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
the6th committee says it s willing to work with trump white house counsel pat cipollone after the bombshell testimony from former white house testimony cassidy hutchinson. let s get insight on what the committee wants to learn from him. john wood. he also previously served as the u.s. attorney for the western drikts of missouri and we are grateful to have you here. good evening. thanks for joining. thanks for having me on. you know the investigation better than anyone else. you only left the committee a week ago and you know what unanswered questions there are. what does the committee need to ask pat cipollone, sir? i don t know where to start. so many questions. pat cipollone did neat in an informal setting with the staff of the committee but there s no record of that. what the committee wants is for path cip pat cipollone to go on the record.
impeachment. also a negotiator. i think they will take the middle route. meaning? explain. well, right now they are signaling that a negotiation is going on. that means they will talk about things like is the deposition i have a subpoena, pat says. is the deposition going to be videotapes so i m on tv or is it going to be audio or just tran scribed so it s a written record. how long will we go? those kind of details to try to get to a comfort zone. what he must do is, he has to show up, answer the questions. if he has objections, executive or attorney-client impressive l ledge, he has to put those on the record and ultimately those belong to the united states government, those privileges.
that they hit. he s a very important witness. he could end this thing quickly by coming forward with the truth. i believe he has an obligation under the ethics standards that came out post-watergate to report this information. i don t understand why he s being given so much slack that he is. there are no ethics when it comes to this administration. and no accountability. yeah, we shall see if there s any to come. thank you both. up next, the former senior investigator who just left the january 6th committee a week ago, what he thinks the committee wants to ask pat cipollone. i think this is an instance where the presidency, the american people, where we have been through something we never been through before and the very real and significant chance that
sort of owes his standing to donald trump but also rebuked donald trump. i think that s a hard kind of lane to navigate. i think ron desantis embodies trumpism. i think you see him stock rising and in some ways he should send liz cheney a bouquet of flowers because she is the one really taking it to donald trump at this point. i think that would be fascinating. liz cheney. come on. bring it on. i d love to cover that race. i think you will. thank you, both. i appreciate it. the january 6 committee putting the pressure on the former white house counsel pat cipollone. what do they want to know? i ll ask a former senior investigator who just left the committee week ago.