developments in the doj s criminal investigation of january 6th and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. cnn is live in the capital with the latest. good evening. we appreciate having you. what are you learning about today? reporter: this is a significant development in terms of the department of justice investigation into donald trump s election interference and how that led to what happened on january 6. both jacobs and marc short were the first big witnesses that the january 6th elect committee were able to cooperate that were inside that orbit of the white house, the oval office, west wing and the days leading up to january 6. what the testimony revealed at that time, was the intense pressure campaign that was put on vice president mike pence and the steps that he stood to resist that and satellite on the fake collector plot going on around the country. these are things we did not previously know until the committee was able to crack core of mike pence and the inn
explosive testimony today about what trump and those closest to him new heading into the insurrection. in a to the former white house chief of staff mark meadows publicly testifying trump was told his supporters were armed but said they are not hurt t here to hurt me. ryan nobles has more now. from the moment she was sworn in, cassidy hutchison, former aide to trump white house chief of staff mark meadows made it clear she had much to share. that was the first moment that i remember feeling scared and nervous for what could happen on january 6. providing unique insight into a chaotic white house in the days leading up to january 6th and a president who cheered on the riders and she says she was told, desperately wanted to be with them. he said something to the effect of i am the effingham president, take me to the capital now. he reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab the steering wheel. mr. ingle grabbed his arm and said you need to take your hand off
about rinvoq. learn how abbvie can help you save. explosive testimony today about what trump and those close to him knew heading into the insurrection. aide to former white house chief of staff publicly testifying trump was told his supporters were armed but said they re not here to hurt me. cnn ryan nobles has more. from the moment she was sworn in, cat hssidy hutchinson made clear she had much to share. the first moment i remember feeling scared. and nervous for what could happen. on january 6. providing unique insight into a chaotic white house in the days leading up to january 6. and a president who cheered on the rioters. and she says she was told desperately wanted to be with them. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president. take me to the president now. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. angle grabbed his arm. said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re
the capitol police, d.c. metropolitan police, other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes, spirit, sprained, stomped on, brutalized and lives were lost. for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happen. he sat in the comfort of a private diner next to the office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officer subject to for three hours. they were dripping in blood and surrounded by carnage. face-to-face to believe the lives of the defeated president. the police were there that day. donald trump lacked the courage to act. the brave women and men in blue all across this nation should never forget that. you can t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop. you can t be pro-democracy. you can t be pro-insurrection and pro-american. president biden doesn t talk about january 6 often nor does he talk about his predecessor often. we ve heard him use the phrase defeated former president, but he used donald tr
everybody. i m yasmin vossoughian in for another hour of news. the january 6 committee may be pausing hearings until september but their investigation is moving full steam ahead. committee members fanned out on the sunday shows making it clear they hope the justice department is listening to them. there is a massive difference between i m going to prosecute the last administration for political vengeance and not prosecuting an administration that literally attempted a failed coupe. i sure as hell hope they have a criminal investigation at this point into donald trump. congresswoman liz cheney dropped what may be the biggest piece of news over the weekend saying the january 6th committee is prepared to consider a subpoena for jenny thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. i hope it doesn t get to that. i hope she wil