January 6th capital attack and trump s efforts to overturn that election. this means depends could potentially testify under oath about conversations. he had one on one with trump leading up to that day. so let s bring in senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid. this is certainly precedent setting. and it s never happened before. if he does this that s right, papi. this could be a historic moment if pence, is able to testify about the pressure campaign that he faced from the former president and his allies to block biden s victory. this has been something that investigators have been particularly interested in as they investigate the events leading up to january 6th. this would be the first time that he s participating in an investigation against the former president. now there is, though some carve out there are some carve outs here for him are some exceptions specifically, he will not have to testify about anything related to his work as president of the senate on january 6th.
Wide plus get free design services uber dot com melanie s nana in washington and this is cnn. there s your beautiful atlanta skyline this morning. happy to be with you. welcome back to cnn this morning. we are following a significant development in the justice department s january 6th investigation. former vice president mike pence will not fight a judge s order to testify before a special grand jury expects some of that testimony to focus on conversations that he had directly with president trump in the days and weeks leading up to the insurrection on january 6th. this will be once again a precedent setting historic event. no former vice president has ever complied with a criminal investigation subpoena to testify about a former president s actions with me now to talk about this, and also the probe going on here in georgia is cnn political
You. also this morning, we have more on the former vice president mike pence s decision to not appeal a federal court ruling when it comes to testifying about january 6th in his conversations with trump. this is significant. how does it change pence and the 2024 feel that he seems to be prepared to enter. that s next. behind the series. let me tell you about the greatest roster ever assesembled monster the outlaw d you can t forget about the boss sometimemes. you just want to et your heroes subway series, the greatestf all time .m. where do we even start our house search tughts whispering. this house is start with deep search filters on realtor .com. and all the missing socks are behind the dryer realtor .com to reach their home. you can t always avoid migraine triggers like your next period. elliptic can help prevent migraines. you can t always prevent what s
Condolences to the family. amidst all of this, as you know, jessica, some republicans are actually continuing to down play what happened on january 6th on capitol hill. some are even fuelling these conspiracy theories out there. the washington post, as you know, has obtained video of republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin throwing out some new idea involving the fbi, what it knew, didn t know about january 6th. what about that? yeah. this is video from just this past weekend that was uncovered by the washington post. in it, senator ron johnson is suggesting that the fbi had more knowledge and details about the january 6th capital attack than they actually had. senator johnson has floated these wild conspiracy theories repeatedly, but this takes it a step farther. in this clip, he references the kidnapping plot against michigan governor gretchen whitmer and
For donald trump s keynote address tomorrow. trump s false 2020 claims have inspired january 6th capital attack and now the justice department warns that could be just the beginning as long as these conspiracy theories spread. this is all playing out as the last pieces of security fencing are dismantled from around the u.s. capitol and cnn is in dallas for cpac. he joins me now. we see the flags behind you. it is pretty obvious what the crowd has or who the crowd has come to see down there. what are you hearing down there? reporter: a lot of excitement for donald trump to arrive tomorrow. wanting to welcome him tomorrow. i spoke to more than a dozen people. every single one of them believe the election was stolen in some