i m erin burnett. outfront tonight caught in a lie. new video from the january 6th select committee, sworn testimony from trump s acting defense secretary chris miller contradicts a statement from president trump. he said he personally asked for 20,000 national guard troops to be at the ready ahead of january 6th. this is what the defense secretary told the committee exactly happened. to be crystal clear there was no direct order from president trump to put 20,000 troops on the ready for january 6th, correct? you re correct. there was no order from the president. that shutting down a statement from trump who on june 9th said the unselect committee learned that i as president offered up to 20,000 national guard troops be deployed in d.c. because it was felt the crowd was going to be very large. well, you heard the secretary of defense say he did no such thing. whether 10 or 20,000, he never ordered any. this blatant lie exposed as we learn more from attorney general me
lawful transfer of power from one administration to another accountable. that s what we do. we don t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that. well, on the heels of those comments from the attorney general, we have brand-new reporting tonight that suggests the justice department investigation may indeed be heating up. this is just out tonight from the washington post. quote, justice department investigating trump s action in january 6th criminal probe. quote, prosecutors who were questioning witnesses before a grand jury including two top aides to vice president mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with trump s, lawyers and others in the circle who sought to substitute trump allies from certified electors in certain states that biden won. the prosecutors have asked hours of details questions about conversations trump had in december 20 and 2021. his count is pressure on pence to overturn the election, and
ll see you at the end of tomorrow we have got breaking news to get to tonight. the washington post just out with his brand-new reporting. justice department investigating trump s actions in january six criminal probe. we ll get the details from carole lettig one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another
we pursue justice without fear or favor. we intend to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for events surrounding january 6th or any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another accountable. that s what we do. we don t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that. well, on the heels of those comments from the attorney general, we have brand-new reporting tonight that suggests the justice department investigation may indeed be heating up. this is just out tonight from the washington post. quote, justice department investigating trump s action in january 6th criminal probe. quote, prosecutors who were questioning witnesses before a grand jury including two top aides to vice president mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with trump,
bring justice to everybody who was criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power. and hours after lester holt s interview with merrick garland with reporting with our lead guest carol leonnig, the washington post broke the news historic news under the headline, justice department investigating trump s actions in january six criminal probe. that headline will now mark the moment in history when we learned that a former president of the united states is being investigated in a federal criminal investigation. donald trump already made history as the first former president to be subject of a criminal investigation by a local district attorney with fulton county district attorney investigating donald trump for possible criminal interference