really was. from this latest discovery we have one johnny mcentee to thank, trump s director of personnel by the end. we now now mcentee s testimony before the committee revealed that the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president in his final hours in office floated the idea of a blanket pardon for the breach of the united states capitol. there was a vice of dissent to that idea, white house counsel pat cipollone. he rejected the idea. our friend luke broad water of the new york times reports this, quote, mcentee recalled cipollone also rejected trump s idea that all white house staff should be pardoned, even those who have played no role in the president s push to overturn the 2020 election. quote, i remember cipollone questioning on that, well, why does anyone need a pardon, mr. mcentee recalled, adding that the president had responded, well, just so they can t go after them for any little thing. and i think cipollone said, yeah, but no one here has done anything wrong. the
more than 1,000 people dead. later this hour we will break down the results from tuesday s primary election. steve kornacki will join us from the big board. the big board. this morning, the house january 6th committee is preparing for its next public hearing, tomorrow, one day after hearing powerful testimony about former president donald trump s efforts to intimidate state lawmakers and election officials into overturning the results from the 2020 creeks. testimony from someone who detailed phone calls from trump and his allies pressuring them to find votes for trump or send fake protesters to washington. the trump team never produced evidence of fraud. he got emotional when he insisted he would method violate his oath of office. for me to do that because somebody just asked me to is foreign to my very being. i will not do it. some of the most emotional testimony came from a former georgia election worker and her mother who have been harassed and threatened after the
more than a thousand witness interviews including those with leaders from the proud boys from the doj s letter in part, read this, it is now readily apparent that the interviews the select committee conducted are not just potentially relevant to our overall criminal investigations, but are likely relevant to specific prosecutions that have already commenced. well, the news that we alluded to this afternoon, a spokesman confirmed an earlier new york times scoop to our team on the hill that the committee will cooperate with the doj. what that could mean and how that partnership could play out, we will have more on that in just a few moments, but first, one of this week s central questions was whether or not the committee would eventually vote on referring trump to the department of justice for a potential criminal case. watching yesterday s explosive hearing, politico suggests this, the committee is making that referral in its own way presenting evidence in a clear chronology t
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of a felony in fact, more than a dozen felonies after a jury found him guilty on all 34 charges that he faced now his fate, which could include jail time rests in the hands of judge juan merchan, who will deliver his sentence on july 11. that is just days before the republican national convention in milwaukee, wisconsin let s discuss all of this with criminal defense attorney and former new york prosecutor, bernardo, villain lona, and congressional correspondent at the new york times, luke broad water, welcome to you both. good morning, bernardo. let s start with you and we saw there in that news conference that trump held at trump tower are on friday quick pivot from the courtroom to campaigning. and of course, he was in attack mode, attacking the judge and also others including michael cohen, who didn t name specifically. but here s trump this was a, highly qualified lawyer. now i m not allowed to