resign. he suggests that that is because of the plan to pressure mike pence. these are techs. they are short. he doesn t say anything to pressure pence interfering with certifying the that is a clear implication. i think it is safe to say that sean hannity probably didn t make that up. it is so specific. so pinpoint. one that there was concerns ruminating and the council office, those are the lawyers who represent the presidency. they don t represent a sitting presidency. they represent the presidency. that there was clear that there were concerns that he was trying to articulate to mark meadows. one who has to wonder how widespread was the knowledge to spread knowledge of january six, who was in charge of the planning. lots of follow-up here that could be done both by the january six committee to service the truth. perhaps as importantly, maybe more importantly, by federal prosecutors, exploring whether there was a conspiracy at
text that the committee has acquired. they are probably putting these out because they are demonstrative of some really significant information that they are digging at. i suspect that they will get more this summer. there are so much detailed information that makes you want to take further. the sean hannity texts are really great example of that because he suggests a very specific concern he has, that everyone in the white house counsel office is going to resign. he suggests that that is because of the plan to pressure mike pence. these are texts. they are short. he doesn t say anything to pressure pence interfering with certifying the elections, that is a clear implication. i think it is safe to say that sean hannity probably didn t make that up. it is so specific. so pinpoint. one that there was concerns ruminating and the council office, those are the lawyers who represent the presidency. they don t represent a sitting presidency.
released these messages. they did not reveal which lawmakers sent them. one has been identified as having been sent by representative jim jordan. in this text message sent on january 5th to meadows, and in it he s forwarding an idea about how then vice president mike pence could stop the certification of the 2020 election results. the text message read in part, on january 6th, 2021, vice president mike pence as president of the senate should koul out all electoral votes he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all. it s the pressure pence was facing from the president and his allies. his spokesman has emphasized this was a forwarded text, not an original content creation. but the committee emphasizes this is exactly why they believe meadows was a dissenter and why they want him to sit for a deposition. they re encouraging him to
he is definitely mike pence s confidante. reporter: short is a firsthand witness to many critical events the committee is examining and the pressure pence faced from trump and others to overturn the election results on january 6th. following the insurrection, the inspector general for the capitol police made more than 100 recommendations to address the security flaws that allowed the january 6th mob to overwhelm the capitol police. he testified today that only 30, just a fraction of those have been implemented as we approach the one-year anniversary of that attack. paula, thanks so much. appreciate it. we re learning new details about the january 6th committee s next move. stay with us. on that new rotisserie style chicken then boom! here comes the new baja chipotle sauce up the gut, and. great, now i can t even see what i m calling! save big. order through the app. - family. - family. - family. - family is everything. - [girl 1] family is with us
think his legal theory will work. pat cipollone, the white house counsel, explodes, you have been arguing this to the president, you ve been arguing this to the vice president and now you think the legal theory isn t really solid? why did you do that? i mean, why did you do that will be the question for the ages for one john eastman. phil rucker, the post series gives us really clear pieces of evidence about the eastman efforts ahead of january 6th to pressure pence, which seems to be sort of at the heart i mean, adam kinzinger called it the blueprint for a coup, the eastman memo. let me just put this up. these are from your series. the eastman draft memo arguing that pence could ignore the electoral college vote starts circulating. it argues that pence could delay it to allow any legal challenges to come out. we ve since heard voicemail messages being left by other trump advisers to target the michigan slate. we know all too much about the