meanwhile, the arraignment is drawing some strong reactions from republican lawmakers. let s check in with cnn capitol hill reporter melanie xenon o. i know you have new reporting how trump supporters in both the house and senate are making moves to respond to this case following trump s arraignment today? reporter: that s right, wolf. republicans in both chambers have been planning a multi-prong strategy to defend the former president and undermine the findings of the special counsel, even as they mostly refuse to engage on the substance of those charges. one area where house republicans are looking at using is the upcoming spending bill season in order to target doj and fbi, and specifically there have been calls on the right to defund the special counsel s office. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene told me and my colleague andy greer she brought that idea up with speaker mccarthy in a meeting today. she also said she raised the idea with former president donald trump over the we
wishes he had, quote, gotten more of them. david de pape told a reporter there that he had an important message for everyone in america. he made the phone call on the same day video of the break-in at the pelosi home and police body camera footage of the attack on paul pelosi was made public. cnn s andy greer joins me now. andy, some disturbing comments made by david depape to this television reporter out there in california. what could you tell us. that is right, jim. it is really disturbing. the man who attacked nancy pelosi s husband paul pelosi is showing no remorse for his actions. on friday, after footage of the attack came out, depape called a san francisco reporter and said that he wished he been more prepared for the attack and in the clip of the audio i m about to show you play for you, depape also said that while he doesn t name nancy and paul