investigations into january 6th and based on the evidence we saw last night, he might not be the last given that blockbuster hearing from the january 6th select committee in prime time last night. the committee put in place critical building blocks in its case against donald trump having criminal exposure as the leader of the plot against the government he led. in a hearing focused on what was unfolding inside the west wing of the white house on january 6th and in the days immediately following. the committee laid out in extraordinary detail everything that was happening as donald trump holed up in the white house dining room in front of the tv and barred photographers from the room as the mob he riled up attacked the united states capitol. the committee delivered evidence proving trump repeatedly and consistently resisted pleas from just about everybody on the white house staff for a forceful statement of condemnation. that would have the effect of calling off and stopping t
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
january 6th committee s final report that trump thus far has not been as transparent as she might have been.mi late in the morning on january 6th president trump made a call to vice president pence. trump tried to pressure pence to block or delay the certification of the electoral college results. ivanka trump s chief of staff testified to the committee that ivanka told the staffer that president trump was so upset on that phone call that president trump called pence the p word. this is something you would think you would remember. but when the committee asked ivanka trumpmi if there were an particular words she remembered from that call, she responded, no. as for jared kushner s utility as a witness, he was not personally at the white house on january 6th but he was there as a top trump advisor throughout the attempts to steal the election. kushner has thus far been decidedly dismissive about those efforts and their effects. here he isei describing how trump s white house lawyers
0 morning. can t wait for the hand of. that s all in for this that we look forward to it as well. that s it for tonight, live from ukraine. alex wagner tonight begins right now. thanks for all of you for joining us tonight, we start with breaking news about ivanka trump and jared kushner. new york times reports tonight, the both kushner and trump, have been subpoenaed by special have been subpoenaed by special counsel jack smith as part of his investigation into former president trump s roll in the january 6th attack. now, if you watched the house january 6th committee hearings last year you might remember that one of the signal moments was a piece of video the committee played featuring ivanka trump. a big question the committee was trying to answer was how much people in the white house believed the lie that they were pushing, that the election had been stolen. so it nattered when the committee asked trump s opinion of attorney general bill barr s statement which was made on de
the senator minority leader to say that. hey, jen, on liz cheney, we re all aware of liz cheney s public role in the committee, impressive, vocal, very very public, but her role on the committee as a whole behind the scenes in terms of prepping and convincing republican witnesses who are about to appear or have been subpoenaed to appear before committee. what was her role in that, in just making people comfortable in coming to appear and testify. it s a pretty remarkable story that i learned of from i interviewed for the circus, i interviewed sarah matthews who you all may remember was the deputy white house press secretary that was at the white house on january 6th and testified before the committee. and i asked her, i said, you know, how did this happen, who reached out to you initially to ask you to come in and testify assuming that it was a staff