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by this time tomorrow, we expect to know a whole lot more about what happened behind closed doors at the white house on january 6th. and we know that because we have a couple people speaking to us. the committee has out takes of the presidents message to supporters the day after the riot at the capitol showing him having trouble getting through the message, refusing to say the election was settled and attempting to call the rioters patriots. tonight, my colleague anderson cooper, ander...

formally charged and due in court today. as new information about his past raises questions about how he was able to legally purchase firearms. well get a live report. and weve also got new developments into the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. as republican senator lindsey graham and donald trumps former lawyer rudy giuliani both get hit with subpoenas. ♪♪ good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, july 6th im john ...

Trumps attorney, rudy giuliani, stopped contesting that he lied about the 2020 election. he waved the legal version of a white flag. specifically mr. giuliani stopped contesting the claim that he made false statements about two georgia election workers, ruby freeman, and her daughter, shea moss. >> ruby freeman and shea freeman moss and one other gentleman quite obviously surreptitiously passing around. >> giuliani used this video to push a conspiracy theory that somehow with usb sticks and secr...

Attempt to influence election officials in conducting their official duties. trump is currently under criminal investigation by a state prosecutor in georgia for that call and for his other attempts to interfere with the conduct of the election in georgia, his other attempts to interfere with and to intimidate elections officials around the carrying out of their official duties. that investigation, we believe, includes mark meadowss personal visit to georgia, about ten days before that call pres...

Visit to georgia about ten days before that call pressuring the secretary of state. a visit to georgia during which mark meadows personally showed up at the site of an ongoing audit of the results. what is the white house chief of staff doing physically, personally, looming over an audit in a swing state? well, earlier this month we learned that one trump lawyer john eastman had personally called up the republican speaker of the house in arizona. he reportedly called legislative staff in arizona...

I mean, thats what trumps call to georgias secretary of state was about on january 2nd. mark meadows was on that call. that call was all about pressuring and bullying georgias secretary of state into overturning bidens win in georgia.ia and, you know, its a crime to intimidate or attempt to influence election officials in conducting their official duties. trumps currently under criminal investigation by a state prosecutor in georgia for that call. and for his other attempts to interfere with the...

His shock resignation as the top federal prosecutor, u.s. attorney in georgia. forgive me, it stunk to high heaven when it happened, without explanation, in early january right in the middle of trump trying to stay in office despite the fact he lost the presidential election. we had just learned at the time, 24 hours earlier, about trumps efforts to pressure georgia state officials into changing the vote count in georgia, into finding him just enough votes so the election results could be overtu...

For almost a year now. his shock resignation as the top federal prosecutor, u.s. attorney in georgia. forgive me, it stunk to high heaven when it happened, without explanation, in early january right in the middle of trump trying to stay in office despite the fact he lost the presidential election. we had just learned at the time, 24 hours earlier, about trumps efforts to pressure georgia state officials into changing the vote count in georgia, into finding him just enough votes so the election ...

1:00 a.m. in california. breaking overnight, president trump pushing back hard on a report in "the washington post." the report says he asked bill barr to hold a news conference to publicly clear him of legal wrongdoing, in his call pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. "the post" reports barr refused, citing people familiar with the matter. but barrs justice department did send out a memo, declaring there was no campaign finance crime connected to the call. trump advisers t...

Pete buttigieg among the democratic front-runners in iowa. jeff sessions plots his political comeback, exactly one year after president trump fired him. plus, two accused killers who broke out of jail and fled to mexico get caught trying to sneak back over the border. welcome back to "early start." im julia chatterley. >> im dave briggs. 4:30 eastern time in new york city. we start with breaking news overnight. president trump pushing back hard on a report in "the washington post." the repor...