details from washington. the department of justice investigation into the events that led to january 6th is expanding at a rapid pace. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj, and are planning to cooperate. former weiss out staffer elissa farah, telling cnn, the doj has reached out to more administration officials and the trump white house. top aides to bike vice president mike pence. cnn learning that cassidy hoskinson, a former trump aide to the chief of staff is the latest official from the last administration to start cooperating with the doj s criminal investigating. i think doj is keeping an eye on on who s coming before january six, and who may have helpful information. the news comes at the same time sources tell the washington post post and the new york times, that federal investigators have asked questions specifically about donald trump s actions. suggesting they are probe is getting closer to the former president h
victory. and the short, she referred to their, former pence chief of staff, marc short, who testified before the grand jury, the federal grand jury. greg jacob as well they are on the right of your screen. served as a top lawyer to the former vice president. he also testified. which doesn t confirm the prosecutors are planning to make the former president s campaign to pressure mike pence into doing his bidding part of the case against him, but short and jacob s testimony, also with wet griffin just said, might suggest is, as does the washington post reporting yesterday that federal prosecutors have asked hours a detailed questions about the fake elector scheme. news of cassidy hutchinson s cooperation is also suggested because what you can tell prosecutors about former president appearing willingness to turn a mob, some of them he knew to be armed, on the capitol, and then refused to call them off. consider what she s already said to the house select committee. i was in
6 and who has helpful information. do you believe you share responsibility? i believe i did my i don t think think job to the best of my abilities. i don t think we re in a recession. and we re having to cut back a lot just to get by. it is thursday, july 28, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the u.s. president is now testing negative for covid and coming out of isolation. only to face a deluge of critical domestic and foreign policy challenges. decisions joe biden makes could impact his presidency in the months to follow and his legacy in the years to come. his administration remains under intense pressure to rein in inflation and has a very vested interest in the historic hike to the interest rate. abroad biden is dealing with a new showdown over taiwan and as well as complex communications with moscow. the u.s. government has been loudly condemning russia s aggressive actions in ukraine, but also made a surprise offer to the kremlin on wed
for detained americans brittney griner and paul whelan. the president expected to speak with his chinese counterpart this morning as tensions boil over taiwan and a potential trip by house speaker nancy pelosi. in ukraine the u.s. believes more than 75,000 russians have either been killed or wounded since the start of an invasion and 80% of their land forces are bogged down. and in north korea overnight a new warning from kim jong-un threatening to use nuclear weapons. let s get right to our reporters covering it all around the globe. reporter: i m clare sebastian in london. the u.s. has revealed it s ready to trade convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout currently serving a 25-year sentence in the u.s. to secure the release of wnba star brittney griner and paul whelan, another u.s. citizen convicted of espionage in russia, that s according to people briefed on the matter. despite the offer being on the table since june a senior administration official subjected r
release of brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn learning exclusively that the u.s. is now proposing a deal to exchange a convicted russian arms dealer for the two americans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with new evidence that the justice department s criminal investigation of january 6th is picking up steam big time. a star witness from the house hearings is now cooperating with federal prosecutors who have been asking questions about former president trump. let s go to our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, up on capitol hill. tell us about the key witness who is now working with the feds. yeah, wolf. it is the witness that perhaps delivered the most compelling testimony of any of the january 6th select committee s public hearings. that s the former aide to mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson. it shows that this probe is expanding, specifically into the efforts to sta