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Believe that the situation we have and why were here this morning is because this case is unique and unprecedented. So why are cases normally not handled out in the public . All the other cases that came before either this committee or the Senate Committee whether or not they met the criteria of urgent concern were forwarded because they involved members of the Intelligence Community who were in organizations underneath the dnis authority and responsibility. This didnt come that way because it involved a member, an individual, who is not a member of the Intelligence Community underneath the au...

On capitol hill but also trying to talk to people that testified to the house about what happened in the white house. and potentially what donald trump was even saying. so what we know so far with other that's have gone before the grand jury is that they haven't been able to say what trump had said to them because of executive privilege concerns. there is this gearing up for a court fight that justice department is doing. and we do know with this c icht pollone reporting is that they've been in discussions about executive privilege. he wasn't able to share much about trump himself, what he wit...

Donald trump and his closest allies' efforts to overturn the 2020 election. as cnn's jessica schneider reports, executive privilege concerns could prove to be a complication for prosecutors. >> reporter: the justice department escalating its investigation into january 6th. with cnn learning of two new key subpoenas to the former white house counsel and his deputy. pat cipollone and patrick philbin are the highest ranking white house officials to be subpoenaed so far. >> this is probably bad for former president trump. >> reporter: prosecutors are deep into their investigation from trump allies...

He's talking about there about the institutional interests is the fact that there are probably executive privilege claims around what cipollone can talk to the committee about. it's something we have seen others in the president's orbit exercise. they are arguing here that cipollone can ask for those to be waved and the current white house, the biden administration has said that those executive privilege concerns are waived and this is tied up in court on a few other prevents, one of the things that might prevent him from testifying. they are in conversation with him in hopes of trying to get ...

Received these hundreds of pages of document. they did get just four pages of documents that they were actually scheduled to get even before this ruling, but he expects to receive these documents soon. john, these could potentially help the committee really better understand what was going on inside the white house on january 6th. now among the materials is that they are expected to receive are logs, activity logs, call logs, schedules, correspondents, draft speeches and handwritten notes from former chief of staff mark meadows and even documents alleging vote fraud in the efforts to overturn ...