yes, that investigation goes all the way to the top. and the fed all but certain to jack up interest rates this afternoon. but how big a hike will tell us a lot about the inflation problem. as new numbers on housing and what we re buying spell more economic trouble. up first, the details that point a glaring legal spotlight at the former president donald trump. this banner headline courtesy of the washington post, the justice department investigating trump s actions in the january of criminal probe. new york times adding critical detail detailing the fake elector scheme and including references to the president being looped in. post account saying that prosecutors have spent hours asking witnesses about conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in the former president s inner circle. the questions revolve around that fake elector s plot and what instructions trump may or may not have given to his lawyers and advisers. we do know there has been an uptick in gr
would you go including testimony from two top mike pence aides who were in the room when trump tried to get his vice president to go along with the fake elector scam. new comments from the attorney general are telling. merrick garland could have stopped at saying in one is above the law and all potential criminal activity is being investigated. but in an interview with nbc news, he was much more specific. i ll say again that we will hold accountable anyone who was criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next. let s get straight to cara. he is talking about a very specific potential crime. and we re learning a lot more about a busy grand jury and investigation. that s right. we re getting all sorts of signals that the department of justice investigation is intensifying. and when you hear attorney general merrick garland in that interview, he makes clear that this is one of the most imp
an impact this people s unconscious whether they are willing to admit it or not. republicans could have a problem if he is the nominee in 2024. and hearings are not over, so it is too early to know what the political impact will be. watch the trajectory. numbers are not overwhelmingly bad for dud, butonald trump, bu the trend continue. to be healthier, knowledge is everything.
investigations in the department s history. he emphasizes that no one is above the law. and he also said that they will hold anyone accountable who is attempting to interfere with the transfer of power. there have been a number of significant steps that the department has taken in recent weeks. one of the most significant is bringing before a federal grand jury vice president mike pence s former chief of staff and also bringing before that grand jury pence s former counsel greg jacob. those two were in the room with pence on a number of occasions in several key meetings. and as we have learned from the washington post, a number of questions have focused on trump s role in the fake elector scheme, his role in the pressure campaign against mike pence to have him not certify the election to transfer the victory and affirming biden s victory, a number of significant steps. we ve also learned today that the department of justice has reached out to several former white house officials who