we should point out nbc news has not yet verified that reporting half what we do have this afternoon is new reaction from a spokesperson for mark meadows. joining me now, luke broad january broadwater, matt miller, and joyce vance. luke, who exactly could be picking up these legal fees for at least it seems a dozen witnesses testifying before the january 6th committee? well, there are two funds that are funding witnesses lawyers. one is the save america pac which is run directly connected to donald trump. the other is the cpac first amendment fund which its director says consults with donald trump and donald trump s allies directly to decide which witnesses it will cover. so these are they offer both free legal advice to the witnesses and then also will pay for their attorneys fees if needed. this came to a head this week when cassidy hutchinson said she had to switch attorneys because she felt only with a new attorney could she be more forthright and testify publicly a
hearing that voice behind you. yeah. quite a field trip for them. kyle, let s talk about some of your reporting on all of this. you are reporting on the intermediaries that was reaching out to hutchinson about meadows communication. talk about that. right. that is what the committee has right now. while the intermediary on behalf of mark meadows has heard this message, the committee has not had evidence showing that he has deputized them are past the person to send the message. so we are still awaiting more details on that. i suspect the committee does know obviously who this intermediary is. that is something they re not confirmed independently yet. i think, as we saw, this was a bit of a teaser from liz cheney. they know much more than they put out. it is kind of a warning shot to see what you re doing here. we don t want to see more of