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avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trump's lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. >> now, in an interview with cnn's kasie hunt, liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a ...

Analyst kasie hunt, and daniel goldman, a former federal prosecutor and was lead counsel in the first impeachment inquiry against donald trump. he's running for congress in new york's 10th congressional district. we have so much more ahead on that outstanding interview you did with liz cheney. >> thank you. >> but i want to start with this new cnn reporting where you have trump lawyers that we know of officially for the first time talking to doj, daniel. where does that leave us? >> most likely they are talking about whether donald trump is going to assert executive privilege over conversation...

Of these communications. the white house itself has not responded to the house committee's request, but the house judiciary chairman jerry nadler told anderson cooper last night than i voking executive privilege is not a shield against any wrongdoing. >> it's fundamental law that executive privilege cannot hide misconduct. you cannot use the executive privilege to hide misconduct by the president or by anybody around him. in the nixon case, which was decided by the supreme court was very dispositive on that point. >> now, nadler has said that they've received a substantial number of responses ...

The report is -- the president is a subject or a -- possibly even a target of the report. it's his conduct and the conduct of people around him that's at issue in much of the investigation. and that should be public. and it's fundamental law that executive privilege cannot hide misconduct. you cannot use the executive privilege to hide misconduct by the president or by anybody around him. in the nixon case, which was decided 9-0 by the supreme court was very dispositive on that point. in addition to which -- >> that was a case about whether or not to release the tapes. >> to release the tapes,...

Backdrop. ford already working on another pure electric vehicle, the still unnamed suv will be as accesembn mexico starting next year. hope hicks plans to turn documents over to the house judiciary committee as it investigates potential obstruction of justice. the cooperation comes amid a growing number of investigations of the white house run by house democrats. it comes after the white house ignored a couple of congressional deadlines. >> jerry nadler says that his committee has had substantial responses from many people it subpoenaed. he warned the whouite house noto stone wall. >> it is ...