a lot of news going on bracing right now for very big developments in both election subversion cases against former president donald trump at 10:00 a.m. eastern, three hours from now, judges in atlanta and washington, d.c. will hold simultaneous hearings and may give us new details about the timing and substance in the cases about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. in georgia, fulton county district attorney fani willis will be the first prosecutor to sketch out parts of her evidence and arguments in the anti-racketeering case against the former president and his co-conspirators. this could be a kind of mini trial, if you will, as ex-white house chief of staff mark meadows tries to get his state case, excuse me, moved to federal court and at the same time in washington, d.c., a judge will weigh arguments from the special prosecutor and donald trump s defense team over the timing of the federal trial. jack smith s office wants to start right after the new year while the ex-preside
more for ukraine and overhauls an old law that former president trump tried to use to undermine the 2020 election the house will vote on the bill tomorrow, and president biden is expected to sign it. now to the house january 6th committee s final report expected to be released today earlier this week the committee called for criminal charges against former president trump, though the recommendations have no legal weight. ali vitali joins us now. and, ali, the report is not out yet but the committee di release new important material. reporter: that s right, lester. the reason for the delay is unclear but in the meantime the committee s released transcripts from key interviews with witnesses, including ex-white house aide cassidy hutchinson who testified she heard former president trump wanted to be driven to the capitol on january 6th. in just released depositions she said a trump ally lawyer told her downplay what she knew when she spoke to the committee
Then-President Donald Trump did not care that supporters at his January 6, 2021, rally preceding the assault on the US Capitol were armed, including with AR-15-style rifles, a White House aide at the time testified on Tuesday.