the new york attorney general wants to hear from donald trump and his two oldest children as part of a fraud investigation into the family s business practices. we have the very latest for you. invasion fears, the u.s. formed russia could launch an attack at any moment. this as secretary of state anthony blinken is there. we are live this hour. british prime minister boris johnson faces a growing revolt by lawmakers and call him to resign over party gate. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, january 19th, and we are learning new details about the new york attorney general s investigation into the trump organization, the former u.s. president as well as his two eldest children. now, the office of letitia james says it needs to determine how much they knew about tax submissions and, quote, misleading statements and omissions in financial statements to obtain loans. all have so far refused to
first, breaking overnight, new york attorney general s office saying for the first time that her office has uncovered significant evidence that the trump organization misrepresented the value of its assets to boost its bottom line, the a.g. now asking a judge to order the former president, his children don junior and ivanka trump, all to sit down for questioning and hand over documents. also cnn was first to report that the january 6 committee has now obtained phone records for trump s younger son eric and don junior s fiancee, kimberly guilfoyle. these are the first known subpoenas targeting the trump family. and later today, the national archives will release trump-era white house documents to the january 6 house committee. it s a small batch of documents out of a much larger pool requested, but it s the first time the panel will get any of the white house records that trump wants to keep secret. all right. let s bring in cnn legal analyst. great to have you with us. the
here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, january 19th. i m john berman. brianna is living the night life this week, and kasie hunt is here. it s great to have you here. look at all the beautiful buildings behind us. it s a beautiful morning. we have breaking news from overnight. major development and new details in the civil investigation of the trump organization. in a court filing, new york attorney general letitia james uncovered significance evidence, those are her words, of misleading and fraudulent practices to obtain economic benefits. this is a big escalation in her language. and the first time she has gone this deeply into specifics. the case also turning up the heat on trump s children. james said have been closely involved with the transactions in question. investigators now taking legal action to compel ivanka and don jr. to supply with subpoenas and appear for sworn testimony about the company s financial dealings. kara scann
asserts they have uncovered significant evidence, those are her words, what what she calls misleading and fraudulent practices by the trump organization to obtain economic benefits. this is an escalation in her language and also the first real specifics of some of the wrongdoings she is alleging. james is turning up the heat particularly on trump s children. she claims that they have been closely involved with the transactions in question. investigators now taking legal action to compel ivanka and don jr. to appear for sworn testimony. let s bring in senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig and director to president trump and resigned in december 2020 and voluntarily spoken with republican members of the january 6th committee. let me start with you, elie. let s talk a little bit about the january 6th committee s decision to issue the six recent subpoenas. that s the other piece of this story. you ve got on the one hand the trump ag excuse me, the new
end in senate. the question is will that hold out with the two democratic holdouts. it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to warmer, the show that is hoping to plod through the muddy season of capitol hill. i m jonathan lemire, on this wednesday, january 19th. let s get started, the new york state attorney general s office is seeking to take legal action to force donald trump and two of his children to comply into the financial dealings of the former president s company. in a series of tweets posted last night, a.g. letitia james wrote this, no one in this country can pick and choose if and how the law applies to them. we have uncovered significant evidence that the trump administration used fraudulent and misleading applications on multiple properties including loans, insurance coverage and tax evasions for years. trump, donald trump jr. and ivanka trump, the a.g. s office says it is focusing on the monetary values of six trump projecteds in particular.