unfolded. the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. for more now, let s bring in reporter marshall cohen. what more could you tell us about what cipollone did or did not say behind closed doors. fredricka, how are you? this is a big one. it is a real break through for the committee. they had been pushing for months to get pat cipollone to come in and give a deposition and they clinched that yesterday. as you mentioned, more than seven hours behind closed doors. so what did they possibly ask him about. he was there when donald trump s allies were thinking about declaring martial law. he was there when donald trump allies were considering sending in the military to seize voting machines and he was there on january 6 while donald trump sat back, watched tv and did not intervene while his supporters ransacked and raided the capitol. now this is critical because the committee has been focusing on what they say is a
night only on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we re following major new developments in the capitol riot investigation. the panel just got key testimony from one of the most important witnesses yet, former white house council pat cipollone testified before the committee for more than seven hours on friday. and a source tells us that cipollone provided a great deal of new information. and we also are learning a chilling new detail of alleged plans by members of the oath keepers to prepare for violence in washington on january 6. a new justice department filing said at least one member of the far-right extremist group transported explosives to the d.c. area. and another member had a death list that includes the name of a georgia election official and their family member. for more on these stunning new allegations, let s bring in marshall cohen. what more are you learning about this filing which is just jaw-dropping. it is shock
and we also are learning of chilling new details of alleged plans by members of the oath keepers to prepare for violence in washington on january 6th. a new justice department filing says at least one member of the far right extremist group transported explosives to the dc area and another member had a death list that included the name of a georgia election official and their family member. for more on these stunning new allegations, let s bring back marshall cohen. marshall, what more can you tell us about this court filing? reporter: hey, fred. it was a significant filing from the justice department in what very well might be the most important criminal case that has been brought so far related to january 6th. we re talking about the seditious conspiracy case against several members of the oath keepers, that s the far right extremist group that supported donald trump s efforts to overturn the results and had many of its members storming the capitol that day, on january 6t
he was very quiet. he didn t talk that much, and when he did talk, he seemed very gentle. he didn t seem like aggressive or anything at all. it was very shocking that somebody i know. very heart breaking. i never thought it could happen in any town, or especially someone that i know at all. reporter: despite the social media posts, an uncle who lived with the suspect told cnn his nephew was not violent. the warning signs, i saw him yesterday evening, and i went home, and i said, i went down stairs and said bye. that was it. that was it. i see no, nothing that could trigger him doing that. the weapon, do you have any idea where i m not sharing that, no. reporter: despite what this uncle say, we now know the warning signs, the suicide attempt, threatening his family, the confiscation of the knife collection. and disturbing social media posts online. despite that, he was able to purchase handguns and rifles legally. including the rifle he used to slaughter seven pe