that hide behind phony claims of privilege or hide because they feel that they can get away with it i think will be damned by history. we re ready to face threats of russian aggression because quite frankly, there is no choice. in light of the log progress the progress we ve together, we support them joining nato. pretty big win for president biden saying the enlargement of that i to is exactly the opposite of what president putin wanted to see. we begin with a remarkable string of revelations in washington. the committee investigating the january 6 riots has presented new damning testimony offering crucial details about president trump s actions in the lead up to and during the attack on the capitol. cassidy hutchinson, a former aide to mark meadows gave her account of the conversations inside the trump white house that day describing just how much trump and his aides knew about the riots and what trump did or didn t do to stop the violence unfolding that day. ryan n
about former president trump s actions in connection with the attack on the u.s. capitol. cassidy hutchinson, former aid to mark meadows, testified on tuesday. we learned a lot about some of donald trump s closest advisers and roles they played leading up to the capitol riot. hutchinson testified that trump was very interested to know what would happen on january 6 and he asked mark med des to call his close allies michael flynn and roger stone to see what they knew. both flynn and stone testified before the committee. here is a look at part of flynn s deposition. general flynn, do you believe the violence on january 6 was justified? can i get a clarification? is that horl qumoral question o deeper question? i m asking both. do you believe the violence on january 6 was justified morally? i take the fifth. do you believe the violence
on january 6 was justified legally? no. do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the united states of america? the fifth. most legal experts say the simple answer to all those questions is no, but michael flynn wasn t the only one doing trump s bidding. cassidy hutchinson revealed how much mark meadows knew about trump s actions. brian todd reports. reporter: cassidy hutchinson s testimony before the january 6 committee painting then chief of staff mark meadows as donald trump s enabler. at one point describing concern inside the white house, including from the white house counsel that meadows wanted trump to go to the capitol with rioters that day. it is my understanding that mr. cipollone thought that mr. meadows was indeed pushing this along with the president. reporter: it was the culmination of mark meadows commitment to help trump try to
ordinary subordinates were willing to testify. meanwhile the house investigators are one step closer to obtaining call logs from this man, john eastman. the right wing lawyer who led efforts to persuade states to overturn trump s election loss has dropped his legal challenge to a house subpoena. investigators are seeking three months of his call log data, but not the contents of those calls. eastman is one of many with ties to the former president who has been tangled up with the house committee over legal issues. be sure to stick around later this hour, we ll have much more on the january 6 investigation including how former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded the fifth even perhaps to obvious questions. nato leaders have been arriving for a critical summit in spain. today s talks will kick off soon and the russian war in ukraine