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plan to assert the will, usurp the will of the american people and remain in power. >> it was an explosive prime time event. the house select committee held its eighth public hearing, laying out what former president trump did and did not do while a mob of his supporters storm the capitol on january 6th. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this friday, july 22nd. im jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. we have a lot to get to this morning. including president joe biden ...

Subpoena deadlines as i mentioned today, yesterday, coming up down the road. and is the committee going to go through this process with every single one of them while at the same time as ken mentioned, they have spoken with over 200 people behind the scenes, 200 people that we dont yet know about. and they are hinting at the information theyve already gathered in these subpoena requests to these individuals saying theyve obtained some of this information through their own investigation. and ther...

Sham, then that can be charged criminal. >> it is so trumpian, dan goldman, to digest what you are saying, that if these facts lead in the direction you are suggesting they might if investigated. then the insurrection would be not the most heinous thing that donald trump did between election day and president bidens inauguration. surprising reporting. jackie, ben, dan thanks to you for starting us off today. when we come back, as we learn more about the days leading up to january 6th and as mo...

Us. garrett, take us through the next steps for this committee. >> well, theres a couple things that are going to happen simultaneously. were waiting to see what the justice department decides to do with this referral on steve bannon. the committee is pressing ahead. there are two subpoena deadlines for testimony and documents that are due to come up today. the committee isnt commenting yet on whether they expect those deadlines to be met. these are for folks involved in planning of the rally he...

President biden says the justice department should prosecute those who defy subpoenas from the january 6th committee. the strongest remarks from biden yet only to be walked back by press secretary jen psaki. she tweeted afterwards, as president, biden has said many times, january 6th was one of the darkest days in our democracy. he supports the work of the committee and the independent role of the department of justice to make any decisions about prosecutions end quote. this as the house committ...

Thats a stupid argument. of course he should be prosecuted for failing to meet congressional subpoena deadlines. but heres the thing, ari. you said he could go to jail. will he, though? will he? because as you pointed out, this is a criminal referral. this is congress referring criminal charges to the justice department, which then has to have its own process trial. the last time we did this in 1983, rita ravel, i believe was her name, was indicted at the jury trial. just because congress did no...

Youll remember that clark was a high-ranking doj official between election day and january 6th. was trying to convince many of the high-level officials in the justice department to investigate these false claims of election fraud. one of the people he was trying to convince was the then-acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen. rosen, of course, rebuffed those claims. would not act on them. interestingly enough, anderson, we learned today that rosen voluntarily cooperated with the committee today....

As for mark zuckerberg yesterday, bad day for him, he lost $6 billion on the day. thats a lot of money and that was enough for him to fall down in the rankings of a bloomberg billionaires index. hes number five now behind bill gates. you can see. he lost $6 billion, but $121 billion. hes been a very, very rich man, making money off of us, the product. we are the product. never forget it. >> not exactly a financial tragedy there. still $121 billion. christine romans, thanks very much. coming up...

Ahead as possible. the trouble is, of course, that if he is eventually forced to turn these over, maybe in spring 2022, this is going to be a bit of a problem because it could be a bit of a role reversal in the way the -- came out just before the 2016 elections, and if this has the same effect before the midterms, the gop could be in a politically very difficult place. >> absolutely. could be punting to like a more controversial time in terms of what he expects. lets talk about the details of th...

January 6th committee grows, new reaction today from one member, congressman jamie raskin turning up the heat on trump aides who are threatening to defy those requests. >> were not going to play these games that we saw during the trump administration where they treated a congressional subpoena like some kind of optional thing or some kind of hide and go seek game. thats not what it is. this is deadly serious stuff. were asking for information, and we owe a comprehensive report to the american pe...