deal to release grbrittney grin and paul whelan. jennifer, what can you tell us about this offer? that s right, we have learned that the biden administration is prepare to send victor boot, this convicted russian arms dealer back to russia as part of a deal to try to bringwhelan ho. boot is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence. secretary of state antony blinken publicly announced yesterday that the administration has offered a, quote, substantial proposal to moscow to try to get these two wrongfully detained americans back home. blinken did not go in to specifics about what was in the proposal, but he did say it has been on the table for weeks now and that it has the direct backing and sign jooff of joe biden. prisoner swaps do require the president to signoff. so this is a significant signal. prisoner swaps are generally quite controversial in the administration and other administrations have generally avoided using them because there is a fear that other government
department has obtained a second search warrant involving the cellphone of john eastman. this one allows prosecutors to search the contents of the phone which was seized earlier this month. eastman is one of the architects of the scheme to pressure the vice president mike pence into overturning the 2020 election. ryan nobles has more on the justice department s investigation. reporter: the department of justice investigation into the events that led to january 6 is expanding at a rapid clip. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. reporter: former white house staffer alyssa farah telling cnn that doj has reached out to more former officials. cnn now learning that cassidy hutch inin-is just the late toa start cooperating with the doj criminal investigators. i think that doj is keeping
capitol riot. ro ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. the man accused of attempting to murder supreme court justice brett kavanaugh researched on how to assassination someone and was, quoting shooting for three justices. nicholas roske looked up terms like most effective place to stab someone and quietest semi auto rifle before traveling to kavanaugh home. he said that he was leupset abo the leaked supreme court report on roe v. wade. and a investigation of hunter biden s emails reveals years of high incomes and even higher debts. more than half a million dollars in unpaid bills repeated warnings from irs even threaten renew his passport as the just justice department weighs