learn a whole lot more with the subpoena for pat cipollone who knows what was going on behind the closed doors before, during and after january 6th. we re learning more about the lengths trump world may be willing to go through. two unnamed witnesses say thads heard from people in the former president s o bit who they have been trying to intimidate them. what they said to me is as long as i can t to be a team player, they know i m on the right team. i m doing the right thing. i m protecting who ni need to protect. you know i ll continue to stay in good graces if trump world. they have reminded me a couple of times that trump does read transcripts. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. we have heard about this kind of behavior before in another hearing from someone else who knows all too well how trum
this is something out of a gangster movie. the star witness in a dramatic trial who has damning information about the boss, contacted by someone who may be trying to intimidate them, to keep them telling what they know. sources are telling us that is exactly what happened to cassidy hutchinson. three sources telling cnn that hutchinson was one of the witnesses trump world tried to influence, which tells you a whole lot about what they thought about her testimony. right? the committee so concerned about her security that they kept her identity a secret leading up to the hearing. in the wake of her block buster testimony, we may be about to learn a whole lot more with the subpoena for pat cipollone who knows what was going on behind those closed doors at the white house before, during and after the january 6. we are also learning more about the lengths trump world may be willing to go to. liz cheney saying two unnamed witnesses told the committee they heard from people in the f
subpoena. looks like he will cooperate in some limited way. why do you think he might cooperate now? well, don, he has three options. he can take the route of naked criminal contempt that has landed steve bannon and peter navarro in the dock. he s an officer of the court. he s not going to do that. he can attempt to negotiate a compromise. it happens so often there s name for it in d.c. the accommodation process. that s where he appears to be going. he could stall and ultimately litigate. that s the mark meadows route. that risk contempt finding and possible prosecution. the only option that really makes sense for him and i say this also knowing pat. he is a negotiator. he s an affable individual. we spent a lot of time with his counsel for this in the
some credibility because he s not an independent player. he has declared whose team he s on. he was there to make trump look good at events, to help make sure that advancing events was made easier. the secret service was always cooperative. so he s a partisan in this, frankly, and so i think that no affects his credibility greatly. ambassador eisen, you had some instinct, i should say, some insight about pat cipollone. you opposed him during trump s first impeachment trial. you have a good sense what he s about. he is not fighting this subpoena. it looks like he s going to cooperate in some limited way. why do you think he might cooperate now? well, don, he has three options. he can take the route of naked criminal contempt that has landed steve bannon and peter navarro in the dock. he s a practicing lawyer. he s an officer of the court. he s not going to do that.