the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
overturn the election. that, according to the washington post. sources telling the posts that prosecutors have been questioning witnesses for hours before a grand jury about conversations with trump and others in his inner circle related to the fake electors scheme, and his pressure campaign on mike pence to overturn the election. we will have much more on that tonight, so make sure you stay tuned. when it comes, attorney general merrick garland says this. say again, that we will hold accountable anyone who is criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate, lawful, transfer from one administration to the next. and you ve got to sit back and pay attention to this, right? because the gall, the nerve, everything that we have learned from this investigation, everything that we have seen and heard with these hearings, the president whose election lies set all of this into motion, he was back in to washington for the first time today. and what
over to cnn tonight. everyone now hates this whole thing. is there a caramel burrito coming at some point? if the push pop goes, i m out of here. thank you so much, everyone. that just ruined our day. thank you, anderson cooper. we appreciate it. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. so, for everyone out there wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg? or maybe the doj or the committee investigation. it might become more clear. the committee maybe flexing its legislative and oversight powers to illuminate what led up to and what really happened on january 6th. but the doj isn t waiting for the torch to be passed. it appears to be investigating the actions of donald trump himself. that s according to the washington post tonight. cnn can confirm the key aide to mike pence, his former chief of staff, mike short, and his lead counsel, greg jacob have already testified before a federal grand jury. pretty high up! the prosecutors asked hours and asked questions of m
maybe it s linda gray. no, it s dominick deborah, all the way. thank you. thanks laura. i ve got to get to the news, i will see you later. this is don lemon tonight. there is a mountain of brand new revelations from the january 6th investigation that i have to tell you about. and pretty soon we are going to have our chief legal analyst on here and i think he thinks this is a pretty big deal, okay, so, stay tuned, right? totally. that was a precursor. that is jeffrey toobin. new tonight, the justice department reportedly investigating the actions of the then president himself as part of its criminal investigation of efforts to overturn the election. that, according to the washington post. sources telling the posts that prosecutors have been questioning witnesses for hours before a grand jury about conversations with trump and others in his inner circle related to the fake electors scheme, and his pressure campaign on mike pence to overturn the election. we will have much
Angelina jolie reportedly caught in the center of a daring plot now revealed. Was the oscar winner going to help take down a warlord . And oneonone this morning with President Trumps first wife, ivana trump. I have the direct number to the white house. What shes saying about their children, about donald trump as a father. You write, i believe the credit for raising such great kids belongs to me. What their relationship is like now and what ivana trump says about the president s tweeting. And we do say good morning, america. Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. Amys interview with ivana trump is ahead. Ready to begin the week with david muir. Always great to be with you. Always interesting when you interview the first wife. Got some interesting answers with amy. A lot of news to get to on this monday morning. Those wildfires are tearing through the west. Take a look at the scene overnight as people try to flee napa valley. You can see embers flying beside the road. Most of the state