colony, even as biden offered russia s most infamous prisoner to bring her home. let s go outfront. tonight the cnn exclusive. we are learning that former president trump s legal team and the justice department are now in direct talks about the federal investigation into january 6th. this is a significant development because it is the first time that we actually know that they re talking, right? it shows trump is involved in this. the two sides are speaking. as attorney general merrick garland s investigation ramps up. according to sources, these talks revolve around conversations he would shield around federal investigators. we learned that the justice department was gearing up to battle former trump officials who might try and keep their conversations with the former president from federal investigators. i want to go straight to ka kaitlin. what more are you learns about these talks and considering they re with the former president s attorneys, with him. what does this me
new names of republican lawmakers who allegedly asked trump for pardons, plus learning from the film maker who turned over hours of footage of the president and his family to the january 6th committee. what did he tell investigators today? and a major decision from the supreme court on guns. critics say it s adding fuel to the fire when it comes to gun violence in america. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me. it s a quote, a brazen statement from then-president trump after he had been told that every single allegation of mass fraud was faulse, every one. his response, say it was corrupt, leave the rest to me, a quote the deputy general richard donohue told today that trump told him on december 27th, 2020. you also noted mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he respon
and 51 people dead in the back of the truck in sweltering heat and it happened in the united states of america. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a transformative moment in what was some of the most explosive moment in the january 6th hearing to see date. cassidy hutchinson, former top aide to trump s chief of staff mark meadows laid bare just how much trump wanted the crowd to march to the capitol, knowing they were armed, knowing his rally could turn violent. here she is talking about the warning from top white house aide tony ornato. i remember mr. ornato had talked about intelligence reports, coming in and saying we had intel reports saying there could potentially be violence on the 6th. remember tony mentioning knives, guns, in the form of pistols and rifles. bear spray, body armor, spears and flagpoles. spears were one item, flag poles were one item, tony, then relayed something to the effect of and these effing people fastening spears on to
it s something that, it, i still struggle to work through the emotions of that. another revelation coming out from cassidy hutchinson today, said mark meadows, former boss, and rudy giuliani sought presidential pardons relating to january 6th, back to you. all right, pamela, thank you so much. i want to bring in to talk now about all of this as pamela shared, ryan goodman, coeditor and chief of justice security, online legal form that s been devoted to the january 6th investigations as of late, jones, former adviser to president obama, former white house press secretary who actually resigned on january 6th, following the insurrection, and former nixon white house council and watergate whistle blower, john dean. so, there was a lot in there today. but this was jaw-dropping hearing. it was a powerful witness. what did cassidy hutchinson
sense, we would say it indicates some consciousness or guilt or some fear you could be prosecuted for what you did. congressman raskin, so much appreciate your time. thank you. now i want to bring in ryan goodman, coeditor and chief for justice security, john dean, former watergate whistle blower and abby phillip anchor of politics subd and our political correspondent. you heard congressman raskin talking about, you know, trump and what he did told again and again and again in the specifics brought toot acting attorney general that none of it added up in great detail yet continued to push them out there anyway. did the committee today show trump did anything illegal? i think it d on two lechls at least. presented, as you say and representative raskin said with career, unambiguous information, that there is nothing to any of the allegations. so that meant he had no evidence