we hold our hearings next month we wish to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily. regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused and we are forced to take this step to make sure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th. we urge our colleagues to comply with the law and do their patriotic duty and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done, and the committee lays out in clear detail just why they need the testimony of these five congressmen pointing to their roles in multiple aspects of the trump coup plot. the committee writes this about jim jordan, representative jim jordan was in communication with trump on january 6th and participated in meetings and discussions throughout late 2020 and early 2021 about strategies for overturning the 2020 election. regarding scott perry, the committee says, he was, quote, directly involved with efforts to corrupt the department
department has taken a series of steps showing that its investigation has progressed beyond the preliminary stages. prosecutors issued a subpoena to the national archives and records administration to obtain the boxes of classified documents. this according to two sources and as donald trump faces a swirl of compounding legal problems in the wake of his fraught election loss and the coup attempt the times points out this key implication of today s breaking news, quote. the prosecutor s moves in the case shows that the justice department under attorney general merrick garland is at least willing to examine a matter that may ultimately touch directly on the president s conduct. joining us now, one of the reporters, mike schmitt and msnbc national contributor, take us through what you guys are reporting. for us, i think the most significant thing is since trump left office the biggest question
applications. it s been reported before that fisa warrants have been used in this investigation. but this appears to be the first official confirmation. it suggests the intelligence committee s maybe getting fruits of those applications, which will be important for their investigations. it will be a lot of details in there about what the fbi believes happened and what they found to happen, chris. ray was also asked whether trump brought up the russia investigation during interviews. he said that the president has never asked him about the mueller investigation, nor has he asked for ray s loyalty, which as you ll recall was a very important exchange that the former fbi director james comey said happened with the president. it appears the president has learned at least from all the controversy over his request from loyalty from fbi director james comey, chris. ken delanian, thank you. joining me now, two former members of the justice department, frank figlusi, msnbc national contri
national committee emails. at this point probably a good idea to bring in our starting panel as we start a new week. starting with the panelist katie tur who covered the donald trump campaign effort from the beginning. be michael schmidt back from the new york times and msnbc national contributor. you heard him questioning sarah huckabee sanders. phillip rucker washington pos bureau chief and newly minted msnbc political analyst from his seat at the white house. welcome to you all. michael i ll begin with you. just about every night there is a a print journalism development that causes us to ask a nice guest like you, usually a print journalist, how does this change everything? and i ll ask that about the reporting of your colleagues at the new york times. how does tonight s story now change everything? well, this story by my colleagues really raises new questions about why is it we
idea to bring in our starting panel as we start a new week. starting with the panelist katie tur who covered the donald trump campaign effort from the beginning. be michael schmidt back from the new york times and msnbc national contributor. you heard him questioning sarah huckabee sanders. phillip rucker washington post bureau chief and newly minted msnbc political analyst from his seat at the white house. welcome to you all. michael i ll begin with you. just about every night there is a a print journalism development that causes us to ask a nice guest like you, usually a print journalist, how does this change everything? and i ll ask that about the reporting of your colleagues at the new york times. how does tonight s story now change everything? well, this story by my colleagues really raises new questions about why is it we continue to learn about the meetings and we weren t told