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mike pence have asked in recent days about conversations with ump from, his lawyers and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute trump allies for certified electors from some states joe biden won. that's according to two people familiar with the matter, both spoke anonymously. prosecutors asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. some of the question...

Decide to indict former president or some of the top people around him, that is a very politically explosive thing for an attorney general to do, and so these tensions that have been playing out between the congressional committee and the department of justice have helped sort of, i think, deflect or at least diffuse some of that politicization. i think, though, this era of doj doing their work quietly is probably behind us as some of the more high profile people are being called in. >> yeah, i mean, miles the only thing i would add is that it's not just democrats calling for accountability. i...

Provokingly and provocatively which is intent. what was in the president's mind and they can not take you deep in, but they can tell you what he said. they can tell you what his reaction was to that's not legal. i think of another critical moment, i would imagine that there are key former justice department officials that are also being asked for their testimony just as they were asked by the january 6th committee. people like, as we say in the story, mr. donohue and mr. rosen at the justice department who were present when former president or then-president donald trump was told, look, you di...

Extremely high, and that is something that i think is still missing at least in the public hearings and the public presentation so far of what we heard from the january 6th select committee. it's possible that the department of justice has already gathered more information about the direct communications that were taking place with donald trump that could provide more concrete evidence that would help build that criminal case against him, but i think without some of what we've seen, some of these witnesses claim previous executive privilege over, it's going to be extremely challenging to prose...

Executive director of the renew america movement. your by line is on this stunning scoop of reporting. take us through what "the post" reported last night. >> yeah, nicolle, we've reported that the department of justice is now investigating former president trump himself, something that democrats have been clamoring for for attorney general merrick garland to commence in the seeming absence of this development at least publicly. we also have reported in this piece that the department of justice has obtained phone records including records of mark meadows and other top trump aides and people in...