the witness did not pick up when trump called. committee members say it raises concerns this was not someone trump would routinely communicate with and the attempted call came after cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony. the alarmed witness contacted an attorney. january 6th committee member lorraine la rei can t says the panel is taking this seriously. we take very seriously the safety of any witnesses, anyone that comes forward to the committee and likewise, you know, their privacy in this case, any speculation about who this person might have been and a lot of people trying to tie it together, the committee will just say that we want to protect this witness, but we also want to hold people accountable who have potentially broken the law. katelyn polantz and legal analyst and former special counsel to house democrats in the first trump impeachment norm eisen. caitlin, first to you. this reporting, white house staff support member. that s indeed right, john and br
jansen. there is news that donald trump has decided whether to run for president. he still mulling whether to announce it before or after the midterms? if his answer is yes he did not say that out right. he s merely meant to distract as to what is the hottest topic in washington. who was he trying to get in touch with when he reached out to one of the january 6th witnesses. what was he planning to tell them? what they call mark to evidence as witness tampering? it s been confirmed it was a white horse support staff member. white horse support staff according to cnn, it was not someone routinely in touch with the former president. the justice department is not in possession of that information. one of several threads they are following. the fact that they are coming to the committee for information, has led to a lot of frustration. even from committee members themselves. two they have got potent tools to get information. they can enforce their own subpoenas in a way we can.
the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. mister chairman, president trump s tweet true tens of thousands of americans to washington to form the angry crowd that would be transformed on january the 6th into a violent mob. dr. daniela harvey in, who is the chief of homeland security and intelligence for d.c., told the committee how his team saw trump s tweet unite violent groups across the spectrum on the far-right. we got derogatory information from ascent suggesting that violent individuals were organizing to come to home d.c.. not only where they organizing to come to d.c. but he s not aligned groups were aligning. and so, all the red flags went up at that point. when you have armed militia collaborating with white supremacy groups, collaborating with conspiracy theory groups online for a comical. you start seeing what we call in terrorism a blended ideology, and that s a very, very bad sign. then, when they were clearly across not just one platform
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committee will be in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin. mister chairman, president trump s tweet true tens of thousands of americans to washington to form the angry crowd that would be transformed on january the 6th into a violent mob. dr. daniela harvey in, who is the chief of homeland security and intelligence for d.c., told the committee how his team saw trump s tweet unite violent groups across the spectrum on the far-right. we got derogatory information from ascent suggesting that violent individuals were organizing to come to home d.c.. not only where they organizing to come to d.c. but he s not aligned groups were aligning. and so, all the red flags went up at that point. when you have armed militia collaborating with white supremacy groups, collaborating with conspiracy theory groups online for a comical. you start seeing what we call in terrorism a blended ideology, and that s a very, very bad sign. then, when they were clearl