riot. the lawmakers also want to know about mccarthy s contact with white house chief of staff mark meadows in the days that led up to january 6th. he s made significant public statements about what occurred on january 6th and we d to hear from him. he gave a statement on the floor about president trump bearing some responsibility for what occurred. if he doesn t cooperate with the voluntary request, would you subpoena him? well, let me say we ll consider it. well, tonight mccarthy issued his own statement saying he will not comply with the committee. quote, i have concluded not to participate with the select committee s abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward. but here s the thing, this past may mccarthy was singing a very different tune. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission? sure. next question. you didn t hear that? he s
the seat of american democracy. it s described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. this hour, the charges, the co-conspirators and trump s arraignment tomorrow. plus, his defense as he compares his prosecution to nazi germany. and later, the reaction of his former vice president, including copious notes mike pence turned over to the special counsel. that s all ahead here on ana cabrera reports. good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. and today the seat of our government prepares for the arraignment of the 45th president of the united states. donald trump called to appear at a district courthouse tomorrow in washington to face four federal counts, including three conspiracies to defraud this country and subvert americans right to vote. special counsel jack smith s 45-page indictment details repeated and exhaustive efforts by trump to stay in power, a pressure campaign that involved attorneys and campaign operatives and list
Realized that the violence at the capitol is very much a part of this indictment. it s not set aside yet and charged separately, but the violence becomes a fulcrum to leverage the big lie into some kind of pressure against pence, into action against congress. it s in there throughout. what s really disturbing are the passages in the indictment that show us how cavalierly the co-conspirators and donald trump were treating the likelihood of violence. if you continue this attempt to defraud people and steal the vote, there s going to be violence in the street. yeah, that s why we have an insurrection act. they seem prepared to invoke the insurrection act which means putting military troops on the streets, calling out a militia,
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