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put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannon's claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask -- and these are his words -- what's the point of going to trial if there are no defenses? to which the judge replied, agreed. remember, this is the same c van who...

doug jones who said the problem is that everyone during the 2016 election in the green room would say one thing about the former president before the cameras were rolling and the commercial break, and all the sudden, the lights came on and they said a completely different thing, because it is beneficial to them to say it. was it doug jones who said it? he's absolutely right. >> doug jones, doug heye, the two dougs, they call themselves douggy fresh, who are sitting behind the cameras right now. it is interesting to me, as somebody who would like to think that if you are asking for th...

i'm john berman. brianna is off. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is here. >> honored as always. >> a very busy morning. just one single text message, just one, a few minutes before midnight our jamie gangel broke the news that the secret service turned over just one text message in response to a request by the homeland security inspector general. this is about text messages sent before and around the attack on the capitol on january 6, 2021. according to a letter obtained by cnn from the inspector general to the january 6th committee, the ig asked for a month's worth ...

>> also new this morning, surrounding new details surrounding former president trump's efforts to overturn the election, a georgia district attorney tells 16 so-called fake electors they are now targets of this ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. it is a notable escalation. we'll explain why. and it comes as another election denier just secured the republican primary for governor in maryland. trump-backed candidate dan cox known for encouraging former president trump to seize voting machines will face off against the democratic nominee there in november. let's b...

bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. let's begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. >> reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral count act, a law from 1887, works. essentially make it harder to overturn an election and what we saw d...