a statement that it was the former president himself who ripped up some of these documents and we know this is something trump has done in the past. in the past he would rip up documents, people within the white house would have to tape them back together. that goes in violation of the presidential records act. it s not something you re supposed to do. now the fact this is a practice trump continued and now some of that information has become part of the january 6th investigation is significant. now the committee did not comment on the fact that they have these documents that were torn up. it appears as though they were still able to use them after the archives was able to put them back together but is yet another interesting wrinkle in this investigation as it moves forward. ryan nobles, cnn on capitol hill. thanks, ryan. trump s comments that he might pardon the january 6 insurrectionists is still reverberating against the officers. he is critical of republican s silence on trump
reveals how far donald trump and his advisers went to undermine the 2020 election. plus, from russia with love. the kremlin responds to u.n. security proposals as antony blinken and sergei lavrov are going to hold talks. and covid pastime to the new york times. wordle is the word today. it s a seven figure sum. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is tuesday, february 1st. we begin this hour with a cnn exclusive on former president donald trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 u.s. elections. multiple sources said trump and his administration drafted orders to seize voting machines.
machines. that document has been handed over to the house committee and now multiple reports of the same document exists but it instructs dhs to carry out the tasks. it shows the length trump s advisers were willing to go to to undermine the election results. multiple sources tell cnn that the idea of having the federal government access the machines was from mike waldren and mike flynn. both were pushing the narrative that the election was stolen from trump. it s not clear who specifically drafted, who put pen to paper to draft the executive order. trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani was spearheading the election results. giuliani approached ken k
now there s word of it for the department of homeland security. it was also sent to the department of defense. the national archives tells cnn some of the documents handed over to the house committee investigating the u.s. capitol riot have been ripped up by the former president and had to be taped back together. now that house committee has spoken to a key member of vice president mike pence inner circle, former chief of staff mark short. ryan nobles will have that. paula reid s exclusive report on the voting machines. reporter: sources tell cnn that following the 2020 election former president trump s legal advisers drafted two versions of an executive order seizing voting machines, one directing the department of defense seize the machines and the other directing the department of homeland security to do so. we previously reported the existence of a draft ordering tasking the pentagon of seizing
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