another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well
calling for an investigation into sexual assault allegations of the coast guard and it comes after cnn uncovered what the coast guard covered up, a damning report that it covered up substantiated cases of abuse and rape. lawmakers are now demanding answers. we failed to provide safety in an environment that every member of the coast guard deserves. reporter: apologizing at a hearing. this is disturbing and unacceptable. it is heartbreaking, maddening, frustrating, and untolerable. reporter: dozens of substantiated cases of suspected abuse and rape were found during an investigation dubbed operation failed anchor, but they never shared that investigation even with congress.
suspicion is this may be the latest example of that. matthew chance, thank you. tomorrow morning the commander of the u.s. coast guard will face tough questions about a damming report on sexual assault at the coast guard academy. the report was secret for years until cnn started asking questions, the hearing, a direct result of cnn s investigation. chief investigative coordinator pamela brown broke the story first and talks tonight to assault survivor whose said the coast guard s culture has not changed. new questions about the secret damming report called operation failed anchor. it reveals history of substantiated sexual abuse, including rapes at the coast guard academy. according to documents viewed exclusively by cnn. the assaults were treated as minor misconduct by coast guard command, and were usually covered up. victims were often punished. the investigation ran from 2014 to 2019, but only reviewed sexual assaults from the late