we still don t know. however, tonight we do know more about when the agency s top watchdog knew the messages were missing. tonight multiple sources familiar with the matter tell cnn that the inspector general for the department of homeland security which oversees the secret service first learned of the missing messages in may of 2021. now, that s significant because that s not what secret service officials told congress. they told congress that the inspector general joseph kafari knew in december of 2021, and if he knew in may of 2021, that means it was more than a year before he told the house select committee that potentially crucial information might have been erased. now, the secret service as you know says the messages were lost during a scheduled data migration that began on january 27th, three weeks after the capitol attack. it s also a week after several house committees directed dhs to produce all documents or materials relevant to it so they knew congress wanted to
the overall state of the country. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is a critical week in the insurrection investigation as the january 6th select committee prepares to hold another potentially explosive hearing in prime time. at the same time, trump ally steve bannon is now standing trial for defying the panel s subpoena to testify. court just wrapped up for the day. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all of the new developments. tonight, steve bannon s criminal trial for contempt of congress finally beginning with jury selection after his lawyers tried repeatedly to delay and bannon made a last-minute offer to testify before the january 6th committee. prosecutors saying his late offer will not make up for the near year he s refused to comply with the committee s subpoena. the trial will likely last just a few days. bannon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of c
statement claiming that two consecutive quarters of falling gdp are not the official definition of a recession. sounds like they are expecting those reports to show two straight quarters of falling gdp. but with inflation surging to a new 40-year high just last month, some call the administration s talking points out of touch and they re out of time to turn this boat around if they don t start focusing on the right things. a comment from treasury secretary janet yellen. this is not in the economy that s in recession. we re in a period of transition in which growth is slowing and that s necessary and appropriate. a recession is a broad-based contraction that affects many sectors of the economy. we just don t have that. martha: oh, remember when she was apologizeing for saying transitory. larry summers knows the truth. i think there is a very high likelihood of recession when we ve been in this kind of situation before, recession has essentially always followed when infla
brad raffensperger, and his top deputy gabriel sterling will testify tuesday as the committee focuses on donald trump s effort to overturn joe biden s 2020 victories in both georgia and other swing. states congressman david celine praised the committee for the evidence it s submitted so far. we now know that this was financed, planned, executed, with the assistance of leadership the president the united states at the time the those closest to him. i think a committee has that on very clear terms, both the presidents conduct and those around him, related icy scheme to keep him and office, although they all knew it was illegal, and that he had lost the election fair and square. we also this morning, president biden fell off his bike in front of a crowd, and the press there in delaware says the president said that the choke ages on his bike caught and that caused him to fall sideways. president that he is okay a-ok and they re no visible scrapes or bruises from the spill. so
Coming just three days after a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse in an unrelated incident. The man later died. You can imagine the amount of cameras operational in new york around the courthouse and around here, trump tower. They are expecting donald trump to leave his home shortly, going to the manhattan courthouse where the trial will get under way. We expect opening arguments to start in a couple of hours. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 hours. He has pleaded not guilty to sa counts of Falsifying 3a counts of falsifying Business Records. He also denies having an affair with Stormy Daniels. Lets speak to richard painter, who was the chief white house ethics lawyer. He is now a Law Professor at the university of minnesota. Opening statements in a few hours. What can we expect today . Opening statements in a few hours. What can we expect today . Today will be the opening what can we expect today . Today will be the opening arguments what can we expect today . Today will be