was with the vice president, and i said i didn t know him very well. she couldn t recall if they discussed pence s role in certifying the electoral college vote. but after the capitol was attacked, trump told her that pence had the authority to not accept the electors. another former close aide to trump offering a glimpse into the despair staffers felt after the riot. hope hicks telling ivanka s chief of staff on january 6th, they will be perpetually unemployed. in one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn t include speaking engagements at the local proud boys meetings. now, also in this document is a letter from the committee to white house counsel basically saying we know you provided some witnesses who provided testimony, we agreed not to release their identity. we no longer have control over these materials, we can t ensure the confidentiality of these witnesses and we share concerns for their safety, security and reputations, jake. thank you so much. appreci
that time tatenhough. nbc news reports while he was not part of the oath keepers whose members have pled guilty to seditious conspiracy in connection to the riots or the events leading up to january 6th, the source said jason van tatenhove is expected to speak about the radicalization including how stewart rhodes capitalized on conspiracy theorys to build capitalism and funding. from the white house s top lawyer pat cipollone. he sat down with the committee for more than seven hours and here s what stephanie murphy had to say. we were grateful that he was willing to come before the committee and share with us. of course, there were areas where he claimed privilege, but it was important for us to understand what the president s top legal adviser thought about the activities that were happening post-election and in the run-up to january 6th. and now on the eve of another critical hearing likely to reveal more damaging details about the conduct of the ex-president and his al
and find some accommodation route to testify, he is going to cite potentially a letter from donald trump according to the brand-new washington post reporting, and as you may recall, he is awaiting a federal criminal trial that could land him in prison. it is a big deal that mister bannon now is i according to the post some sort of accommodation. we are going to get to that story in a few minutes. we are tracking one element. as for the white house lawyer, mister pat cipollone, he went hours and hours, a .5 hours total. in fact, we are told that it just wrapped up within the last few moments here, pat cipollone arrived before 8:30 am, he is visible in the passenger seat caught by cameras there, he was escorted to a conference room to provide this testimony. there were some shouted questions from the reporters today, this was a dramatic theme when you consider just how long this was, he did not respond to the press, mister pat cipollone matters because he is someone who has bee
overturn the election results. that man is donald trump s top white house lawyer pat cipollone. he sat down for a transcribed interview under oath with investigators this morning. as far as we can tell, that interview or that meeting is ongoing at this hour. punch bowl news reports this about the parameters of today s testimony from cipollone, quote, sources tell us that the select committee does not have an agreement about what investigators can or cannot ask him. prior to hutchinson s testimony the panel had discussed an arrangement with cipollone for an on the record interview, but cipollone backed away from it, sources tell us. cipollone is expected to claim executive privilege over conversations he had with trump, but there is plenty that the committee is interested in outside of that category. for example, we expect cipollone will be asked about conversations with former white house chief of staff mark meadows. the possibility that cipollone could provide gamechanging i
trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia s efforts. it would later be revealed that trump had demanded loyalty from comey, and repeatedly pressed him to end the investigation into trump s first national security adviser, michael flynn. after he refused to do so, trump fired comey in shocking fashion. in a remarkable oval office meeting the following day, the day after he fired him. trump told russian diplomats that by firing comey, the previous day, quote, i faced a great pressure, because of russia. that is taken off. around the same time, he all but admitted to lester holt that he had fired comey because of the, quote, made-up russia investigation. with comey gone, andy mccabe became the acting fbi writer director. in one of his first actions, the very next day, was to open up a counter intelligence investigation into the president, in his ties to russia out of fears that he too would be fired. and