from the time you started working, republicans want to put it on the chopping block. i m gonna ask ron klain, who s gonna join us in this hour if that is the closing argument in these congressional elections. is is that what. it is wow! mitch mcconnell is a loving that, not! right. and republicans have absolutely made this argument possible, and highly credible for the democrats. thank you kevin mccarthy for explaining that you are gonna use the debt ceiling to slash the social safety net. you re welcome! i think what klain is going to be ready for this question. i think you will be, lawrence! but i m excited, and i will be tuning in. thank you alex! thank you! have a good show! today, a federal judge found compelling evidence that donald trump committed federal, and state crimes. and that he did that with the advice and counsel of attorney john eastman, whose emails the judge ordered, handed over to the january six committee, saying the emails are not prote
working, republicans want to put it on the chopping block. i m gonna ask ron klain, who s gonna join us in this hour if that is the closing argument in these congressional elections. is is that what. it is wow! mitch mcconnell is loving that. not! right. and republicans have absolutely made this argument possible, and highly credible for the democrats. thank you kevin mccarthy for explaining that you are gonna use the debt ceiling to slash the social safety net. you re welcome! i think ron klain is going to be ready for this question. i think he will be, lawrence! but i m excited, and i will be tuning in. thank you alex! thank you! have a good show! today, a federal judge found compelling evidence that donald trump committed federal, and state crimes. and that he did that with the advice and counsel of attorney john eastman, whose emails the judge ordered, handed over to the january six committee, saying the emails are not protected by attorney client privil
the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
over to cnn tonight. everyone now hates this whole thing. is there a caramel burrito coming at some point? if the push pop goes, i m out of here. thank you so much, everyone. that just ruined our day. thank you, anderson cooper. we appreciate it. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. so, for everyone out there wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg? or maybe the doj or the committee investigation. it might become more clear. the committee maybe flexing its legislative and oversight powers to illuminate what led up to and what really happened on january 6th. but the doj isn t waiting for the torch to be passed. it appears to be investigating the actions of donald trump himself. that s according to the washington post tonight. cnn can confirm the key aide to mike pence, his former chief of staff, mike short, and his lead counsel, greg jacob have already testified before a federal grand jury. pretty high up! the prosecutors asked hours and asked questions of m
or five years ago. the word that she relayed to the president called the vice president, a apologized for being impolite. do you remember what the president called him? the p word. mr. jacob, how do you describe the demeanor of the vice president following that call with the president? when he came back in to the room, i d say he was steely, determined, grim. of course, the most dangerous part of what donald trump did on january 6th was what he did himself. as will be discussed in detail in a future hearing, our investigation found that early drafts of the january 6 elipse speech prepared for the president included no mention of the vice president. the president revised it to include criticism of the vice president and then further ad libbed. here s what the president said january 6 after his call with vice president pence. i hope mike will do the right thing. i hope so. i hope so. because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. all vice preside