extensively throughout the six hearings the committee has already held. but it was after we heard from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson late last month that the pressure really ramped up on cipollone to testify, under oath, before the committee. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out onto west exec saturday morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. there are developments today of potential new testimony the committee may hear from two other individuals who were closely aligned with trump. here s the headline for my paper, the washington post. trump considers waving claim to executive privilege for steve bannon. my colleagues isaac stanley-becker, josh joce and jacqueline alameda report, quote, former president donald trump is considering sending a letter to stephen k. bann
have no predictions about that hearing, and i m just gonna sit back and experience it. it feels like it s gonna be a big deal. the fact that they booked it for prime time is a really hard ask of all the tv networks to get them to give you that time. it implies that they think they ve got something that they really expect and want millions of americans to watch. and so, i think you can have those expectations, but in terms of what we are gonna learn, we are going to lay out, or what they might sum up from what we ve previously learned from them, i m with you. i just want to see it happen. you know, the best we have is a little suggestion from adam kinzinger, about what to expect. and i will show that tonight, just like everyone else has. that s all we got. and they ve been pretty reliable about delivering really important hearings. and so, we have every right to expect that. yeah, i mean, tonight, adam schiff just told me that we will get tape testimony from witnesses we
7:00 eastern. for the january six hearing. but, now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, rachel. i ll be joining you thursday night in that coverage, and i have no predictions about that hearing, and i m just gonna sit back and experience it. it feels like it s gonna be a big deal. the fact that they booked it for primetime is a really hard ask of all the tv networks to get them to give you that time. it implies that they think they ve got something that they really expect and want millions of americans to watch. and so, i think you can have those expectations, but in terms of what we are gonna learn, we are going to lay out, or what they might sum up from what we ve previously learned from them, i m with you. i just want to see it happen. you know, the best we have is a little suggestion from adam kinzinger, about what to expect. and i will show that tonight, just like everyone else has. that s all we got. and they ve been pretty reliable
he can tell us ways gonna tell us, when you can tell us and what to expect in the next hearing. and we are gonna be joined by a former georgia prosecutor to interpret those subpoenas sent by the georgia district attorney, to rudy giuliani, lindsey graham, and others. those are really loaded subpoenas. i m glad you are doing that. i have been sort of occupied this hour with the things on the ground here, but this is important for us to understand what is happening in these but investigations, but january six and in georgia. thank you lawrence, have a great show. thank you ali. thank you. well tonight the trump team is finally facing subpoenas that they cannot refuse. subpoenas from a criminal grand jury which are enforceable with handcuffs if necessary. and with this new round of subpoenas, lindsey graham has finally found his place in united states senate history. now throughout our history, corruption cases in washington, always get an awful lot of attention. and so it
important for us to understand what is happening in these but investigations, both january six and in georgia. thank you lawrence, have a great show. thank you ali. thank you. well tonight the trump team is finally facing subpoenas that they cannot refuse. subpoenas from a criminal grand jury which are enforceable with handcuffs if necessary. with this new round of subpoenas, lindsey graham, has finally found his place in united states senate history. now throughout our history, corruption cases in washington, always get an awful lot of attention. and so it is understandable, that overtime, people come to think of congress and the senate, actual corruption. but, but, the statistical truth is, that far less than 1% of the 1994 senators in our history, have ever faced any kind of legal trouble or legal questions at all. over 99% of them have never come close to being investigated for ethics violations, or violations of law. and it just may be that none of them actually, n