contained in a draft executive order which was obtained by politico and appears to be part of the massive batch of documents now in the hands of the house select committee on january 6th. the committee says it now has all the white house records that the former president tried in court to keep secret. according to court filing by the national archives, which handed them over last evening, they also include, among other items, working papers from then chief of staff mark meadows, who the press secretary as well, and a white house lawyer who had notes and memos about the former president s everyday to undermine the election. but it is that draft executive order which politico published which is so potentially telling in part because the day, which was december 16th, fits pretty neatly into a series of related events that we watched play out at the time. and in addition, it meshes neatly into other reporting about testimony other testimony as well about what was happening
weeks beyond his end of term in office. now, those chilling items all the stuff of coups and autocratic countries are contained in a draft executive order which was obtained by politico and appears to be part of the massive batch of documents now in the hands of the house select committee on january 6th. the committee says it now has all the white house records that the former president tried in court to keep secret. according to court filing by the national archives, which handed them over last evening, they also include, among other items, working papers from then chief of staff mark meadows, who the press secretary as well, and a white house lawyer who had notes and memos about the former president s everyday to undermine the election. but it is that draft executive order which politico published which is so potentially telling in part because the day, which was december 16th, fits pretty neatly into a series of related events that we watched play out at the time. and
families in our prayers. the officers were shot while responding to a domestic dispute call. it is our city against the killers. this was just not an attack on three brave officers, this was an attack on the city of new york. cnn s polo sandoval is live for us in new york. he s joining me right now. polo, what more are you learning? reporter: fred, we hear time and time again that these domestic dispute calls are perhaps the most dangerous. this is just sad, a sad reality and a reminder that that is the case. in this particular case jason rivera who was one of three who responded to this apartment in harlem late yesterday evening to report from a mother that she was having some kind of argument with her 47-year-old son. rivera and a fellow officer by the name of wilbert mora made their way according to detectives to a back room in that apartment and that s when investigators say the door swung up and lashawn mcneil inside, according to investigators, then opened fire wi
had also directed the justice department to name a special council to investigate and prosecute potential election-related crimes, crimes that trump s own outgoing attorney general said he had very high confidence in that there was no impact on the election from election fraud at all. just two days after the order was drafted, discredited trump lawyer sidney powell was in the oval office lobbying for that special council job according to axios. also in that meeting disgraced former trump adviser michael flynn who promoted ideas on seizing voting equipment. cnn has not been able to independently verify this draft, and it s not clear who wrote it, but to put it plainly, any order directing the military or federal agents to seize voting kw equipment for political purposes is a coup. and just like that democracy nearly died. trump never signed that executive order, but one thing the january 6th committee is still trying to get its hands on, supposed outtakes from an infamous vi
We know the petitos met with the tampa fbi yesterday and they did come to an agreement on those possessions, anderson. and have both families made public reactions? they have. gabby petito s family released a statement today through their attorney thanking the fbi but also saying this, some pretty strong words, saying the quality and quantity and facts of information collected by the fbi leave no doubt brian laundrie murdered gabby. steve bertolino also releasing a statement today, late today, to me saying that this tragedy has caused enormous emotional pain and suffering to all who loved either or both of them. we can only hope that with today s closure of the case each family can begin to heal and move forward and find peace in and with the memories of their children. may gabby and brian both rest in peace, anderson. was brian laundrie ever officially charged with killing gabby petito? reporter: no. and that s what s interesting here. is that he died. he was on the run fo