the lawyer alerted the committee which in turn alerted the justice department. sources tell cnn that the person was concerned because they are not someone who routinely communicated with the former president. when asked to respond, trump s spokesman pointed to a tweet criticizing congresswoman liz cheney. the committee is not ruling out future hearings later this summer. the chairman pointed to that surprise june 28th hearing with cassidy hutchinson saying quote something could come up. another member of the committee said additional hearings would quote depend on where the evidence takes us, and there was chatter last night there may be a few more set for august. the hearing that is set one week from today will focus on donald trump s actions or lack thereof, while the attack was under way. what many have called a dereliction of duty. joining us now, senior reporter for insider, great to see you again this morning, it feels like every hearing has outdone itself with surpri
move in the middle east this morning. he began a meeting with the prime minister of israel just a few moments ago. we re following that. a news conference is set to begin in about an hour. we ll be monitoring. of course, all of this happening ahead of tomorrow s unprecedented, direct flight to saudi arabia. good morning. a lot to cover this morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 14th. joe is off. later this hour, we ll speak with capitol police sergeant gonell, who was forced to retire after the injuries he sustained by the pro-trump mob on january 6th. he s testified before the committee. on tuesday, he embraced one of the rioters and accepted his apology. ahead this morning, former oath keeper spokesman jason van tatenhove, who testified before the committee on tuesday, will also be our guest. he broke from the group in 2017 and is now speaking out about why. willie. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with the latest on the january 6th investigat
they re wide open to more. the chairman pointed out to that surprise june 28th hearing with cassidy hutchinson, saying, quote, something could come up. another member of the committee said additional hearings would, quote, depend on where the evidence takes us. ali, i ve heard that tons of evidence is still coming in, and that they re pouring through it all. is there a sense that the committee would have to, you know, have, at some point, a deadline to finish these hearings, as we get into the fall? also, as we get closer to the midterms. look, that s the question that i keep asking chairman thompson and other committee members. that s what we told me. when i said to him, is this the last hearing next thursday in primetime? he said probably, and that he hoped so, but he is open to the possibility of more. it s the same thing congressman jamie raskin told me when i asked him that question. it is because they ve been operating on these two parallel tracks for the entire summer.
the lawyer alerted the committee which in turn alerted the justice department. sources tell cnn that the person was concerned because they are not someone who routinely communicated with the former president. when asked to respond, trump s spokesman pointed to a tweet criticizing congresswoman liz cheney. the committee is not ruling out future hearings later this summer. the chairman pointed to that surprise june 28th hearing with cassidy hutchinson saying quote something could come up. another member of the committee said additional hearings would quote depend on where the evidence takes us, and there was chatter last night there may be a few more set for august. the hearing that is set one week from today will focus on donald trump s actions or lack thereof, while the attack was under way. what many have called a dereliction of duty. joining us now, senior reporter for insider, great to see you again this morning, it feels