another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well
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needling judiciary chairman jim jordan for once defying a subpoena in the house january 6th investigation. quite rich you are hearing allegations from somebody who won t respond to lawful subpoena. sarah, chris ray tackled head on whether the fbi is weaponized against americans and whether he is biased. what did he say? this is refrain we have heard over and over from republicans on this committee, particularly the chairman, jim jordan. chris ray said absolutely not. the fbi is not weaponized against every day americans. he also said it is insane to him the notion that he is somehow biased against conservatives, noting his own personal background and his personal background is he is a registered republican and he was appointed into this position by donald trump, a former republican president. thanks so much. with me here live the man who recommended ray for the job, former u.s. attorney, former new jersey governor and current
disappearances. we are currently investigating over 150 cases. again, the number of cases are higher than that. these are just cases that we have sufficient information, and we can already look into. in terms of unlawful killings. we are investigating more than 300 unlawful killings, including summary executions. that gives a sense. it s just staggering when you break that down for us, and we re only what, entering the third month of this war. and we are seeing of course this new offensive in the east of the country. we have been hearing, here in ukraine, our teams on the ground have been hearing allegations of rape, torture. you mentioned executions as well. what kind of stories have you been hearing? so our viewers can get a sense of exactly what is unfolding here. we are hearing in some of
whether or not the prime minister was in breach of covid regulations, but if any wrongdoing found in terms of breaching those restrictions and regulations, we can expect to see mounting pressure, not only from the british public, but from one his own party. paula? and that s the issue, right? it is his own party who will make the decision for him. has he been able to firm up support among conservative mps? there is certainly growing attention within the party. we ve already seen one lawmaker leave the party and go to the opposition labor party. we heard from senior politician david davis from the conservative party, openly calling for the prime minister to stand down. and now on top of all of that, we re hearing allegations of intimidation within the party. some lawmakers from within the conservative party apparently face intimidation, threats that they could lose funding for their local inconstituencies if they didn t back the prime minister. the mp, who is leading these claims, w