the lens of his closest aides, mark meadows, cash patel, dan scavino and steve bannon. of course who better than bannon to gather all of the facts from and really get the full picture in part because he crafted former president trump s campaign platform. also he was credited with being one of the organizers of the stop the steal rally that led to violence in this capitol i m standing in. but he s evaded congress before, and members on the house select committee are very familiar with that both in the first impeachment trial of former president trump and also in the russia inquiry. now, pete agular, a member of the house life panel he was on msnbc last night. here s what he said on why it s so important to hear from these guys. what we hope to get is the full picture of the pressure campaign that the former president utilized on his own department of justice and how they in turn used it on other states. we think it s very clear that that s exactly what happened. reporter: now the qu
select committee on msnbc last night? we are trying to fill in the details now and we are trying to figure out exactly the connections are between the trump entourage and the trump white house, the oath keep he is, the three percenters, the different armed insurrectionist groups and what paid for the attack on the capitol because you don t knock over the united states capitol for free. are those the main questions to answer? i think so, jonathan. so the january 6th insurrection was not a spontaneous event. it s not just like thousands of insurrectionists just showed up and decided right then and there to take over the capitol. there was obviously financing, organization, administration. and the select committee has subpoenaed literally thousands and thousands of documents. and some of trump s closest
listen to congresswoman jamie raskin, who s member of the select committee an msnbc last night. we re just trying to fill in the details now. and we are trying to figure out exactly what the connections are. between the trump entourage in the trump white house. in the oath keepers, the three percenters. the different armed insurrectionist groups. and who paid for the attack on u.s. congress? you don t just knock over the capital of the united states of america prefer. you know, paul are those the main questions to answer? i think so. jonathan. the january 6th, insurrection. was not a spontaneous event, it s not just like thousands of insurrection is just showed up, and decided rate than in there to take over the capital. there was obviously financing, organization. administration.
absolutely provable by my documents and then the ledger backed it up. all right. i want to bring in former assistant da from manhattan, rebecca roiphe, now a new york law school professor, and jill wine-banks, former prosecutor and msnbc contributor. welcome to you both. rebecca, i want to start with you on this one. i want to play some sound of sam nunberg who was on msnbc last night. let s listen. allen is the highest paid executive who is not a lawyer at the trump organization, and he is paid even more than some of the kids. i would be very surprised and therefore i think if vance and his crackpot team really thought eye this was going to do it, it is not there. they may get a pound of flesh and allen may be found guilty, but if people think it is going to come and now donald trump will be frog marched where jeffrey epstein was, i don t see it. so nunberg doesn t see it.
wine-banks, former prosecutor and msnbc contributor. welcome to you both. rebecca, i want to start with you on this one. i want to play some sound of sam nunberg who was on msnbc last night. let s listen. allen is the highest paid executive who is not a lawyer at the trump organization, and he is paid even more than some of the kids. i would be very surprised and therefore i think if vance and his crackpot team really thought this was going to do it, it is not there. they may get a pound of flesh and allen may be found guilty, but if people think it is going to come and now donald trump will be frog marched where jeffrey epstein was, i don t see it. so nunberg doesn t see it. give me your reaction to that, rebecca. well, you know, i think that this indictment doesn t read like it is the last chapter. i don t think it reads like weisselberg is the main character. i think that, you know, there is