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unprecedented step -- possibly, at least leaving the door open -- prosecuting trump saying no one is above the law. the federal reserve is meeting today. experts predict it could raise -- make its second significant rate hike in just six weeks. first, let's get more on the reports that the doj is asking questions about trump's actions around the january 6th insurrection. what more are we learning? >> reporter: good morning. what we're learning is from "the washington post" reporting that they've asked a number of questions about trump's role. the department of justice and witnesses...

to vice president pence, mark short, greg jacob, they were both asked during their grand jury testimony about the fake elector scheme and the roles of trump lawyers rudy giuliani and john eastman. this morning in additions, "the new york times" and "washington post" are reporting justice department investigators back in april received phone records from key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. all of this as the attorney general himself, merrick garland, is speaking out in a new interview responding to criticism that the justice depar...

they were being too fickle. for us to question every element, no, we're not doing that. >> she made a great point that when she was a republican she did not see that. they did fall in line more, she said. they showed up and they just voted for an r. democrats, you know, dissect and analyze. >> there's a color coded chart of where you fit. >> a flow chart and figure how it can be better. tomorrow when you tune in, you're going to hear who they would like to run in 2024 instead of joe biden. so tune in for that. it's the top of the hour with cnn newsroom, i'm alisyn camerota. >> i'm vi...

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 ...

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...