investigating the capitol riot is escalating its inquiry. reaching deeper into donald trump s inner circle for in formation about january 6th. tonight, the committee issued subpoenas for testimony and documents, to lawyers who the committee said promoted the big lie and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of the election results. rudy giuliani, sydney powell and jenna ellis. the panel also sent a subpoena to former trump campaign advisor, bush epstein. the committee s letter to giuliani says that quote, between mid november 2020 and january six 2021, and thereafter, you actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former president trump and sought to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election result. and quote. the panel says that sydney powell and jenna ellis also actively pushing claims of election fraud. as for boris epstein, the committee says that he
staff and those around him, without fear that it would come out later and in a congressional hearing, or other matters. and so, it pertains to conversations that donald trump had himself with others around him. it does not include, conversations that are unofficial. perhaps with the campaign. and certainly the supreme court has held, it does not include conversations that relate to improper misconduct, or other illicit activity. attorney client privilege, but it s only to a lawyer and his client. that would include jenna ellis, sydney powell, and rudy giuliani. who have various points represented either the campaign, or donald trump. the problem with attorney-client privilege for these individuals, is that there is an exception.
the lead up to january 6th. but there is an incredible amount of information that you would get. not only just about the conversations that they had but also about pressing them. cross examining them about these claims. about whether they believe them. about the influence that they had. who else was involved, the list goes on. but, it raises another issue hallie. which in additional privilege. so to speak. which is, at least sydney powell and rudy giuliani, we know are currently under criminal investigation. and certainly, the big lie, has to, at some point fall under the broader investigation of the department of justice. so, they may have fifth amendment privileges available to them as well. ashley, let s talk about the white house. there s two sides to this worrying about democracy could. one is getting to the bottom of them was the white house is thinking, tonight? well, the white house knows
about the impeachment, that wasn t public knowledge. things that happened behind closed doors in this case, those lawyers giuliani and alice, sydney powell, they all did everything, it s almost like we all saw everything happened at the same time. what does the committee get or learn how do they benefit from subpoenaing them and their testimony? a number of things, we would get the conversations that they had with others behind the scenes. you might get information about the fact that they knew what they were promoting was completely bogus. might get information about donald trump s mental state. was he aware that the lie that he was pushing was actually fraudulent. this all relates, i think, to a little bit more towards a criminal investigation. were they trying to fraudulently overturn the election? then it does to january six per se. but, certainly, it relates to
corner. ever gone this of how anybody voted. so that people can call the election the way he seat it. these are people who are surrounding the oval office, who were on conference calls with trump all day long. they were witness to the insurrection, and how it was organized. michael steele, david calls it the clown car that was driving this thing, but when we watch this when you watch a press conference, the stuff the sydney powell would come up with, or rudy giuliani at the four seasons landscaping company in philadelphia, there s a lot of people who take a seriously. they did think it was a clown car. what s the danger here? we re now seeing the intersection of were watching in public, with what was going on at the willard, in the department of justice, and realizing how serious this could ve been. yeah, i think david put it just right. they were clowning around with