i m not buying a ticket. we start with marc short telling cnn that he testified in front of a grand jury. i can confirm that i received a subpoena from the federal grand jury, and i complied with that subpoena, but under advice of counsel, i can t say more than that. i m not going to comment on others, to the team, regarding subpoenas, and what they testified to. joining us now, cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin and cnn legal analyst joey jackson. mr. toobin, marc short, and the new york times, greg jacobs, chief counsel for mike pence testified before a federal grand jury. it s a big deal. this is why. the justice department has been criticized by a lot of people because it has apparently only focused on the relative minor players in the january 6th
defining the terms, and you are narrowing the perspective. what the committee did, i think directly, to try to address this, is focused this last hearing on thursday night, on one key element. there are lots of different parts of the january 6th story. it was hard for a lot of americans to absorb the full picture and to understand everything in spades. but what they did on thursday night was to focus on one key factor, 187 minutes between the end of the speech and when he said something about ending the riot. with the trump do in that time period? the answer is nothing. they showed a very strong case that he did nothing on purpose. it was not a mistake. there was not an accident, he wanted this violence to continue, because it was serving his and and purpose of delaying, maybe even putting off entirely the certification of the electoral count, that was going on in the senate and
outtakes. they re going to do a preliminary report in october, maybe before, to get things out there and, probably spend the time after the elections to do something more comprehensive, because they re drowning in material in witness testimony, factual documents and so on. so there s a lot more to come here. and i think we ve seen their presentation, the way they ve organized the story has been very compelling. up to now there were a lot of different strands of the january 6th story, fake electors. what happened in georgia, john eastman, mike pence, what happened on january 6th we can saw, and donald trump s tentacles in all these various elements. and they went through it step by step by step and landed the big hearing on thursday night with the biggest fact it s undeniable. you don t need evidence for it. when the country was under attack, when the government was under attack, he did nothing. he took a powder. and there s only one reason why
possible. but stay tuned. we ll see. that s an interesting point. because we know that in the past, there are some federal agencies that have been able to recover previously deleted text messages. yeah, i think i m going to hold my fire until i finish this reporting, but i promise i ll share it with you. that is a hell of a tease, girl. i get it, i respect that. i think that is a great thread to pull on. ryan, let me go to you. as we talk about these different pieces to this bigger january 6th story, what steve bannon knows is important to them, because he spoke with former president trump the day before the attack as we know a couple of times, infamously now said that all hell is going to break loose. day three of his trial is happening now, and the first witness for the prosecution is an attorney that they see crucial to this case, no? yeah, it is. i think the overall thing to
energy. taking oil from strategic petroleum reserves and selling it to china. that to end the war in are pushing the world s food supplies to near collapse. it s shocking what s happening. there s famine going on in africa. caused by all of this. what s the media focused on? no, new testimony from january 6! watch! explosive weak from the new allegations. shocking new details surrounding the fateful day and generate six tucker: we heard shocking testimony. to speak of the latest january 6th story came as a shock. the shocking testimony of the surprised january 6th testimony. it shocking. shock waves rocked the united states after january 6th hearing. with new evidence that really is sending out shock waves.