deal with the committee for a transcribed interview behind closed doors but it s happening this friday. oh, and it s going to be on video. a lawyer is telling cnn the interview will be limited to specific topics to avoid privilege issues. he was of course the white house counsel. the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. i mean, the understatement of the year. think of what he knows. think about how many times you out there even heard his name from other witnesses during these hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capital, cassidy, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. you still sitting on his phone and i remember passing to him, something to the effect of, the writers have gotten to the capitol, mark, we need to go to the president now. mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said some
the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. the understatement of the year. just think of what he knows. think of how many times you out there heard his name from other witnesses during the hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. on his phone, i remember pat saying to him, something to the effect of, the riders got to the capitol mark, we need to see the president now. and mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people is going to die and the blood is going to be on your hands. this is out of control. i m going down there. pat cipollone weighed in at one point. that letter that this guy wants to send, that s a murder/suicide pact.
but we don t have the time to go through that litigation. there s plenty of important information that pat cipollone has. plenty of movements, statements that he witnessed, on january 6th, that he needs to testify about. he needs to testify about the things that cassidy hutchinson testified about. he needs to testify about his conversations with mark meadows and other important players. there are so many things that pat cipollone can tell us and you are right, it s going to be hard for donald trump to distance himself from pat cipollone who was white house counsel essentially the second half of trump s term. i don t know how he s going to call pat cipollone a coffee boy to use one of his favorite monikers. maybe latte man, you never know. alex, from jared kushner s taped testimony about pat cipollone during the first hearing, listen to this. him and the team were saying, we are going to resign,
the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. the understatement of the year. just think of what he knows. think of how many times you out there heard his name from other witnesses during the hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. on his phone, i remember pat saying to him, something to the effect of, the riders got to the capitol mark, we need to see the president now. and mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said something to the effect of, and very clearly, had said this to mark, something to the effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people is going to die and the blood is
creak unique position. he s not the private attorney of donald trump. not the personal attorney of any member of the administration. he s the office of the white house counsel. and the job was to give counsel to the office, irrespective of who the office is. he has a lot to offer. but are there moments they can get to that won t include the privilege nature of conversations, as well? if the committee allows pat cipollone to carve out one-on-one conversations with cha donald trump, you wand to go to court and fight for those. you don t have the time to go through that litigation. there s plenty of important information that pat cipollone has. there s movements, actions, statements that he witnessed on january 6th he needs to testify about. he needs to testify about the