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learn a whole lot more with the subpoena for pat cipollone who knows what was going on behind the closed doors before, during and after january 6th. we re learning more about the lengths trump world may be willing to go through. two unnamed witnesses say thads heard from people in the former president s o bit who they have been trying to intimidate them. what they said to me is as long as i can t to be a team player, they know i m on the right team. i m doing the right thing. i m protecting who ni need to protect. you know i ll continue to stay in good graces if trump world. they have reminded me a couple of times that trump does read transcripts. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. we have heard about this kind of behavior before in another hearing from someone else who knows all too well ho ....
doesn t add up and they need to make it clear what he knows under oath. mr. ornato did not have as clear of memories from this period of time as i would say miss hutchinson did. reporter: congressman adam kinzinger taking it a step further, saying in a tweet, quote, there seems to be a major threat here. tony ornato likes to lie. meanwhile, the committee issuing a subpoena to pat cipollone, a key figure members believe has a lot to share. there were quite a few things that he could tell the committee that would not be subject to privilege, and i think it s important. reporter: cipollone already signaling that he may be willing to sit for a tribed deanscribed deposition. mark meadows and dan scavino have refused to come in and talk to congress. we have the power of subpoena similar to what a court has, and the justice department has failed to indict them for that. so all it does is send a message you just have to resist the select committee and you may be able ....
justice. we want to welcome 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 at least one trump ally attempted to influence the january 6 committee s star witness, fearing what cassidy hutchinson would reveal to the panel and to the nation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. reporter: new information tonight about the january 6th committee s star witness, cassidy hutchinson. sources tell cnn that hutchinson was one of two examples that vice chair liz cheney used to show trump allies were putting pressure on former staff members to stay loyal to the president. our committee commonly acts witnesses connected to mr. trump s administration or campaign whether they have been contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. reporter: witness intimidation among a growing list of potential ....
You just have to resist the select committee and you may be able to resist all penalties. reporter: wednesday night at the reagan library in california, cheney using the work of the committee to make a case that it s time for the party to move past trump. to the little girls and to the young women who are watching tonight, these days for most part, men are running the world, and it is really not going that well. reporter: and, don, tonight we re learning new information about the testimony of secret service agent and the former white house deputy chief of staff tony ornato. sources tell us he has met with the committee on two different occasions, once in january, another time in march. committee members have already said that his accounting of what happened inside that presidential limo on the day of january 6th is different than the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, who said that she was told by ornato that the former president lunged at his secret service detail. but we re also ....
Contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. reporter: witness intimidation among a growing list of potential crimes. the committee believes trump and his top advisers could be at the center of. i would imagine the department of justice would be very interested and take that very seriously as well. reporter: but trump and his allies are pushing back, attacking hutchinson and questioning her credibility, all because of a dispute over one aspect of her testimony. the secret service arguing the details she recounted being told about trump lunging at his detail inside a presidential suburban are not accurate. the former president clearly backing the secret service members who are part of the story. these are great people. they ve devoted their lives to it, and i think they were very embarrassed by it because it makes them sound terrible. reporter: but members of the committee saying ornato s story ....