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revealing new details about the justice department's criminal investigation into the capitol riots. >> i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj and are planning to cooperate. >> oh, really? >> yes. >> how worried should donald trump be? >> first, a cnn exclusive. the biden administration's new offer to russia. they will, the u.s. will, give putin back a convicted russian and let wnba star britney briner and former marine paul whelan come home. that's the offer. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start with our money lead. more crushing ...

>> reporter: the federal reserve just made history announcing that they're raising interest rates by 3/4 of a percentage point for the second meeting in a row. we haven't seen anything like that in back to back meetings in modern fed history, but we're not in nor times. we're dealing with the worst inflation inflation prices in 40 years. inflation remains elevated due in part to russia's invasion of ukraine and very high food and energy prices. so the fed is stepping in and acting like the firefighter. they're trying to put this inflation fire out. the goal here is to raise borrowing...

forward. >> what do republicans have to say? >> the republicans offered a bit of a muted response. many not defending donald trump's actions, not yet criticizing what the justice department is doing, taking a wait and see approach. one of those republicans, lindsey graham of south carolina, who told me earlier today that he does not think that trump should be prosecuted. >> that's just ridiculous for me to comment over what some grand jury may be looking at. i don't see anything to prosecute him over. >> now, graham himself has come under scrutiny for phone calls he made to the georg...

release of brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn learning exclusively that the u.s. is now proposing a deal to exchange a convicted russian arms dealer for the two americans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> we begin with new evidence that the justice department's criminal investigation of january 6th is picking up steam big time. a star witness from the house hearings is now cooperating with federal prosecutors who have been asking questions about former president trump. let's go to our congres...

the lies. >> if you ask how many republican congressmen believe trump was re-elected i'd say maybe a couple but 60% of our base does. >> conspiracy theories. >> that could have been mickey mouse. >> i'm watching this is the craziest thing i've ever seen, and then people just bought it. >> lawsuits. >> they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. >> potentially illegal pressure campaigns. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> what he was asking for wasn't supported by the facts, wasn't supported by the constitution. >> extraordinary scheming. >> l...