revealing new details about the justice department s criminal investigation into the capitol riots. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. oh, really? yes. how worried should donald trump be? first, a cnn exclusive. the biden administration s new offer to russia. they will, the u.s. will, give putin back a convicted russian and let wnba star britney briner and former marine paul whelan come home. that s the offer. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead. more crushing economic news for the american people this afternoon. the federal reserve announced another massive interest rate hike. three-quarters of a percentage point. a move that seemed unfathomable to many has happened twice in a row. the increase translates to americans paying more money for things such as mortgage loans, car loans, student loans. today s hike, of course, was not unexpected. feigni in fact, je
And you know, my case is an excellent example, and britney s case is an example of why it s not true. we had paul whelan and they asked for an exchange. the united states refused to do that. after that, they took me and the united states refused to make an exchange, and after that, they took brittney. them not participating in an exchange does not prevent countries like russia from taking americans hostage or venezuela, syria, north korea, iran, china. they re going do that anyway. so there s no legitimacy to that argument in my opinion. do you think the offer of this deal is going to get paul and brittner out of russia? are you optimistic? i m extremely optimistic about it. i think that that s a good possibility.
Milwaukee police Officer Matthew Rittner, Racine police Officer John Hetland and Dane County Deputy Sheriff Richard Treadwell were all killed in the line of duty.