming should vote for donald trump over somebody who is loyal to the constitution, i welcome that debate. but as somebody who admires liz cheney, aren t you a little bit worried? i m always worried. i am. i m always worried. because, believe it or not, donald trump still has this following, people who will willingly follow him blindly, where you have liz cheney who i believe was pretty darn courageous in doing what she believes is right. so liz cheney has a choice to make, and i think she s already made that choice. she said it on the floor that this is about the constitution, it s about what i have sworn to uphold. so she is going to do everything that she believes is right for wisconsin, not what s wyoming, excuse me, not what is right for donald
candidate trump then delivered during his speech. in another instance that prosecutors describe, they apparently the uae provided talking points for barrack s tv appearances. he was a prominent voice for trump if you remember during the years there, and apparently after one of those appearances, he sent an email to someone in the emirates saying, quote, i nailed it for the home team, according to prosecutors, that was a reference to the uae, not the united states. they also say that at one point the emirates were pushing a particular person for the ambassadororship in abu dhabi. he was trying to promote that person with the administration. we did get a statement from tom barrack s spokesperson who says, quote, from barrack has made himself voluntarily available to investigators from the outset, he is not guilty and he will be
the election results. but pelosi says that s not a disqualifier for serving on the committee. do you think it should be? you know, i don t. i think if leader mccarthy didn t appoint some of those members, then this commission would have this committee would have no chance of success. look, i think it s totally valid, the republicans are now saying this isn t about donald trump or inciting riots or violence from people not accepting the election. this shouldn t be all about why didn t nancy pelosi provide enough security at the house. both issues are going to be important and they should investigate both issues. why are the rioters incited and how did that happen? and does the capitol have enough security? so, i think, i hope it s not a circus. i think jim jordan on there is the most troublesome. that congressman has a tendency to play to the camera s every moment.
we have a break news story in our politics lead. we just learned that a former trump adviser and chairman of the trump inaugural committee was arrested today and charged with federal crimes. perfects say tom barrack illegally lobbied on behalf of the united arab emirates and tried to sway the trump campaign and incoming administration. cnn s evan perez joins us now. evan, what are federal investigators saying specifically that tom barrack did? reporter: well, jake, he was acting on behalf of the uae without registering with the justice department as a foreign agent. and so that s what he s charged with. but among the things that prosecutors say he did is back in 2016 then candidate donald trump is making a speech on energy at the request of his clients in the uae, barrack allegedly inserted language praising the uae which the president delivered or the