92 in their own words, stunning testimony revealed until new transcripts out yesterday and today from the january 6th committee. star witness cassidy hutchinson among them, admitting she was pressured to not talk by her first lawyer, paid by the trump super pac. and the final straw with him was when he suggested she risk a contempt of congress charge. what more might we learn in the committee s final report? plus, nightmare before christmas. snow, ice, and a dangerous arctic blast. thousands of flights cancelled. possible deaths, where the weather may have been a contributing factor. and forget siri, forget alexa. see the future of artificial intelligence. the powerful and alarming content can create on its own. and welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin today in our politics lead in a treasurer trove of interview transcripts newly released from the january 6th
yes. who else knows that the president did this? allen weisselberg, ron lieberman. weisselberg has been southwest up in the investigation. he was granted immunity for providing information on cohen s role in hush money payments to women alleging affairs with president trump. trump denies those affairs. weisselberg s immunity deal doesn t guarantee he will be spared from inquiries from congress or prosecutors looking into other matters. he could be a treasurer trove of information. weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried, a source prieviously told cnn. another man who has done a great job is matthew, my chief operating officer. you know i don t care for jen
meanwhile, trump said, i hope to be able to call this along with tax cuts and regulation and all the things i ve done, in its own way this might be the most important thing because this was corrupt. i hope to put this up as one of my crowning achievements. the president s attorney said they expect a treasurer trove of corruption. i suspect what they re going to find, is that this was a not only is a rigged investigation, as some people have called it, but it may be much, much worse than that. i m sure russian intelligence service are waiting to see what comes out. not only in terms of the what
you have to read it. amazing what s coming out on wikileaks. another one came in today, this wikileaks is like a treasurer trove. getting off the plane they were announcing new wikileaks and i wanted to stay there, but i didn t want to keep you waiting. i love reading those wikileaks. also tonight the washington post is reporting that mueller s team is investigating donald trump s efforts to oust his attorney general jeff sessions last summer and whether those efforts were part of a mons long pattern of trying to obstruct justice. joining us now eric miller and betsy wodruff. i want to go to the last item first about the president trying to fire jeff sessions and we saw the president attacking jeff sessions today in a tweet once again seeming to resume that. if you look at the tweet today and look at the story
the last month of the campaign. wikileaks, i love wikileaks. this wikileaks stuff is it unbelievable. it tells you the inner heart. you have to read it. amazing what s coming out on wikileaks. another one came in today, this wikileaks is like a treasurer trove. getting off the plane they were announcing new wikileaks and i wanted to stay there, but i didn t want to keep you waiting. i love reading those wikileaks. also tonight the washington post is reporting that mueller s team is investigating donald trump s efforts to oust his attorney general jeff sessions last summer and whether those efforts were part of a mons long pattern of trying to obstruct justice. joining us now eric miller and betsy wodruff. i want to go to the last item