witnesses who said they were pressured by people close to the ex-president to, quote, do the right thing, be loyal to donald trump, reminding them trump would be paying close to attention to their words. the committee suggests it has many other examples of witness tampering, which is of course a very serious crime. is that what is happening here? and will the doj be looking into this? they believe they could affect testimony of witnesses before the committee. oits a very serious issue, and i imagine the department of justice would be very interested in and take that seriously as well. the two investigations going on, congressional and criminal, are showing signs of clashing again. there s friction over access to transcripts of interviews the committee conducted that the justice department wants. the new york times reporting federal prosecutors were just as surprised by hutchinson s testimony this week as anyone else watching and left feeling blindsided. but at the same
crime? according to three cnn sources t former aide to then white house chief of staff mark meadows told the panel she was contacted by someone in the trump camp attempting to influence her testimony. remember those messages vice chair liz cheney read aloud at tuesday s hearing alluding to possible witness intimidation. the gop congresswoman didn t name names but she relayed accounts of two unidentified witnesses who said they were pressured by people close to the ex-president to, quote, do the right thing, be loyal to donald trump, reminding them trump would be paying close to attention to their words. the committee suggests it has many other examples of witness tampering, which is of course a very serious crime. is that what is happening here? and will the doj be looking into this? they believe they could affect testimony of witnesses before the committee. oits a very serious issue, and i imagine the department of justice would be very interested in and take that seriousl
campaign whether they have been contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. without identifying any of the individuals involved, let me show you a couple of samples of answers we received to this question. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal, and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. tonight, cnn has learned that this example and one other example that congresswoman cheney highlighted were both directed at cassidy hutchinson. cnn has also learned more about the testimony about what fellow white house staffer told her and secret service head of detail. it was about the ride the former president wanted to t
colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. without identifying any of the individuals involved, let me show you a couple of samples of answers we received to this question. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal, and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. tonight, cnn has learned that this example and one other example that congresswoman cheney highlighted were both directed at cassidy hutchinson. cnn has also learned more about this, ms. hutchinson s testimony about what fellow white house staffer anthony renato told her in the presence of secret service head of detail on january 6th. it was about the ride the former president wanted to ta
great to see you both. fbi documents show agencies sensitive documents, compartmented information. four top-secret chemistry marked secret, and three marked confidential. some of the records seized last monday are covered by attorney-client privilege. well, that the problem. and a growing number of republicans are calling on the justice department to release the affidavit that attorney general merrick garland used to sign off on the search warrant. i m going to pause and ask you what you would like me to do at this point, because you are kind of toggling back and forth and it s a little confusing. okay, all right. thank you. we love our team. ever since news of that fbi search first broke, some in the mainstream media have appeared to be delighted about the raid. i think the shortest distance between donald trump and an orange jumpsuit is this investigation with the documents. perhaps the orange jumpsuit is forthcoming. i think a lot of people do want to see donald trum