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keilar. and a flurry of new developments overnight surrounding the january 6th insurrection, just hours before the next hours gets under way. the new york times reports previously undisclosed emails from trump lawyer john eastman claiming he was aware of a, quote, heated fight among supreme court justices over whether to take up a case on the 2020 election. but even more than that, the times reports a response from another pro-trump lawyer, quote, odds of action by the supreme court before january 6 will become more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be wild chaos on january 6 unless they rule by then either way. this was about two weeks this email before the insurrection. the times says this raises questions about a link to the idea of the violence that ultimately took place. much more on this in just a moment. but first cnn is learning exclusively what an adviser to former vice president mike pence will say at today s hearing which focuses ....
more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be wild chaos on january 6th unless they rule by then either way. this was about two weeks before january 6. the times says this raises questions about a possible link to the idea of the violence that ultimately took place. cnn s katelyn polantz live in washington. explain to us about these revelations involved in all of these emails. reporter: hi. so this new story from the new york times describes emails between two lawyers who were working with donald trump and the trump campaign after the election. they appear to reveal that one lawyer, john eastman, he is well connected among conservatives, former supreme court clerk, that east man had insight into the internal deliberations of the supreme court and another lawyer was using that information with him to look at ramping up their legal battle with an expectation of chaos on january 6. so in these emails the new york times says that eastman on christm ....
Former vice president mike pence will say at today s hearing which focuses on the pressure that donald trump put on pence to deny votes. retired republican federal judge j. michael let tig is expected to condemn trump for instigating a war on democracy so he could cling to power. he said had the president of the united states obeyed the president of the united states america would immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution among a paralyzing constitutional crisis. let s begin with pamela brown in washington. judge luttig will be one of the key witnesses today and you have a preview of what he will say. that s right. retired republican federal judge, judge j. michchael lut t advised pence it would be unconstitutional to overturn the election results. our jamie begin gel obtained his opening statement, he paints a clear picture of a constitutional crisis with ....
Pressured pence to overturn the 2020 election. this new photo obtained by abc news shows pence and his family in hiding after rioters broke into the capitol on january 6th. this afternoon retired republican federal judge j. michael luttig is expected to accuse trump of instigating a war on democracy so he could cl i think to power. he said, quote, had the vice president of the united states obeyed the president of the united states america would immediately have been lunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a pair leadsing constitutional crisis. pamela brown is following this from washington and she has more. it is really interesting to hear some of what luttig is going to say, it s really just a preview of what is to come. reporter: it certainly is. this is significant, brianna. this is a retired republican federal judge, j. michael luttig, and he is a key witness testifying to the committee ....