Know who loudermilk was with and perhaps if there were other folks involved. the whole point is whether or not the folks who might have involved in the insurrection had inside information about the hallways, the tunnels and getting around in the capitol complex works. garrett haake, thanks, garrett. deadline white house with nicole wallace starts right now. hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. that alleged reconnaissance mission ahead of the january 6th insurrection, it s back in focus today in breaking news from the select committee. a brand-new letter from the committee just dropping in the last hour to republican congressman barry loudermilk of georgia which includes this accusation. we believe you have information regarding a tour you led through parts of the capitol complex on january 5, 2021. the committee adds this, quote,
Bigger than trump ever was and ever will be. in some ways, the maga idea calls into question and it is a scary and a warning sign for though other people. pi think it s something you have to focus on where president trump is trying to declare victory, if you argue that there was a rigged election in pennsylvania it will be under the same lines in 2020 and apparently, that was legit and when the former president lost to joe biden he didn t like that result and that specific result was wrong. this is what i want to focus on with you, charlie. yamiche makes a smart point that trump is much bigger than trump. i would argue that in some ways as a movement, it s moved on from trump. they know what they believe and barnett makes this point in her primary. she doesn t prevail and she certainly has that last momentum because she talks about maga and
Hole. they re saying it in three dimension and they re going to tell that story. and you know, they have been comprehensive. they have been deliberative. and this is just another example, as dan said earlier, this is obviously not a fishing expedition letter. they have the evidence. and we re going to see it. yeah, and i mean, carol, it sort of gets to the point of what we know about the committee is two things. one, we only know a fraction of what they know, and i would say carol leonnig, you probably know a little more than the public from your reporting on your book and the reporting for the paper. but when it comes to how this committee treats republican members of congress, it appears even from my vantage point that that s some of the most heavily deliberated and deliberate steps this committee takes. yes, that, nicole, and their communications with the department of justice. it s almost like some sort of metro third rail to talk about your republican lawmakers in