and to what extent did they go to make that happen? so we just heard tom foreman in his report. he talked about some oath keepers were photographed with roger stone outside the willard on january 6th. and we know that the group s leader, ten others as well, were charged with seditious conspiracy just last week. how do you think investigators are going to try to find out about potential ties between them and trump allies, asha? well, they have communication records. they clearly have some people who are cooperating with the committee. so, you know, they re just going to follow those communication trails. they ll follow the money trails and see how far it goes. you know, again, to be a part of that seditious conspiracy, there would have to be an agreement to use force in an effort to impede this law. so, you know, i don t know that it will necessarily extend to the trump campaign. there s nothing in the
of all of the different organizing efforts. reporter: trump confidante roger stone was photographed outside the willard on january 6th with members of the right wing oath keepers. stone has denied any knowledge of plans to storm the capitol, but some oath keepers were charged in the attack including at least one seen with stone. other loyalists at the hotel that day or leading up to it, trump attorney rudy giuliani, newly subpoenaed by congressional investigators. advisor steve bannon, former new york city commissioner bernie kerik. all we are demanding of vice president pence is this afternoon at 1:00 he let the legislatures of the state look into this so we get to the bottom of it. reporter: witnesses have told various publications the trump team at the hotel spent days
insiders were privately, desperately trying to keep the defeated president in office. there were actually several, quote, unquote, war rooms at the willard. basically it was the central hub of all of the different organizing efforts. reporter: trump confidant roger stone was photographed outside the willard on january 6th with members of the right-wing oath keepers. stone has denied any knowledge of plans to storm the capitol, but some oath keepers were charged in the attack, including at least one seen with stone. other loyalists at the hotel that day or leading up to it, trump attorney rudy giuliani, newly subpoenaed by congressional investigators. adviser steve bannon, former new york city police commissioner bernie kerik, and attorney john eastman, who pushed the widely discredited theory that the vice president could simply reject the election results amid the unproven claims of fraud. all we are demanding of vice
of the delay. when they realized that pence can t go along with this, they need time to send this back to the states. and this is why the conspiracy can touch trump in this way. this is the conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, not necessarily the conspiracy the seditious conspiracy that the oath keepers were involved in, which we don t have any direct tie to. but this legal strategy intended to block the certification, to send it back to the states with some idea they would decertify these electors for biden and then certify electors for trump is really what, i think, that the committee is focused on right now. who was a part of that? what were they doing? and to what extent did they go to make that happen? so we just heard tom foreman and his report. and he talked about some oath keepers who were photographed with roger stone outside the willard on january 6th. and we know that the group s leader, ten others as well, were
the u.s. capitol riot is taking a closer look at a posh hotel in washington described by some as a war room for trump advisers on january 6 of last year. cnn s tom foreman has the story for you. reporter: as the capitol riot raged in public, a block from the white house at the fancy and historic willard hotel, trump insiders were privately desperately trying to keep the defeated president in office. there were actually several, quote, unquote, war rooms at the willard. basically it was the central hub of all of the different organizing efforts. reporter: trump confidant roger stone was photographed outside the willard on january 6th with members of the right-wing oath keepers. stone has denied any knowledge of plans to storm the capitol, but some oath keepers were charged in the attack, including at least one seen with stone. other loyalists at the hotel