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the january 6th committee is not done, collecting new testimony for hearings to come in september. today well be seeing never before seen footage from key depositions including jared and ivanka. they are still seeking ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, he was e-mailing john eastman, author of one of the failed plots to overturn the election. they say they may subpoena her. >> the committee is engaged with her counsel. we certainly hope she will agree to come i...

not take from mar-a-lago. i would be surprised if there is still furniture at his club. according to this document, it was a nine-hour smash and grab. we will take you through the items in a second. are you ready for the criminal charge they are basing that raid on? are you ready? they are saying day raided trumps house because he violated the espionage act. they are saying donald trump committed espionage against the united states of america. in the statute says he may be trying to ha...

it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious question is, did they get caught? and then of course the final question is, will they get in trouble for it? that is pretty simply where we are. and sort of how we know how to orient ours...

that we now know to ask. question number one, was illegal? if the answer is, yes it was illegal, the next question is, did they know it was illegal? if the answer was yes they knew it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious questi...

supporters of donald trump who may have been and attendance at the rally. we are going to need to say something. >> and you have a clue as to why [inaudible] the white house? >> if i recall, i told kayleigh that i think we needed to encourage individuals to stop, to respect law enforcement, and to go home. >> although president trump was aware of the ongoing riots, he did not take any immediate action to address the lawlessness. instead, a 203, he called rudy giuliani again and that ca...

>> good evening. earlier this week i received a positive covid diagnosis. pro cdc guidelines i have received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. thus far i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. because i am still quarantined i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. i have asked vice chair miss cheney to preside over this evenings hearing, including maintaining order in the room and swearing in our witnesses. over the last month and a half, the sele...

>> that was the moment i decided that i was going to resign. i simply did not want to be associated with the events that were unfolding on the capitol. >> for him to tweet out the message about mike pence, it was him pouring gasoline on the fire. it made it worse much worse. she looked directly at me and not hushed tone shared with me that the president did not want to include any sort of mentions a piece in that tweet. >> on january 7th, president trump still could not say that the el...

side. and, the january 6th hearing that was set for this morning aimed at trumps influence on the department of justice has been postponed. well tell you whats next for the investigation into the insurrection. ♪♪ good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, june 15th. im jonathan lemire. were learning new details about the next january 6th committee hearing which will now take place tomorrow afternoon. a hearing originally scheduled for today has been postponed. ...

that is how trump insiders describe the former president election lies to the january 6th committee. it was all part of todays public hearing. cnns ryan nobles has the highlights right now. >> we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. >> reporter: donald trumps false claim that he won the 2020 election before all the votes were counted. a lie he continues to peddle, but one that some of his closest advisers told the january 6th committee they did no...

>> reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. >> what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. >> reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. >> we have had ...