justice department investigation of donald trump, and his allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. the special counsel, jack smith, has issued a subpoena to the former vice president, mike pence, seeking documents and testimony in the january six investigation. prosecutors want the former vice president to testify about his interactions with trump, leading up to and after the 2020 election, and the crucial days before rioters who believed trump s claims of both fraud, attacked the u.s. capitol. this all follows months of negotiations, between the justice department and lawyers for the former vice president. among the issues that we expect to come up, donald trump s claim of executive privilege for a conversation with his vice president. pence, who is considering a run for president, published a memoir in november, in which he described some of his interactions with trump as the former president sought to overturn the results of his election loss to president joe biden. pence s
books publication raised the prospect that the justice department will likely seek information about those same interactions as part of criminal investigation. the results are notable that to pence s former aides have already testified to the grand jury going in twice after a judge compelled additional testimony, overriding trump s claim of executive privilege. evan perez, cnn, washington. all right, for more on this i want to bring in areva martin, who is a civil rights attorney and legal affairs commentator. joining us live from los angeles. thank you so much for being here with us. so, how critical do you think this could be in terms of getting a possible indictment against donald trump? how big do you think this is? i think this is a really big deal, kim. presidents who have been subpoenaed, you can look back to bill clinton, richard nixon, even thomas jefferson. but i don t think in the history of this country we have seen a former vice president subpoenaed to give testimony
operations are soon going to turn into recovery operations. and, what you re gonna hear from these many, many desperate families that are missing thousands and countless of loved ones on the ground is that they just want the dignity at this point him. of being able to get their loved ones out of the rebel, and bury them. so that they could finally see their piece. yes, absolutely heartbreaking, salma abdelaziz, inestimable, thank you so much. an important milestone in the u.s. justice department investigation into the capital riot in the role of former president, donald trump may have played. the doj had subpoenas trump second in command, former vice president, mike pence who wants testimony and documents related to the two men s interactions in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election. officials also want to know about pence s interactions with trump on the day of the riot itself. cnn s reporter has details. a historic milestone in the
to see if they could resolve this power issue, wolf. very disturbing information. we re going to be continuing to follow this, of course. if you get more specifics, let us know. appreciate it very much. right now i want to go to memphis where we saw raw emotion at tyre nichols s funeral and impassioned police reform here in the united states. ryan young takes us inside of the service and the investigation of nichols death. tyre was a beautiful person. and for this to happen to him is just unmanageable. a good bye to a beloved son. moving tributes. reporter: and a call for change. we have to fight for justice. we could not continue to let these people brutalize our kids. reporter: grieving family and friends celebrating the life of tyre nichols today. i probably should say this is
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