cnn has confirmed many probes connections between extremist groups and trump associates, roger stone and others. we also bring him a specific mean committee asked former white house counsel pat cipollone about and what he told them. at the last hearing we saw former white house insider, top aide to chief of staff, mark meadows, testified that the former president knew the mob was about to incite and said marching into the capital was armed. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where the present day something today backed up, i don t care that they have weapons. cassidy hutchinson testifying under oath. she testified to the former presidents eagerness to join the mob of the capital. also to the white house councils horror at that prospect and his fear of being charged, according to her, with every crime imaginable. it s hard to imagine after that welcomes text. in a moment committee members, stephanie murphy, will be handling some of the question tomorrow joins us. but
of this city. hundreds upon hundreds of people have turned out to give this last farewell. life from our worlds, orbiting stars, far beyond our own. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, july 12, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house committee investigating the capitol hill riot is set for its seventh hearing looking to draw connections between former president trump s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his knowledge of the violent attack that would take place on the u.s. capitol. the bipartisan group of lawmakers have already interviewed several people and today s hearing will likely vofl excerpts from the deposition of pat cipollone. and we also expect to hear from steven ayers, who entered the capitol illegally and later pleaded guilty. he is one of at least two witnesses expected to testify later today. the big focus will be on how extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers ma
selection loss, was a letter. mr. donahue, on december 28th, mr. clark emailed you and mr. rosen a draft letter that he wanted you to sign and send to georgia state officials. you testified that this could have grave constitutional consequences. can you tell us what you meant by that? i had to read both emails in the attached letter twice to make sure i really understood what he was proposing. it was so extreme to me, i had a hard time getting my head around it. i read it and i did understand it for what he intended. and i had to sit down and serve , compose what that was an appropriate response. i went next door to the acting ig s office. he was not there. we both had an email. he was not in his offers. i returned my office. . this is not the departments role. to suggest or dictate to state legislatures how they should select their electors. but, more importantly, this was not based on fact. this is actually contrary to the facts, as developed by the department investigati
Care that they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. take the mags away. let my people in. they can march to the capital from here. that the people. it takes the mags away. the committee also uncovering details about trump s efforts to prevent congress s certification of the election. he ignored his advice is that there is no fraud and instead tried to install an attorney general who do his bidding. our culture they say, what you are proposing is nothing that s than the united states department meddling in the outcome of the presidential election. that bad, jeffrey clark, it s now under scrutiny as part of a federal investigation into the attempts to overturn the election. and finally, as an angry mob called for the assassination of his vice president. witnesses say trump did not seem to be bothered. his response the 25th amendment. there s a large concern about the 25th amendment.
Weapons. they are not here to hurt me. let my people in. reporter: the committee also uncovering details about trump s efforts to prevent certification of the election, how he ignored his advisers that there was no fraud and instead tried to install an attorney general who would do his bidding. i recall toward the end saying what you are proposing is nothing less than the justice department meddling in the outcome of the election. reporter: and jeffrey clark now under scrutiny as part of the federal investigation in attempts to overturn the election. and finally as the angry mob called fors assassination of the vice president, witnesses say trump did not seem to be bothered, leading several to quit and others considering a plan to invoke the 25th amendment. there is a large concern of 25th amendment potentially being invoked and there were concerns