happen at some point in the coming weeks. donald trump jr., of course, is at least a third member of trump s family who is going to voluntarily appear before the select committee, and it just shows the extent to which trump world resistance to this panel is pretty rapidly melting away. six months ago i would ve been surprised if you told me the donald junior was going to cooperate, but based on all the reporting, he is. we ve recently learned specifically about him is that he was way in during the january 6th attack, directly to chief of staff mark meadows, based on these released tax showing that he texted meadows during the attack, saying that a tweet that trump issued calling for the people attacking the capitol to, quote, remain peaceful, or stay peaceful, was not enough. don junior basically told meadows that trump needed to do more, needed to take stronger steps to try to quell the violence. he is in a really interesting spot because he was never an administration official, but i
based on these released tax showing that he texted meadows during the attack, saying that a tweet that trump issued calling for the people attacking the capitol to, quote, remain peaceful, or stay peaceful, was not enough. don junior basically told meadows that trump needed to do more, needed to take stronger steps to try to quell the violence. he is in a really interesting spot because he was never an administration official, but it is very closely connected to trump s political operation, very closely connected to the grassroots, and they don t are communities that supported trump. he really has his finger on the pulse, and the fact that during the attacked he was weighing in that way, and watching things as closely as he was, means he s gonna have some insides. the question is, how candid forthcoming is he before the panel? quick question on why he is doing this voluntarily. do you have any insight into why don jr. agreed to this questioning voluntarily? that is a good question.