with the committee and that is according to reporting by abc and cnn. then you have mike pompeo confirm today that he is in talks with the committee. abc news reporting this about the state of the negotiations with the panel saying in part, quote, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol is in active discussions with former secretary of state mike pompeo for his testimony behind closed doors. sources familiar with the matter telling abc news. pompeo is tentatively scheduled to speak with the committee come the coming days, sources said. pompeo was among the few trumpa allies and officials that at least publicly stuck with the ex-president in the immediate aftermath of the attack. he said, quote, while we all think the violence that took place in the capitol was tragic, and i ve watched away people walk away from the president and they are not listening to the american people, not remotely. pompeo played a critical role in the trump a
that setting in terms of saying he was part of team normal and he was not with team crazy. so perhaps this is more of that narrative that the committee wants to get down to is who was on what side and when we re looking at team crazy, how much pull they had, team normal, how maybe not as much pull they had when it came to then president trump. so this is clearly of interest to the committee and they want to continue to tell this story of the divide that occurred within trump s white house building up to january 6th and the day of. katty, this is a two-parter for you. does it surprise you that mike pompeo and along with mike pence is willing to talk to the committee and could pompeo end up being consequential to the committee as somebody like bill barr who said to the president, you know, the idea that the election was stolen was bs and he hadn t seen evidence and he was a definitive nail in the