plus this vote the yeas are 214 and the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. a major and humiliating setback for house republicans as they failed to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. how the drama unfolded on the house floor and the surprise move by democrats in the vote s final minute. and also ahead we ll show you the pretty embarrassing election results out of nevada. who republican voters picked over nikki haley in the state s primary race even though donald trump s name wasn t even on the ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and it is an extraordinarily busy news day, and we ll begin here. a federal appeals court has rejected donald trump s claim he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. the three-judge panel in the d.c. circuit court of appeals ruled unanimously yesterday that there was no basis for tru
is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe
during a call with house gop leader kevin mccarthy while the capitol was under siege on january 6th along with congressman the three had been facing trump s wrat. republicans in two of those states, arizona and wisconsin, set to make their picks for statewide offices in the next few weeks. arizona today and wisconsin next tuesday. amid a rift between donald trump and mike pence that dates back to january 6th. the washington post reports, quote, two gubernatorial candidates in arizona and wisconsin backed by trump will face-off this month against those endorsed by former vice president mike pence. who split with trump after refusing pressure to reject the results of the 2020 presidential race. but make no mistake, this year s republican primaries have been shaped in large part by who donald trump is endorsing. and competition for his endorsement took a surreal turn last night when trump endorsed eric in the missouri primary. just eric, no last name, you know, like beyonce
with the committee and that is according to reporting by abc and cnn. then you have mike pompeo confirm today that he is in talks with the committee. abc news reporting this about the state of the negotiations with the panel saying in part, quote, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol is in active discussions with former secretary of state mike pompeo for his testimony behind closed doors. sources familiar with the matter telling abc news. pompeo is tentatively scheduled to speak with the committee come the coming days, sources said. pompeo was among the few trumpa allies and officials that at least publicly stuck with the ex-president in the immediate aftermath of the attack. he said, quote, while we all think the violence that took place in the capitol was tragic, and i ve watched away people walk away from the president and they are not listening to the american people, not remotely. pompeo played a critical role in the trump a
Felony counts doing everything he can to get the case against him then out of courts. There are big developments in beth of those stories, and were going to get to all of them this hour. But if theres one person that embodies the dual crysies facing the gop right now, the dual crises of chaos and Lul Criminality it is this guy, congressman George Santos, a Serial Fabulist who remains in the house despite being charged with 13 counts of fraud, Money Lawderring and theft. That staffer admitted to having made up Fake Campaign donations for Santos Campaign and that Conspiracy Charge is part of the broader case against her boss, George Santos, whos been accused of crimes from defrauding voters to falsifying official paperwork to lying to the government in order to get pandemic aid. So the fact this san toegs Campaign Official is now admitting to that ledge scheme that is bad news for congressman santos. And yet he remains in Good Standing with the house. I mean if anything George Santos is