in a lengthy letter with indiscriminate capitalization committee chair bennie thompson sends it to him and trump doubled down on fraudulent claims that the 2020 election was stolen. a reminder, it was not. facts. once the subpoena is formally issued there will be specific deadlines for when the former president must testify. if he defies it, he could then be held in contempt of congress. yesterday s subpoena vote was the committee s mic drop moment before the november midterms. they also, though, used that final hearing to share new evidence from secret service communications, leading up to the capitol riot. and showed never before seen footage of congressional leaders scrambling to respond to the attacks from a makeshift bunker. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us live now. tell us more about new evidence that was revealed. well, victor, and erica, the biggest new evidence was all of that new video from congressional leaders behind the scenes, figuring
and with 2024 just around the corner, president biden is as named the new white house counsel, as he s facing a special counsel investigation into his own handling of classified documents and the hunter biden investigation as well, as house republicans are eyeing a potential impeachment inquiry. we ve got much more to come on all of that. but we begin tonight with a big night of trump legal news. here is first of all, there is mark meadows, who was trump s right-hand man in the waning days of his administration, and former top doj official jeffrey clark both of them trying to move their state cases into federal court. so that they do not have to surrender by this noon friday deadline. that, as the first two of the former presidents codefendants surrendered today at the fulton county jail. john eastman, the right-wing attorney who advised trump on how to subvert the election, and scott hall, a bail bonds man and a pro trump poll watcher in atlanta. meanwhile, we have a new filing in
up first, president obama is imposing new sanctions designed to make it harder for rogue regimes to crack down on their own people. speaking at the holocaust museum he drew on the lessons of history saying it is imperative to never forget and never be silent, he said, when there is evidence of mass killings, human rights abuses and other atrocities. with allies and partners we will keep increasing the pressure of the diplomatic effort to further isolate asad and his regime so those who sack with asad know they are making a losing bet and will keep increasing sanctions to cut off the regime from the money it needs to survive. is it enough? the new steps from the president, syria continues to violate a cease-fire it negotiated with the united nations and as the president spoke so he had sudan attacked south sudan and fred townsend is in new york with us tonight with the external advisory board for the cia and the home atlanta security department. announce the the new boar