good evening to you ryan. once again. what do you learning about these top-end states testifying before the grand jury? don, i was good to be with you, this is a significant development. in terms of the department of justice s investigation into donald trump s election interference and how that led to what happened here on january 6th. both jacobs and marc short were really kind of the first big win this is that the january 6th flight committee were able to cooperate that right inside that war room of the white house, the west wing, the oval office, on the days leading up to january 6th. but their testimony revealed to the committee at that time with the intense pressure campaign that was put on by president mike pence is period of time. and the steps that pence did to resist that. it also really shed a light on things like the fake elector plot that was going on around the country. these are all things we didn t previously know until the committee was able to really crack
do you recognize what this says? it looks like a copy of a draft of the remarks. okay, and as you can see throughout the document, there is lines crossed out, there is some words that added in, do you recognize the handwriting? a looks like my father s handwriting. in my view, immediate to express very clearly, that the people made a violent act, went into the capitol, did what they did. should be prosecuted. and should be arrested. it looks like here that he crossed out that he was directing the department of justice to ensure all lawmakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, we must send a clear message, not with mercy but with justice, legal consequences are swift and thurman. do you know why that you wanted that crossed out? i don t know. and that needed to be stated. they did not represent, him or his political views. and any form or fashion. they also crossed out, i want to be clear we don t represent me, you don t represent our movement
president trump. we ll have more on that speech and why he gave it just ahead. plus the january 6th committee releases more of what the former president wouldn t say the day after the insurrection. meanwhile, on capitol hill, covid is complicating crunch time for congress. democrats are running out of time to get things done before a month-long august break. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. there are new developments with the justice department s investigation into the january 6th attack. two top aides to former vice president mike pence have testified before a federal grand jury. mark short who was pence s chief of staff and greg jacob, pence s counsel at the white house was subpoenaed by the department of justice, short was with the former vice president during the insurrection. nbc news cameras set up for steve bannon s trial recorded short and his attorney leaving the federal courth
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good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a trump white house insider testifies. tonight, cnn has learned that former vice president mike pence s chief of staff, marc short, testified before a federal grand jury investigating january 6th. he is believed to be the highest ranking official in trump s white house to cooperate with the federal investigation. now, in just a moment i m going to speak with marc short live. he is a valuable witness. the day before the january 6th rally, he grew concerned about president trump s attack on pence and warned the secret service. here s a portion of his testimony to the january 6th select committee. concern was for the vice president s security, and so i wanted to make sure the head of the vice president s secret service was aware that likely as these disagreements became more public that the president would lash out in some way. and on january 6th, short was with the vice president who had to be rushed to safety when an an