good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as for its future plans, the panel has not ruled out additional hearings later this summer, we will hear more public testimony one week from tomorrow. one committee member says that nest thursday s hearing will focus on what trump was doing when the capital was under attack. specifically about the time period of the 187 minutes within the white house, and what the president was doing. and how he could have played a role in preventing more violence, if he had merely gone to the briefing room and asked people to leave the capitol. it comes as trump ally and former strategist steve bannon is set to go on trial on monday for contempt of congress. he is now ready to cooperate with the january 6th coope
letter on behalf of leonard leo to the senate judiciary committee claiming that the committee doesn t have any authority to investigate alito s relationships and financial support of judges and justices. because of the first amendment claiming that an investigation like that would violate leonard leo s first amendment rights. an interesting assertion to consider given the needs that leonard leo recently had a protester arrested for calling him and effing fastest in public. akok apparently, to literally, out the first amendment allows him to have somebody arrested for saying nasty things about him, but does not allow the congress of the united states to open an investigation into his 1. 6 billion dollar dark money machine. also pro, tiffany no lawyer, but if somebody calls you a fascist, best not to call for
says, after he joined the court, roberts s wife was paid more than $10 million by various legal forms to act as a consultant, including at least one firm which had business before the court after paying her fees. and it s worth noting that these five conservatives, along with the sixth and newest right-wing justice, amy coney barrett, all have ties to the ultra conservative judicial group the federalist society. the federalist society, in addition to effectively serving as a training ground for future right-wing judges, is a 501 c three tax-exempt charity, which means it is legally pretty habited prohibited from engaging in political activity. but yesterday, political reports that one of the society s top executives, a trump ally named leonard leo, obtained a 1. 6 billion dollar donation for his conservative dark money group that used to be the largest political contribution ever made through connections he made through the federalist society. and that kind of sounds like political ac
the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a 10 point 6 billion dollar deal brokered by regulators. hey seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the weekend. the failure of the bank is the second largest in us history, and the third in the country since march. samira hussain has more. as of monday, first republic customers turning up at their bank are in fact customers ofjp morgan chase. the signs above will soon change. first republic had been under pressure since the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank two months earlier. last week, it revealed depositors had withdrawn $100 billion in the space of a few months. investo