probe of the capitol insurrection. key witnesses subpoenaed by the doj this week including two top aides of former vice president mike pence were asked specifically about the fake elector scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. and according to the washington post, justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. these are by far the most in-depth accounts of the federal investigation. until now we had virtually no sign this investigation had touched on the actions of the president himself. and it comes as the new york times reports new details on the so-called fake electors scheme, including previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers that show knowledge as the times puts it that a key element of their plan was of dubious legality and lived up to its billing as fake. let s go first to sunlen serfaty who is live for us on capitol hill wit
andy scholes, thank you very much. new day continues right now. good morning, everyone. to our viewers in the united states and around the world it is wednesday july 27th, i m john berman with brianna keilar. this morning a criminal investigation into the january 6th insurrection is moving closer to former president donald trump. cnn reports key witnesses subpoenaed by the justice department in recent days include two top aides of former vice president mike pence who were asked specifically about the fake electors scheme and the role of trump s lawyers. in addition the new york times and the washington post report that federal investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. attorney general merrick garland called the doj s january 6th investigation the most wide ranging in its history. he says they will go where the evidence takes them. criminally charging a former presiden
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