at one point, he raised whether the justice department would file a lawsuit in the supreme court. a couple of junctures, there were questions about making public statements or about holding a press conference. at one of the later junctures was this issue of sending a letter to the state legislature in georgia or other states. so, there were different things raised at different parts of intervals about his dissatisfaction with what the justice department had done to investigate election fraud. i will say, the justice department declined all of those requests that i was just referencing because we did not think that they were appropriate based on the facts
tonight, former trump white house counsel pat cipollone is likely weighing his response to the january 6 select committee now that the panel has slapped him with a subpoena. brian todd is joining us. tell us more about cipollone and what led him to this true low critical moment. what led him was the critical work with donald trump at very important junctures. from the first impeachment trial to the january 6 attack. a lot to deal with for pat cipollone. donald trump said this about pat cipollone when cipollone was preparing for trump s first impeachment trial. he s the strong, silent type. strong, he s very strong, silent. great job you ve done. reporter: but a new account from former top white house aide cassidy hutchinson portrays cipollone as anything but silent as rioters attacked the capitol on january 6. hutchinson told the house panel
either called me or met with me virtually every day. so the common element of all of this was the president expressing his dissatisfaction that the justice department in his view had not done enough to investigate election fraud. but at different junctures, other topics came up at different intervals so at one point he had raised the question of having a special council for election fraud. at a number of points he raised requests that i meet with his campaign council, mr. giuliani. at one point he raised the whether the justice department would file a lawsuit in the supreme court. a couple of junctures there were questions about making public statements or about holding a press conference. one of the latest junctures was
one of them could impact abortion access across this country. a crowd of protesters gathered in front of the corpourt. first the january 6 committee laying out in stunning detail new evidence shows how high ranking justice department officials rejected former president trump s scheme to use the doj to back his claim. those top officials detailing how it all played out in multiple meetings and phone calls after the election. i m just asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congress. at up with point, he had raised the question of having a special counsel for election fraud. at up with point he raised the whether the justice department would file a lawsuit in the supreme court. a couple of junctures there were questions of making public
requests that i meet with his campaign council, mr. giuliani. at one point, he raised the, whether the justice department would file a lawsuit in the supreme court. at a couple of junctures, there were questions of making public statements, or about holding a press conference. one of the later junctures was this issue of sending a letter to state legislatures in georgia or other states. i will say that the justice department declined all of those requests that i was just referencing because we did not think that they were appropriate, based on facts and the law as we understood them. the president said just say the election was corrupt, and