next public hearing. the perspective could be a game changer in the quest to learn more about former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. sworn testimony from previous hearings puts him at the center of pivotal events including in the oval office on january 3rd shooting down the plan to replace the acting attorney general. on january 6th, two sources say he was with trump, watching the riot unfold on television. the next day tried in vain to get trump to call for the prosecution of the rioters. marshall, obviously critical testimony on capitol hill, what more are we learning about what happened in those eight hours behind closed doors. eight hours. it s almost miraculous that this even happened, right, phil. a year and a half has gone on since january 6th. the committee interviewed a thousand witnesses. but they couldn t get cipollone. now they did. and they got him on tape, on video, and hopefully in the coming days we ll finally start to see some of th
appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in hearings to come. during pivotal moments, cipollone was in the know and very much in the room, including the oval office on january 3rd shooting down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with an election denying doj lawyer. and two sources say he was with trump during the riot itself watching it unfold on television. with me now is former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york elie honig who is also a cnn senior legal analyst. elie, let s be honest here. neither of us were in the room for all eight hours, which would have been great for news, but less good for actual having a life. that said, we have gotten bits and pieces from our reporting from our team at cnn about what pat cipollone was asked about when he may have said. what s your biggest takeaway
And the last two chicks are hatching right now. patagonia life on the edge of the world rempremieres tomorrow night at 9:00 right here on cnn. welcome back, you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m phil mattingly in washington in for jim cacosta. what did the trump white house lawyer tell the january 6th committee? that answer could come as soon as tuesday at the next january 6th committee public hearing. for nearly eight hours on friday pat cipollone answered questions about the former president s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. multiple sources tell cnn the committee learned new information that is, quote, very important and extremely helpful. i will say mr. cipollone did