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Vitale, former u.s. attorney at the university of alabama law school and msnbc legal analyst. and nicholas wu, congressional reporter. you broke this story. what do we know about the potential referrals against trump? >> reporter: yeah, jose. we were able to overhear the committees dress rehearsal as we met with a conference room here and they have done all their hearings from here so far. we have learned there will be criminal referrals against former president donald trump and that will operat...

Maybe more of a full report, and it lays out compelling evidence. its not all of the evidence. its the best evidence. and its the best evidence on these four charges. while they also make the case that had they had better access, right? are there not been obstruction by some of these witnesses, they might have more. >> joyce were going to get to some of the stuff thats in the executive summary because i think for a lot of viewers who watch today, if theyre all familiar with this committee and it...

Two big moves today, there arent going to be any witnesses its not that kind of hearing, they will make two big moves, the first will be the most significant and these are these criminal referrals that they are expected to announce. these are recommendations to the justice department for possible prosecution. now, we know that former president trump is expected to be referred for three different crimes and they include insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud...

Can get him on the obstruction of the proceeding for the violence on the january 6th day, and they name eatman in the supplemental material as the alleged co-conspirator. everything i just said, that is one charge and they go through and do it on the conspiracy to defraud the u.s., conspiracy to make a false statement, elector fraud, and they go on down to insurrection. if we remember back in impeachment, when there was the talk about lets be narrow, the democrats say they will teep coo tep real...

Business, but theyre also issuing recommendations this week on what to do next. what laws should be changed. and conceivably, some of those recommendations might have some legs if they can come up with the democrats. 51 democrats in the senate and a certain number of republicans. if they can come up with coalitions and get some legislation through, maybe on election reform or some of the other issues to stop what has happened, what was attempted by eastman and others in terms of the electoral co...

We look for any type of indicators from the justice department. >> we also have a federal judge who came out and said that mr. eastman and donald trump were probably breaking the law and he was referring to obstruction. >> thanks to all for being here. really appreciate it. it could be a matter of life and death for afghans and afghan allies who risk their lives. were going to talk to generals and admirals urging congress to act. stay with us. ting? i cant! im just telling everyone! hey! use y...

Referrals against donald trump front and center. im curious to see who else the committee names of the allies. weve been told that what weve reported thus far, which is conspiracy to defraud, obstruction of a proceeding, insurrection, is just really a small piece of the pie. so what other names are they going to put out there? weve also been hearing that it was likely that the committee would refer to the house ethics committee. the republican members of congress who were subpoenaed. but did not...

Unprecedented recommendation of criminal charges against the former president donald trump. the panel is set to hold its final public session. and to deliver its closing arguments about the danger to american democracy. welcome to cnns special coverage of this climatic moment in the insurrection investigation. im erin burnett in washington. >> and im jake tapper. the presentation were about to see is the culmination of nearly a year and a half of exhaustive work by the bipartisan select committe...

Backup information and such, what next? >> for them, jake, the important thing for the justice department they already have their investigations ongoing. obviously, we now have a lot of clarity that donald trump is at the center of at least one part of what jack smith, special counsel, is looking at, as well as john eastman and jeff from clark. two people who are big parts of this committees report. those investigations are already pretty far along. >> so, the justice department is awaiting stil...

>> jake, by the way, thanks for having me. very interesting questions. i think the most interesting question about breaking the law probably goes to obstruction. i still dont think there was any hard evidence -- and, again, youre talking about criminal allegations, so you need really solid evidence, proof beyond a reasonable doubt and i dont think theyve got that on inciting to riot. the obstruction charge continues to get my attention. i think manu was correct to point it out. so often in this ...