be a witness against myself. did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice president s role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. fifth. dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states is that statement in this memo true? fifth. did president trump authorize you to discuss publicly a january 4, 2021, conversation with him? fifth. so, is it your position that you can discuss in the media direct conversations you had with the president of the united states that you will not discuss those same conversations with this committee. fifth. the second development tonight concerns the select committee and it is a surprise. the committee announcing it will hold proceeding tomorrow in which it will present recently obtained evidence. starting
good evening, we begin tonight with two developments into the january 6th investigation. the first concerns john eastman, the trump lawyer who cooked up the scheme to overturn the election. the one that former white house attorney eric harshman told to quote, get a great criminal defense lawyer. we learned tonight that the fbi has seized his phone. eastman did nothing to dispel suspicion when he went before the select committee, took the fifth over and over again. i assert my fifth amendment right to being compelled to be a witness against myself. did the trump legal team ask you to prefer a memorandum regarding the vice president s role in the counting of electoral votes in joint sessions of congress, 26, 2021? doctor eastman, did you advise the president of the united states that the vice president could reject electors from seven states and declare that the president had been reelected? fifth. doctor eastman, the first sentence of the memo start off by saying tha
big day, unexpected and significant? absolutely. cassidy hutchinson has long been considered one of the most consequential witnesses for the january 6th committee due to her approximatety to trump many chief of staff mark meadows and therefore to critical events and conversations surrounding january 6. now, the committee has not released the topic of today s hearing, but the rush to get the hearing happening today shows just how important they believe this testimony could be. her testimony has rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any reporter: once a top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, and a handful of members that weren t at the december 21st meeting asked for preemptive pardons. mr. gaetz did. reporter: at times surfing a. hutchinson s accuracy proving critical. you hear those at the w
of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of hang mike pence. we re also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. you re looking at it as it s unfolding, eastman was there in order to overturn the election. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s bring in jessica schneider on the latest. brianna, cassidy hutchinson has long been considered a crucial witness since up close and personal to those at the white house. and she does have crucial details on what happened on january 6. we know she s been interviewed behind closed doors privately by the committee three times. and now, she will appear at this last-minute hearing in public. privately, we kno
aide to trump white house chief of staff mark meadows. she was present during many critical events and conversations in the white house and we know that she s been cooperating with the panel already sitting privately for at least three different times. you can see her there. cnn reporter marshall cohen is live in washington, d.c. good morning, what do you think that we could learn from hutchinson today? reporter: good morning, guys. we could learn a lot. and you know the committee thinks that this is super important because they scheduled this surprise hearing. it was supposed to be, you know, a little break, a little hiatus after the july 4th break. not so much. this afternoon we ll be hearing from cassidy hutchinson. as you said, she was there for a lot, in the trump white house, she was an aide to mark meadows and she witnessed all kinds of events. i ll break down some of the things that we ve already heard from her and some of the things that we might be hearing from he