for sure by comments like that and anybody else s, they went from initially saying that this committee was nothing but a sideshow, something nobody was interested in, to all of a sudden, oh, yeah, i want to testify publicly in front of it. kinzinger also confirmed another major piece of the investigation saying that former white house counsel pat cipollone did not contradict testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson who provided explosive details from the final days of the trump administration. the house investigation is not the only one zeroing in on trump and his inner circle. sarah murray has the latest. reporter: in battleground states across the country gop activists, republican party chairs and even a state senate president i am the senate president of arizona, and it is our job to make sure we have fair and accurate elections. reporter: are getting hit with subpoenas. as early as this week some republicans tied to the plan to put forward fake
legislators of the state look into this. reporter: beyond the doj probe, a separate criminal investigation into trump and his allies is escalating in georgia, where investigators subpoenaed key trump allies, including rudy giuliani and south carolina senator lindsey graham. the district attorney there says more subpoenas may soon be headed to trump s inner circle. we re going to do our due diligence. reporter: at a separate congressional investigation unearthing new details, like trump s eggeagerness to go to t capitol january 6th. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. reporter: those revelations increasing trump s criminal exposure and raising the odds he could face repercussions. we heard there cassidy hutchinson s testimony regarding pat cipollone. he is expected to meet with the january 6
going to the capitol reporter: those revelations increasing trump s criminal exposure and raising the odds he could face repercussions. thanks for that report. let s bring in two cnn commentators, al stewart and former clinton white house press secretary joe lockhart. thank you for joining me. if republicans take back the house in the midterm elections, which seems to be a certainty at this point, that, without question, spells the end to the select committee but not the end of justice department investigations, the investigation down in georgia. the question now particularly based on what we ve seen the last several months, does this issue go away just because republicans control the house or is this something that carries over into 2024? the issue in terms of the house select committee will clearly go away and they won t continue to look at that. the question is what does the doj do? what have they seen and heard, and what are they learning and investigating that could pote
legislators of the state look into this. reporter: beyond the doj probe, a separate criminal investigation into trump and his allies is escalating in georgia, where investigators subpoenaed key trump allies, including rudy giuliani and south carolina senator lindsey graham. the district attorney there says more subpoenas may soon be headed to trump s inner circle. we re going to do our due diligence. reporter: at a separate congressional investigation unearthing new details, like trump s eggeagerness to go to t capitol january 6th. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. reporter: those revelations increasing trump s criminal exposure and raising the odds he could face repercussions. we heard there cassidy hutchinson s testimony regarding pat cipollone. he is expected to meet with the january 6th committ