appearance. the sudden scheduling of the hearing suggests she will tell more than during her previous four taped depositions, clips of which were played last week, including the revelation that after the riot, a number of republican congress members had sought pardons from the white house. s had sought pardons from the white house. her boss, mark meadows, appears to be a central figure for the committee s investigation. first turning over his text messages, including the ones he received during the january 6 insurrection from top republican lawmakers, media figures and trump family members, like donald trump junior, marjorie taylor greene and a text chain between top trump white house officials including jared kushner. earlier this month, the department of justice declined to charge meadows on a context referral from the full house. it was made in december on the grounds that meadows abruptly changed course and refused to cooperate with the committee. andrea, this is a surp
over the republican party. he is continuing to perpetuate the big lie. and if you re merrick garland thinking about where the national interest lies in this prosecution landscape you have to be acutely aware of the damage that happens at the same time as evaluating the strength of your potential case. in a moments away, let me set the stage here. we see the forecasters are there. they re ready and waiting for the chairman to come in, and of course liz cheney, we understand it will be them leaving the hearing today. we expect other members of compete to be there and participating orally as questioners of the witness and the witness herself has not come into the room yet. this is, she will be the first
sessions department of justice before it really changed hands? conceivably. i don t say that impugn her first attorney in any way or praise her second attorney. it s simply that the more people who speak with her and ask her different questions and follow up with her, the more perhaps she remembers. if i had a trial i used to do it all the time. i had an important witness. i would speak with her seven, eight, nine, ten times before trial as part of my trial prep. even if someone is telling the truth, spending more time, asking new questions, asking all questions in a different way, sometimes elicits more and more important information. chuck, i have a question just to drill down a little bit more on timing. again, a surprise. she s sat for four depositions. they were planning on taking a two-week break and then all of a sudden yesterday, late in the morning and at 1:00 officially, they said, we re going to have this hearing.
transpired in the office of the white house chief of staff just stepping from the oval office as the threats of violence became clear and violence descended on the capital in the attack on american democracy. it is important that the american people hear that immediately. that s why in consultation with the vice chair i recalled the committee for today s hearing. as you have seen and heard, the select committee developed a massive body of evidence thanks to the many hundreds of witnesses that voluntarily provided information real ant to our investigation. it has not always been easy to get that information because the same people who drove the former president s pressure campaign to overturn the election are now trying to cover up the truth about january 6th.
appearance. the sudden scheduling of the hearing suggests she will tell more than during her previous four taped depositions, clips of which were played last week, including the revelation that after the riot, a number of republican congress members had sought pardons from the white house. s had sought pardons from the white house. her boss, mark meadows, appears to be a central figure for the committee s investigation. first turning over his text messages, including the ones he received during the january 6 insurrection from top republican lawmakers, media figures and trump family members, like donald trump junior, marjorie taylor greene and a text chain