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Investigation into the january 6th capital attack. president trump's inner circle now becoming a bull's eye. the congressional committee investigating the insurrection has now issued its first round of subpoenas and the four -- four of trump's closest advisers are called to testify next month. mark meadows, steve kavino, steve bannon and kash patel. i want to bring in cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona and eli honig, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. melanie, let me start with you with the reporting. what do we know about the four people who have been subpoenaed...

Investigation, committee chairman betty thompson has not ruled out calling him as a witness. it is all focused on the rally itself, this part of the investigation. mccarthy was not at the rally itself, did not encourage people to attend. that couldn't mean he couldn't be added at some point down the road. it's an evolving investigation. it could take a long time. mccarthy could be included at some point. at this stage of the investigation, he is not part of this initial list. j jim? >> ryan nobles, thank you very much. eli honig joins me now. good to have you on. first is access. this is deman...

Just last week. but instead of refuting the tax evasion through the use of fringe benefits, trump seems to double down. >> they didn't go after hillary clinton and her foundation. they didn't touch her. they leave democrats alone, no matter how bad they are. but they mobilized every power of government to come after me, my family, my wonderful employees and my company, solely because of politics, they want to do things to hurt us. >> here with us now, former federal prosecutor eli honig and cnn political analyst anna tal. trump at the same rally defended the practice of taking what might norma...

Vance and letitia james, all of the statements i would point to to say look they came after my clients because there was an ax to grind and a target on his back from the beginning and you'll see a lot of that and there is a lot of fodder out there. and it also speaks to the point that eli has been making for days, is this all they went. they went to the u.s. supreme court because they said they needed donald trump's taxes an running against the statute of limitations here. so if this is what they have, and agreed it is not small thing, we're talking about criminal behavior. so we shouldn't dis...

Position sometimes change their mind? >> yes. nothing could sort of focus the mind quite like an indictment. i've seen people who swore they would never flip and cooperate but they did. but the optimal time, best time for weisselberg and prosecutors has already passed. you're of more assistance to prosecutors the earlier you come in. we're already now into the charging phase. so people can and do cooperate after they've been charged, after they've been convicted, after they've been sentenced. but the chances in the benefits just decline with time. >> eli, thank you, laura, as well. good to hav...