investigations into january 6th and based on the evidence we saw last night, he might not be the last given that blockbuster hearing from the january 6th select committee in prime time last night. the committee put in place critical building blocks in its case against donald trump having criminal exposure as the leader of the plot against the government he led. in a hearing focused on what was unfolding inside the west wing of the white house on january 6th and in the days immediately following. the committee laid out in extraordinary detail everything that was happening as donald trump holed up in the white house dining room in front of the tv and barred photographers from the room as the mob he riled up attacked the united states capitol. the committee delivered evidence proving trump repeatedly and consistently resisted pleas from just about everybody on the white house staff for a forceful statement of condemnation. that would have the effect of calling off and stopping t
state department is rejecting steve bannon s sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. here s the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. what s more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court filing also reveals that former president trump s attorney justin clark was interviewed by fbi investigators two weeks ago. let s go to washington, whitney wild is there for the latest on what we can expect in the committee hearing tomorrow. the oath keepers front and center. absolutely. this will be a very robust hearing and this hearing will focus on how the violent mob came together and the role of extremist groups in that deadly insurrection. to connect trump allies to militia groups, s
motorcade driving through the edinburgh airport. he will fly then to northern ireland to meet with leaders and receive condolences while mourners in london prepare for the arrival of the queen s coffin to that city this afternoon. with us we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius, and host of way too early and author of the big lie, jonathan lemire. a busy day, the report out of the new york times that we ll dig into about new subpoenas issued to a wide range of people in donald trump s orbit around the effort to overturn the 2020 election. right. you know, at first glance, surprising, after you think about it, not so much. there is a reason, of course, why we have all of these investigations moving forward and whether it s the records investigation or whether it s around january the 6th or because donald trump obviously broke the law, time and again. and you even have the most hard right lawyers saying what attorney general barr
revealed to the country yesterday, to witnesses that were to appear before your committee for depositions. do you believe they constitute witness tampering? yes, i do. i think that s something that should be looked at by our committee and potentially by the department of justice. i don t think it s lost on anyone that, you know, the former president, you know, has behavior like we heard yesterday. but specific to our witnesses, we take incredibly seriously the safety and security of those individuals who have testified before us, and like the vice chair said, we asked witnesses routinely whether they have had outreach from other members of the former administration. you say you do believe it constitutes witness tampering. has it been referred to the department of justice? i m not going to talk about the investigative steps that we have taken. but what i will say is i think that those statements speak for themselves. the words that vice chair cheney put up on the screen
war room at the willard hotel on january 5th. if you are looking at those things, what is of most interest to you in terms of what giuliani can give you? what is the most useful for a federal prosecutor in terms of his vantage point? you, know i really think it is likely the idea of the fake electors. and that was because it was happening across multiple states. that s something that federal prosecutors look at. you know, how broad is the net? how do i get outside one state should-ish diction? do i look at if we cross state lines with this crime or with this fraud? i think in that instance they have. we know that the special counsel issued in this because he has been talking to other witnesses. he has had people come in, he has had folks in other states come in and talk about how this got set up. so the idea that the architects of this scheme might somehow be of interest to him would be important. whether or not giuliani is one of the architects that is what he is looking to find out