either. it s happened once previously, and several times under the man that he replaced, former president trump. more on that in a moment. in this hour, federal crews are briefing for the seven mile radius where it fell, after being shot down by an f 22 fighter jet. the big question now, we are does this ordeal take the already strained relationship between the united states and china? beijing says they are reserving the right to respond. receiving an onslaught of monday morning quarterbacking by the gop. republicans quick to attack the president. taking down over the atlantic, it s really attacking the quarterback after the game is over. this mission should never been allowed, how late into january did they know that this high altitude balloon was not where it was headed. why didn t they take action at the time, and why did they not wait until wednesday or thursday to talk about this? are they equally upset by donald trump? of course not. despite bringing similar by
let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, ramping up. the justice department is ratcheting up its investigation into january 6th. according to the washington post tonight, federal agents issued subpoenas on people in at least two states. part of a growing probe into how trump supporters tried to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 presidential election. at least one subpoena was delivered to the home of a georgia lawyer who signed documents claiming to be a trump elector according to the post. of course, there were no trump electors because he didn t win that state. but this was the scheme. would-be trump electors in michigan were also reportedly subpoenaed. so georgia and michigan right now. and you ll remember, we learned in yesterday s hearing that republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin allegedly tried to get a list of fake electors from his home state and from michigan to vice president mike pence before the joint session of cong