what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, will merrick garland indict donald trump? tonight, a major clue into what investigators are focusing on, that is the fake electors, those fake electors from contested states. bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th committee, saying his committee is providing the doj with witness transcripts to put up the fraj la fraudulentelectors. they ve included testimony from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, describing a call that she received from the former president and his attorney, john eastman. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result did you receive a call from andy y biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6th? i did. he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that
conspiracy and said the ultimate side was a critical objective of the conspiracy. since then, we have seen a lot of testimony from former trump officials discussing how that plan manifested. so this is crucial. you have him at the center as the target, that you certainly have enough for an investigation and potentially an indictment. kaitlan, the think what bennie thompson said is right now the doj was only interested in the fake elector scheme. however, from your reporting, does it seem that the doj will ask the panel for more? will go beyond the fake e will be f electors? that is the way this will go, but right now, we have watched the house focus on donald trump, they have interviewed more than a thousand witnesses, so more than a thousand transcripts they have of people at lots of high