when he ran for the white house, breaking with a presidential tradition going back decades. and he fought every effort to get them released, calling it an abuse of power and a witch hunt. but a congressional committee led by democrats is now forcing their release, saying mr. trump was not properly audited while in office. as kristen holmes reports, the former president has a lot at stake here. after a years long legal battle, the house ways and means committee, led by democrats, will release trump s taxes on friday morning. so, here is what we are expecting to see. these are going to be returns for six years, from 2015 to 2020. these are going to be his personal federal tax returns as well as the returns of some of his businesses it will also include irs audit materials. this is a big deal for a number of reasons. trump himself has built an entire brand on being a wealthy,
all eyes tomorrow night on the house select committee s january 6th primetime hearing, and the testimony by two former trump aides who quit in alarm at the former president s actions on january 6th. cnn national correspondent kristen holmes reports. matthew pottinger and sarah matthews, two former trump white house officials who resigned after the deadly capitol attack on january 6th. tomorrow, testifying publicly. the president started talking about the rally. after talking to the committee behind closed doors. one of my staff brought me a print-out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the
kristen holmes reports. reporter: he was one of former president trump s staunchest allies. a leading promoter of trump s 2020 election lies. joe biden lost and president trump won the electoral college. reporter: even delivering a speech at the now infamous stop the steal rally that preceded the deadly january 6 riot at the capitol. today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass! reporter: but as mo brooks heads into the runoff to be the state s republican candidate for senate, he is doing so without the support of the former president. learning the hard way that when it comes to trump, loyalty if given the opportunity i will get even with people that are disloyal to me. reporter: is not always a two way street. after initially supporting we ll elect our friend mo brooks to the u.s. senate.
listen, there were a string of incidents yesterday in north carolina. four people were injured after a small plane crashed during takeoff. it went down from asheville international airport. in long island, another small plane crashed into the woods on final approach to the airport. the pilot was the only person on board. police have not released the information on his condition. and another had to return to the airport due to mechanical issues. it may have been caused biff a drone or bird strike. passengers de-planed normally. president trump goes into a second week of vacation showing apparent frustration with the impeachment process. the president continued his tirades on twitter sharing pro trump and anti democrat messages. kristen holmes reports from west palm beach. reporter: president trump may be physically here in florida,
the republican governor of georgia is expected to buck president trump in a major way tomorrow. governor bryan kemp announcing his report for the senate seat being vacated by johnny isaacson. and sources tell cnn his pick may not make the president happy. kristen holmes reports. reporter: republican georgia governor squaring off president trump. expected tomorrow to appoint businesswoman kelly lesler to the state s open u.s. senate seat. sources tell cnn, defying the president, who behind closed doors, pushed him to choose another candidate, congressman doug collins. he s a special man whose name is congressman doug collins. reporter: an ardent trump supporter and defender. the republicani on the house judiciary committee has reepo