giant. plus, weeks after the supreme court s ruling on abortion, is it still a top story in key states? we will speak with top editors in texas and georgia about that anymore and later, what is the fine line between informing and overwhelming you? we will talk about that with melissa, coming up, but first, how to decipher debates about disinformation. one of the dominant stories of our time, is a dramatic drift toward a choose your own reality , people are swimming or perhaps drowning in a sea of information, some of it straight up disinformation. meaning something that is made up, on purpose, designed to deceive you. disinformation is a real thing. a real problem. but it is almost impossible to have a conversation about it. this quote from the ap explains why, as trust breaks down polarization and anxiety increases, creating opportunities for people pushing their own alternative facts. in the case of disinformation, the term, the real throwing the real thing, that term has
he will meet face-to-face with the king and crown prince, what changed? inside politics, the biggest stories, sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday, i am abby. the top lawyer in the trump white house spent nearly 8 hours under oath with the january 6 committee on friday. pat cipollone is a critical witness to key episodes of the committee investigations, he was in the room during conversations about seizing voting machines, installing a new attorney general, and issuing last-minute pardons, and he was also with the president during the capital riot. january 6 committee member, so, told cnn that pat cipollone was careful, but candid. a committee spokesman, also says that pat cipollone testified about nearly every topic that they are investigating, and that he underscored trumps supreme dereliction of duty . it was videotaped so you can expect to see some of it in public hearings this week. let s discuss all of this and more with our panel, m
also new this morning, surrounding new details surrounding former president trump s efforts to overturn the election, a georgia district attorney tells 16 so-called fake electors they are now targets of this ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. it is a notable escalation. we ll explain why. and it comes as another election denier just secured the republican primary for governor in maryland. trump-backed candidate dan cox known for encouraging former president trump to seize voting machines will face off against the democratic nominee there in november. let s begin with the single text exchange that the secret service has provided to the january 6th committee, our justice correspondent jessica schneider is with us. just one back and forth, that s it? that s it. the committee members here continue to be dissatisfied with the secret service response. what we learned from this letter overnight, obtained by jamie gangel, the inspector general requested a m
sort of jams that narrative up and here is why. the first request for prechb r prechb race of records came from congress on january 16. the email migration happened on january 27th. and our understanding is that they were told in december and then again on january 25th how to preserve those records, that if they were going to do it, they would need to do it themselves. basically one of these emails made that you might get at your own office from your chief information officer saying we re moving to a new system, so you are going to upload your documents, you have to do it yourself. right now the secret service again continues to say, look, we re doing everything that we can to rectify this. so for example, they have handed over about 10,000 records to the house select committee. they have this cover letter explaining what they are trying to do to rectify the situation and what they can expect to see in this 10,000 records. they also say that they are continuing to do this for
internationally understand this abroad he will do what he can to smooth over hard feeling withs the saudis and encourage them to loosen the spigot when it comes to oil production at the same time. domestically, though, there s a heavy price to be paid. the price of criticism from both the political left and the right that what he s doing is essentially shuffling over to the saudis hat in hand while tamping down domestic oil production here at home. not exactly a real picnic when you consider he s been critical as rich pointed out as saudis human rights records. quote from the start my aim was to reorient but not rupture relations with a country that s been strategic partner for 80 years. today saudi arabia has help today restore unity among the six counties of the gulf cooperation council. has fully supported the truce in yemen and now working with my experts to help stabilize oil markets with other opec producers, end quote. understandably on capitol hill, you guessed it, go