cell phone, this is one permitting them to look at the contents of the cell phone. eastman is the one who cooked up the dubious rationale for overturning the election. also cassidy hutchinson, former white house aide to mark meadows, is cooperating with the department of justice. that s according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. and it comes with a caveat. we don t yet know the extent of her cooperation. we re learning, though, that she s not alone. this morning, an acquaintance of hers, alyssa farah griffin, said she is, quote, aware of other white house officials who is been reached out to by the department and are planning to cooperate, end quote. she was more specific when asked about it this afternoon. there was someone else in the broader network who i would consider mid level that could support what they re looking into specifically around similar questions to what short was asked about, which is the pressure campaign on mike pence in the days leading u
president with crimes against the government he lead, including 80 or assisting and insurrection, the filing of the constitution he once swore an oath to defend. i m jake tapper. and i am laura coates, and this is a special two hour three 60 on what, by any measure is a day like no other. we are on the verge of the second anniversary of a very violent mob incited by the former president, storming the capitol, members of the house january 6th committee, history, well, with history. ours is not a system of justice, where foot soldiers go to jail in the massive crimes and leaders get a free path. we believe that the evidence described by my colleagues today and assembled throughout our hearings warrants a criminal referral of former president donald j trump
thanks so much to you for being with us. ac360 begins now. for the first time ever, ever, in all of history, a bipartisan congressional committee has recommended charging a former u.s. president with crimes against the government he led, including aiding or assisting an insurrection. defiling the constitution, he once swore an oath to defend. i m jake tapper. and i m laura coats. this is a special two-hour, 3sky on what by any measure is a day like no other. we are on the verge of the second anniversary of a very violent mob incited by the former president, storming the capitol, members of the house, january 6th committee answered history, well, with history.
doesn t happen that often with a president. it marks the gravity of this day. one year ago, the world watched as a mob incited by the former president and his allies led this weaponized attempt to overturn a free and fair democratic election. inside the capitol, an even more harrowing picture. there were brutal attacks on dozens of officers, one was nearly crushed in the rush to storm the building. for several hours, former president trump refused to call off the violent crowd that left law enforcement beaten and bruised and bloody. on the house floor, lawmakers cowered in fear of their lives, some barricaded the doors, others prepared to fight. maiamid the mayhem, secret service escorted mike pence out of the capitol. as of today, more than 7700 hav been arrested. here s more of what to expect today.
by a mob incited by his plot to overturn this very fair election. this big lie that the election was false. take a listen to what congressman jim himes of connecticut, a democrat, said about this ongoing investigation and why it is so important for the committee to reach its results and inform voters of its results. i m hearing lots of people saying, oh, well, january 6, it was look, it wasn t a fundamental threat to our democracy. it will never happen again t. was a bunch of people surprised by what actually happened. that may or may not be true. it may be the folks i got to meet on january 6, i don t think are fundamentally the threat to our democracy today. the threat to our democracy today is things that mark meadows knows a lot about. what i see as the real ongoing threat here is the fact that we still have a former president of the united states promoting these lies to the extent that 60% 60% of republicans