let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, ramping up. the justice department is ratcheting up its investigation into january 6th. according to the washington post tonight, federal agents issued subpoenas on people in at least two states. part of a growing probe into how trump supporters tried to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 presidential election. at least one subpoena was delivered to the home of a georgia lawyer who signed documents claiming to be a trump elector according to the post. of course, there were no trump electors because he didn t win that state. but this was the scheme. would-be trump electors in michigan were also reportedly subpoenaed. so georgia and michigan right now. and you ll remember, we learned in yesterday s hearing that republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin allegedly tried to get a list of fake electors from his home state and from michigan to vice president mike pence before the joint session of cong
before, zoe lofgren leading that second hearing and pete auilar talking about the pressure campaign on mike pence. this will focus on the pressure campaign at the state level. they re going to use, as you mentioned, lawmakers from georgia to make that point. of course, that s one of the key states that we know that former president trump was pressuring election officials to overturn the election results or at least, in his words, find the overrule 11,000 votes that he would need in order to win georgia, which he actually lost. they re also likely to delve deeper into the idea of fake slates of electors. that s something that john eastman was pressuring former vice president mike pence on. we heard about that last week. but now we may hear a little bit more about the plots at the state level beyond just georgia that the white house and his allies were using at the time to try to find any way to keep the former president in power. and vaughan, former vice president mike pence
not produce any evidence of election fraud, something they were not ashamed to admit. at some point did one of them make a comment that they didn t have evidence, but they had a lot of theories? that was mr. giuliani. and what exactly did he say and how did that come up? my recollection he said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. the pressure campaign against state officials was relentless and it was dangerous. it included ugly threats and intimidation by trump supporters and the former president himself leaving one georgia election worker too scared to say her own name in public. a steep price for those who defended democracy and did their job. why didn t you just quit and walk away? because i knew that we had followed the law, we had followed the constitution and i think sometimes moments require you to stand up and just take the shots, you re doing your job, and that s all we did. i do not want to be a winner by cheating. were a l
toxic work culture inside the nfl. reports of a woman paid off to settle a sexual assault case against dan snyder, the owner of the washington commanders football team. what the league s commissioner roger goodell told congress today about the new allegations. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden s latest attempt to tame the insanely high gas prices plaguing americans. the president this afternoon called on congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, which is right now about 18 cents a gallon. a move president biden has resisted until today given that it is unlikely to pass congress. republicans widely oppose it, and even some leading democrats are skeptical that oil companies will actually pass that savings on to drivers. the proposed suspension is part of a larger plan introduced by president biden earlier today which the white house claims could save drivers up to $1 per gallon of gas. as kaitlan collins report
but congress is all ready balking. questioning if americans will get relief from record fuel prices. as gun violence rages, the senate appears poised to pass the first gun safety legislation in decades. but there are major hurdles ahead as house republican leaders are mobilizing against the bill. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we expect to see more disturbing testimony tomorrow when the january 6th select committee takes a deep dive into then president trump s attempts to influence the u.s. justice department but tonight there are new questions. very serious questions about testimony we ve all ready seen from a key witness, ivanka trump. here s our justice correspondent, jessica schneider. tonight, new evidence is emerging as the january 6th committee prepares to hold its fifth public hearing tomorrow. that new information includes extensive footage from a british film maker. who