what is he saying. >> reporter: his office is really downplaying the motivation behind jordan forwarding that text message to mark meadows on the day before january 6th and suggesting that perhaps he wasn't endorsing the content of that text message but was instead just passing along this legal theory from a former government lawyer who had texted the information to him and then his office saying jordan then just forwarded the text on to mark meadows the then white house chief of staff. to be clear, the contents of the text message are still pretty alarming. it was a legal theory that suggested that vice president mike pence had the sole authority to determine whether or not votes were constitutionally cast and he could cherry pick which ones he thought were and weren't and toss out the rest essentially interrupting the certification of the election results. it goes to show the intense pressure campaign being put on the white house and specifically