classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of
donald trump made during the violence of january 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? that was congresswoman liz cheney with a question, an extraordinary question, closing this round of hearings from the january 6th committee. it was a question, but it also seems to be the main argument from the committee as they presented new evidence of what they called donald trump s dereliction of duty during the insurrection. i m john berman, brianna is off, chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is here. and what a remarkable night that was. i mean, going through that hearing, all of these have had a little bit of new information, but last night i think they really tried to get behind the scenes, which is what we have been trying to do as reporters since that day of what was going on. the confirmations of things that had been reported by terrific reporters like you, but also new elements, new audio, new video that in some cases i d
good evening, i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, the single best day of fund raising. that s what the pro santorum super pac red white and blue just told outfront about its cash raising today. the donations pouring in for the candidate who exceeded frankly everybody s expectations last night beating mitt romney in a three-state sweep. santorum met with potential donors in texas today and he s actually headed to california to meet even more potential deep pocketed donors. he s not stopping there. he just sent out another e-mail asking for money. here s what it says, we have it. quote reagan got on a roll winning in north carolina and a slew of states after that, the conservative base rallied to him despite all odds. he went all the way to the convention. clearly, rick santorum feeling pretty good. we re doing really well and we feel like going forward, we re going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make. okay, making the case though and winning a
good evening, i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett outfront tonight. newt sinking and santorum surging a brand-new poll out of iowa and it has stunning, new numbers. the former front-runner, newt gingrich, plunging from his top slot, down to fourth place. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum doing the opposite, he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25%, and there s another new poll out of new hampshire where the nation s second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one week later on january the 10th. mitt romney dominating his opposition there. he s at 44%. rivals ron paul and newt gingrich trailing 17% and 16%, respectively. let s go right to political correspondent joe johns. he s on the ground in iowa. joe, this is a bit of a shocker. santorum rising as much as he has. he was out there with representative steve king on the hunting trip. king did not endorse him on that trip. it made people wonder, we