and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
million dollar investment. we are not sending a truck to anybody. we are going to basically produce. it ll make inflation worse, actually. we have a corporate talks increase it is probably going to make this recession that we are in worse. all of the spending is unnecessary, it is going to exacerbate inflation. it is not going to reduce the deficit. and what did senator manchin get for this? i m a big fan of joe, manchin but i think he got taken to the cleaners. senator manchin s interview and meet the prosecuting live interview today after he was pressed by host a sharp talker for the upcoming midterms. do you hope democrats keeping troll the house and senate? i think people are sick and tired of politics, chuck, i really do. i think they are sick and tired of the democrats and republicans fighting over pieces of legislation, cause i didn t get with they won it, i need credit for something. when it we start to be something for our country? where results you want?
appointed christopher wray, before they got the okay from a federal judge. because of that, it certainly feels like we re on the cusp of something big. what that something is is unclear. is it a criminal indictment? legal experts say it is way too soon to say. is it a reinvigoration of president trump s political possibilities in 2024. there was a new york time polling that suggested that half of republican voters wanted someone else to run for president. someone new. is it the start of a series of wrenching politically motivated house investigations into the doj and the fbi? house republicans are promising it will be if they regain control in november. or is it the start of something ugly. something violent. in the hours after the news broke online, searches for civil war spiked. it could be all of these things and it could be none of these things. so let us sort out what we can. joining us now is nbc news correspondent vaughan hillyard who is across the lagoon in west palm
and white house denying that the president brought up genocide during the call on thursday. and the latest developing story from the white house. hey, david. good afternoon to you, aishah and everyone watching right now. the speaker is en route to asia. she has some pre scheduled trips to singapore, japan, south korea, but the big question, the suspense, will she go to taiwan? she wants to go. some republicans who are her political enemies in congress are agreeing with her, they want her to go. some democrats are saying don t go. the white house is being mum on it, but the communist party in china is saying absolutely do not go. listen. well, i don t remember talk about my travel because as some of you know it s a security issue, it s a security issue for every member of congress travelling, especially abroad, but for the speaker, it is additional security issue and for those travelling with me, not just members, but staff, et cetera. it s an interesting issue because
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