prosecutors have invited trump to testify next week before a grand jury. it s a move that typically indicates an investigation is nearing its end and that an indictment could be mimminent. the former president is at the center of many criminal investigations but this grand jury is looking into the hush money payments to adult film star stormy damages during the 2016 presidential campaign. while president mr. trump was asked about the payment and he denied making it and directed questions to his then personal lawyer, michael cohen. less than a year later, cohen testified to congress. watch. did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? no, no. why did michael cohen well, you ll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney. you ll have to ask michael cohen. i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017, when he was president of the united states. the president of
individual s names in this report. the bar associations across the country, local bar associations have to step up. local prosecutors have to step up the accountability piece is the piece here, and that is what folks will be looking for. we certainly will, symone thank you. if you are just joining us right now i m stephanie ruhle. it is midnight on the east coast and i am on the west coast, we are continuing our breaking news coverage of the release of the january 6th committee s final report on the siege of the capital and donald trump s effort to change the results of the 2020 election. it was made public just over an hour ago, it totals 845 pages. what is the first passage all about? the big lie. with that, let s get smarter with a lead off panel, former you new york prosecutor in civil rights attorney charles coleman. pulitzer prize-winning reporter for an joyce vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor and symone sanders-townsend still with us along with stua
that we have already seen to this. we cannot compare watergate, just this really was the beginning and the plot for what would ve been a civil war, a small version on january 6th. and that is laid out even in the first few pages of this document. from a legal standpoint, from a principled standpoint, it absolutely has to be taken seriously. it is not just an indictment on democracy, sorry an indictment on the republican party, it is as clear statement on how these people will go to any and many lengths to literally dismantle american democracy. and that is no laughing matter. katie, in 845-page report that is now sitting in the lap of the department of justice. jack smith, a report like this isn t like a pot potato that they now have to deal with or do they just get a winning lotto ticket? there are all sorts of details in this thing. i think based on in the summer over the election in the fall and now more recently the subpoena sent out to the fake electors plot i don
law enforcement or the pentagon to put an end to the violence and while video evidence showed rioters hanging on every word from the president, we learned that trump initially refused to use the word peace when he finally sent a tweet to that mob. and still to this day, former president trump will not say the election is over. witnesses say it took him nearly an hour to record this three-minute video the day after the insurrection due to his complete objections to the truth. watch. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. you do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country, and if you broke the law can t say that. i m not i already said you will pay. but this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don t want to say the election is over. thursday s testimony also painted a picture of vice president pence really stepping in, taking charge, calling in the national guard, to disperse the rioters, something the president would no
beforehand, and it was essentially a diatribe against new york state attorney general letitia james accusing her of being biased against him and conducting a politically motivated witch hunt for political gain. he acknowledged he said in the past that if you re innocent, you have no reason to take the fifth amendment. he said recent events in his life have caused him to change his tune including the recent fbi raid search of his compound in mar-a-lago, florida. he said it just made no sense for him to cooperate in any way with this civil fraud investigation. what s interesting about it is his son, eric trump, we re told took the fifth amendment more than 500 times in a deposition in this very case back in 2020. but more recently, his daughter ivanka and other son don jr. we re told did testify and answer questions in this investigation which is about whether the trump organization committed fraud in its representations to banks and insurance companies. leticia james has alr