presidency. aw. that he s holding out hope that he could be reinstated as president outside of the election process. a source calling the whole thing very dangerous. plus sources saying that the justice department s investigating congressman matt gaetz for potential obstruction of justice. there is a lot to talk about tonight. but i want to bring in now attorney george conway. he has a scathing new opinion piece in the washington post calling out republican senators as cowards for blocking the commission to investigate the january 6th attack. george, thank you for joining. i really appreciate you joining us this evening. thanks for having me. so let s talk about the vice president now speaking out tonight about january 6th. i just want to get your reaction. watch and then we ll talk. as i said that day, january 6th was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol. but thanks to the swift action of the capitol police and
investigating republican congressman matt gaetz for potential obstruction of justice now in connection with the on going probe over allegation that s he had sex with a minor this is a new piece of the investigation into sating congressman that was not known until now. cnn s paula reid has details and joining me now. paula, what more are you learning? kate, the reporting on this investigation over the past two months, something we really can t lose sight of is at the heart of this investigation is a group of young women, many many of whom allegedly exchanged sex for money and gifts in talking with many of the women, it s clear. they re a vulnerable population. several of them told me they re very scared about being involved in a federal investigation. they re highly susceptible to any outside influence, especially any influence from powerful men. so now we learned that the fbi is investigating whether the congressman or any of his associates have tried to influence any of the witnesse
back to last fall, around the same time that the investigation into congressman gaetz began under attorney general bill barr. now investigators are looking at a few different instances. one we learned of, the first week of october, 2020. we learned that investigators have been told congressman and an associate discussed visiting an exgirlfriend of the congressman to talk about the investigation. now there is nothing wrong with visiting an old flame even discussing the investigation. but the fbi is in possession of some materials that suggest that the congressman and/or associate may have tried to influence the ex-girlfriend who is a key witness in this investigation. it s important to note this ex-girlfriend, she is not the minor who the congressman allegedly had sex with. but she was linked to the congressman in the summer of 2017. the congressman denied the allegations in a statement. he said, congressman gaetz p pursues justice, he does not