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
one administration to another accountable. that s what we do. to include former president trump, attorney general merrick garland in an exclusive new interview with nbc s lester holt, amid new reporting the justice department now is turning its attention to donald trump s direct role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. welcome back to morning joe. it is wednesday, july 27th. jonathan lemire, mike barnicle, katy kay still with us. we begin this hour with the new reporting on the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter tell the washington post justice department prosecutors now have turned their attention to former president donald trump. two sources telling post in recent days, two top aides to former vice president mike pence were asked before a grand jury about their conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who took part in a scheme to replace certified biden electors with a slate of the former president s allies.
comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn
well. it is inevitable that there will be things that they find before we have found them and it is inevitable that there will be things we find that they haven t found. that s what happens when you have two wide-ranging investigations at the same time. the justice department has from the beginning been moving urgently to learn everything we can about this period and to bring to justice everyone who is criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power. attorney general merrick garland in an exclusive interview with lester holt defending the handling of the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. welcome back to morning joe. it is wednesday, july 27th, jonathan lemire, mike barnicle and katty kay. we ll talk to who broke the
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