plot to install fake electors to declare donald trump the winner of these seven states, we show, all of which president biden won in the 2020 election. many were sent weeks after the election to state party officials. until now the justice department has never acknowledged investigating any significant part of the plot by the former president to overturn the election. evan perez, tell us more about what you ve learned. well, kate, as you said, this is the first acknowledgment we ve had from the justice department, which is to say that they are looking into these referrals from a number of state prosecutors who believe that perhaps a federal law was broken when these fake electors sent these certificates to the national archives. some of these electors were smart enough to change the language that was presented to them by trump allies to sort of cover themselves legally, others did not. so i asked the deputy attorney general lisa monaco about this aspect of the investigation
the face of moscow s ongoing aggression to ukraine, would be similar to the battle groups already stationed in countries like the baltic states and poland. let s get to natasha bertrand who worked on this story with me. natasha, it seems the military responding to this criticism that support moves should be taken before aggressive moves instead of afterwards, and they re focusing their attention on the east flank of nato. reporter: that s right, jim. there are a number of critics who have asked why the biden administration hasn t taken more action for the russian encouragement of ukraine to deter that russian aggression, so one thing they are now considering are deploying additional forces to that southeastern flank of nato, along with some of the u.s. s allies including the united kingdom. that would be a chance to shore up the allies who are feeling very anxious about this russian aggression and really want the additional support from the u.s. and other allies as they fac
That s all for our news. thank you for joining us through it all. i m jim sciutto. and i m bianna golodryga. kate bolduan starts right now. hello, i m kate bolduan. federal prosecutors are now zeroing in on the elector plot showing donald trump asked for fake certifications. and an imminent invasion to russia? troops may be starting to move. and an interest rate hike which could affect every single american. good morning, everyone. we begin with reporting exclusive to cnn. the justice department publicly confirming it is looking into a