This is now an escalation. Trump admitted he wanted pence to illegally steal the election and now hes doubling down. Pences Chief Of Staff testified and today another pence aid talking to the committee seen on camera going in ask out of the house office. All of this comes amid new explosive news revealing trumps level of involvement in the Voting Machine Plot. The New York Times reporting that trump had direct role in the Voting Machines including telling Rudy Giuliani to ask the dhs if they could looelly seize the machines. The times reporting this Rudy Giuliani made that call, but was told the department did not have the authority to do that. But trump didnt stop there. In fact, he also reportedly asked the Attorney General if the doj could seize the machines. Barr shot that proposal down. Trump then tried to persuade State Lawmakers in key states to use their local Law Enforcement agencies to take control of Voting Machines. But they, too, refused to go along with his plan. Trump di
Electoral college results. The times adds that days before the insurrection, they both met with john eastman, the lawyer who insisted that pence had the power to stop certification of the vote. The Washington Post has reported that jacob clashed with eastman and his advice. Maybe it is no surprise, then, that the committee had nine hours of questions for jacob. Here is Committee Chairman Bennie Thompsons take. We are glad that he came. And obviously it is all part of the work that we do. He is a great patriot. He loves this country more so than other people who do not. And this afternoon another Committee Member explained what investigators hoped to learn. Understanding what that pressure was and what plans were in place and what pressure was applied on the former Vice President , to what extent was the former president or the people surrounding him involved in orchestrating and hatching this plan . That is the work of this committee, to get all of those facts and details. Today, donal
Electoral college results. The times adds that days before the insurrection, they both met with john eastman, the lawyer who insisted that pence had the power to stop certification of the vote. The Washington Post has reported that jacob clashed with eastman and his advice. Maybe it is no surprise, then, that the committee had nine hours of questions for jacob. Here is Committee Chairman Bennie Thompsons take. We are glad that he came. And obviously it is all part of the work that we do. He is a great patriot. He loves this country more so than other people who do not. And this afternoon another Committee Member explained what investigators hoped to learn. Understanding what that pressure was and what plans were in place and what pressure was applied on the former Vice President , to what extent was the former president or the people surrounding him involved in orchestrating and hatching this plan . That is the work of this committee, to get all of those facts and details. Today, donal
Us in just a minute to talk about it all. Were also following several breaking headlines in the january 6th investigation including the National Archives putting donald trump on alert this afternoon. They say theyre getting ready to send over more white house records this time from the other guy onscreen, his thenVice President mike pence. Weve got new deiltas on when and what maybe could stop it. Plus our team there when Jeffrey Clark arrived on the hill. What we know about what exactly the former trump doj official said or didnt say. Im Hallie Jackson in washington with a lot going on this afternoon. Shannon pettypiece is outside the white house and matt bradley live for us in ukraine. At the end of the remarks i think folks watched here live on msnbc, President Biden discussing a different topic on this cancer moon shot. I think he took a couple of questions i know it wasnt on camera about this Troop Deployment. Reporter this wasnt any sort of formal address or remarks he was making
This is now an escalation. Trump admitted he wanted pence to illegally steal the election and now hes doubling down. Pences Chief Of Staff testified and today another pence aid talking to the committee seen on camera going in ask out of the house office. All of this comes amid new explosive news revealing trumps level of involvement in the Voting Machine Plot. The New York Times reporting that trump had direct role in the Voting Machines including telling Rudy Giuliani to ask the dhs if they could looelly seize the machines. The times reporting this Rudy Giuliani made that call, but was told the department did not have the authority to do that. But trump didnt stop there. In fact, he also reportedly asked the Attorney General if the doj could seize the machines. Barr shot that proposal down. Trump then tried to persuade State Lawmakers in key states to use their local Law Enforcement agencies to take control of Voting Machines. But they, too, refused to go along with his plan. Trump di