capitol on his behalf. here were witnesses including jared kushner on what was behind that statement. i sat and spoke to miller about putting together for draft remarks for jan 7 that we were going to present to the president that we felt we had to call for further de-escalation. from what i understood at the time and from the reports coming in there s a large concern of 25th amendment potentially being invoked and there were concerns about would happen in the senate if the 25th was invoked so the primary reason that i had heard other than, you know, we did not do enough on the 6th and we need a stronger message to get out there otherwise this will be the legacy and think about what might happen in the final 15 days of your presidency if we don t do this. there are already talks about invoking the 25th amendment. so to be clear according to jared kushner and cassidy hutchinson, sworn testimony, it was concerns about the president s cabinet finally after years of talking
these hearings. the select committee investigating the capitol riot hold its next public hearing tuesday at 1 pm eastern. it will focus on former president trump s efforts to push key officials in several states to change their 2020 election results. georgia s republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, and his deputy gave are both expected to testify. we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then president trump was trying to force raffensperger to find votes, essentially, just make stuff up so he could become the president again. but we will go through a variety of issues that we think will be revealing. not everything has been out in the public so far. we also know the justice department is paying close attention to the house investigation. today, the committee said, it s cooperating with the doj request for transcripts of the interviews with witnesses. the department made its first request back in april. but the panel wanted to wait until its investigati
georgia s republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, and his deputy gabriel sterling are both expected to testify. we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then president trump was trying to force raffensperger to find votes, essentially, just make stuff up so he could become the president again. but we will go through a variety of issues that we think will be revealing. not everything has been out in the public so far. we also know the justice department is paying close attention to the house investigation. today, the committee said, it s cooperating with the doj request for transcripts of the interviews with witnesses. the department made its first request back in april. but the panel wanted to wait until its investigation was over. on wednesday, doj ramped up the pressure with a letter warning that the delay was holding up criminal cases tied to the insurrection. the committee spent the past week tying trump and his team s actions to that very attack. on m
We know that closing arguments in Donald Trumps you are new york Hush Money Trial begin tuesday. They are expected to take y us the day, and then it is just a matter of how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict. That is, if they are able to reach a verdict at all. We will get back to that. First, lets not forget that this Hush Money Trial is just ne one of Donald Trumps many indictments. It was bad news for him this s week in one of the other cases. Intros classified documents case, one in which he is accused by federal prosecutors of illegally hoarding classified documents in mara lago and trying to hide them from the federal government, newly unsealed documents this week revealed new evidence with Obstruction Of Justice for the former president. Quote, once trump realized that Security Cameras at maralago could capture his employees moving classified Government Information that officials were attempting ntto retrieve, as th government issued a subpoena for the camera footage. Tru
The israelhamas war triggering a spike in attacks on our troops in the region. A u. S. Centcom spokesperson telling, fox news, that two dozen u. S. Service members were actually injured last week from drone and Rocket Attacks on american bases in iraq and syria. All of the injured personnel have since returned to duty. The pentagon is now bolstering u. S. Resources in the region, both for protection as well as as a deterrent. And we are posturing Additional Forces in the region for two reasons. One, again, to bolster our broader regional deterrence efforts. Two, to send a clear message that we will protect our forces. We will always maintain the inherent right of selfdefense. And if there is a response, should we choose to have one, we would do that at a time and place of our choosing. The white house, meantime is also developing Contingency Plans to evacuate americans from The Middle East in case the israelhamas war spreads. However, National Security spokesperson john kirby is right