department. what investigators inside the doj could be looking for. plus, the january 6th committee seeking testimony from trump cabinet members who discussed at the time invoking the 25th amendment to remove the then-president in the panel s cross hairs, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and dni john ratcliff. new cooperation from inside the former president s doj. someone who worked with jeffrey clarke, the man trump tried to install as acting attorney general in the days leading up to january 6th, is now cooperating with the criminal probe. let s begin with senior justice correspondent evan perez. a lot of movement within the doj, particularly as they attempt to get around this executive privilege argument. break down exactly how the department plans to do this and how quickly. reporter: well, jim, they are planning to try to get this as quickly as possible. they are looking the goal here is to try to get to people, testimony from people who were in direct
claims of election fraud. quite obviously, surreptitiously passing around usb ports as if they re viles of heroin or cocaine. it s obvious to anyone who is a criminal investigator or prosecutor they re engaged in surreptitious, illegal activity. cnn correspondent nick valencia was first in line when giuliani arrived to the courthouse this morning. nick, what did he say to you? reporter: he was defiant, alisyn. he seemed to be confident as he entered court before 8:30. if you remember, he was expected to testify before the special purpose grand jury last week before his team filed a late emergency motion asking for a continuance, saying it was more reasonable for him to appear in mid september. a fulton county judge ordered him to appear today. that s exactly what he did. he showed up flanked by his attorney from new york, bob costello. i asked point-blank, did he lie to georgia lawmakers when he spoke to them three times in the wake of the 2020 election. mr. giuliani,
cell phone, this is one permitting them to look at the contents of the cell phone. eastman is the one who cooked up the dubious rationale for overturning the election. also cassidy hutchinson, former white house aide to mark meadows, is cooperating with the department of justice. that s according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. and it comes with a caveat. we don t yet know the extent of her cooperation. we re learning, though, that she s not alone. this morning, an acquaintance of hers, alyssa farah griffin, said she is, quote, aware of other white house officials who is been reached out to by the department and are planning to cooperate, end quote. she was more specific when asked about it this afternoon. there was someone else in the broader network who i would consider mid level that could support what they re looking into specifically around similar questions to what short was asked about, which is the pressure campaign on mike pence in the days leading u
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