about what s at stake and about why it s important to get get to the bottom of what happened that day. federal prosecutors have brought five charges, including carrying a loaded weapon and assaulting police officers against an indiana man. he has denied assaulting police officers. more frightening, however, may be what investigators say he told them. according to investigators, mark maza said he wanted to talk to house speaker nancy pelosi that day. he didn t. then, investigators say he said this to them. quote, i was glad i didn t because you d be here for another reason. cnn law enforcement correspondent, whitney whield joins us with the latest on this new round of subpoenas. whitney, what s here? what does it seem the house select committee is focusing on? well specifically, when it comes to alex jones and roger stone, they are focusing on the way in which these two men used their enormous platform and possibly their connections to the president to promote the big lie,
i m chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. tonight we have a big guest to take apart this post-acquittal interview with kyle rittenhouse that just aired on the network with news in its name, but it hasn t been acting like a news organization. even tonight, now kyle rittenhouse who wants to tell his story, who wants to be understood for his own words, his own deeds, not what the media likes, not what the left likes, not what the right likes. sat across from a man, the same animus that s feeding on kyle rittenhouse, and that complicates for things and for a 17-year-old who says they went somewhere to protect a community that their father worked in, that they felt a connection to, he s become everything that is ugly about the battle between white and black and right and wrong and justice and injustice in this country. now, he was acquitted in this case, and people were upset buzz they said, well, what about the lesser charges. you really have to understand this, okay? once you de
lie, to promote the stop the steal rally that preceded the riot. specifically, for alex jones, the committee is also acutely interested in his role in finding a major donor for the stop the steal rally. the subpoena also notes that jones was either asked or directly told, as of january 3rd, that you would lead a march from the ellipse from that stop the steal rally to the capitol where we know that violent insurrection then took place. for roger stone, the subpoena specifically mentions that the committee understands that he used, again, his enormous platform to promote his appearance at the stop the steal rally. and then, further, used the oath keepers a far-right extremist group as protection in washington, d.c. surrounding the dates of the stop the steal rally on the 6th and then another rally that happened on january 5th. but the what s very clear is that the committee is now circling trump. they are specifically going after people who had a direct line into the for
prime time. thanks, john. i m chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. tonight we have a big guest to take apart this post-acquittal interview with kyle rittenhouse that just aired on the network with news in its name, but it hasn t been acting like a news organization. even tonight, now kyle rittenhouse who wants to tell his story, who wants to be understood for his own words, his own deeds, not what the media likes, not what the left likes, not what the right likes. sat across from a man, the same animus that s feeding on kyle rittenhouse, and that complicates for things and for a 17-year-old who says they went somewhere to protect a community that their father worked in, that they felt a connection to, he s become everything that is ugly about the battle between white and black and right and wrong and justice and injustice in this country. now, he was acquitted in this case, and people were upset buzz they said, well, what about the lesser charges. you really have to under
five new subpoenas to some major players in donald trump s orbit, including some high-profile names who were involved in the stop the steal rally. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. as waukesha, wisconsin, comes to terms with sunday s christmas parade tragedy, we are learning new details about the man accused of driving into the crowds and his criminal past. a vigil was held monday night for the victims, and schools across the city remain closed. five people were killed and almost 50 injured in that incident. authorities say there s no connection to terrorism. they say the suspect, 39-year-old darrell brooks was out on bail for unrelated charges in a domestic abuse case, and he was involved in another domestic disturbance right before the parade incident. cnn s adrienne broaddus has the latest now from waukesha. alert all the hospitals! reporter: this horror at high speed now revealed to be an intenti