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be a witness against myself. >> did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice president's role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? >> did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. >> fifth. >> dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states -- is that statement in this memo true? >> fifth. >> did president trump authorize you to discuss publicly a january 4, 2021, conversation with him? >> fifth. >> so,...

>> good evening, we begin tonight with two developments into the january 6th investigation. the first concerns john eastman, the trump lawyer who cooked up the scheme to overturn the election. the one that former white house attorney eric harshman told to quote, get a great criminal defense lawyer. we learned tonight that the fbi has seized his phone. eastman did nothing to dispel suspicion when he went before the select committee, took the fifth over and over again. >> i assert my fifth amendment right to being compelled to be a witness against myself. >> did the trump legal team as...

big day, unexpected and significant? >> absolutely. cassidy hutchinson has long been considered one of the most consequential witnesses for the january 6th committee due to her approximatety to trump many chief of staff mark meadows and therefore to critical events and conversations surrounding january 6. now, the committee has not released the topic of today's hearing, but the rush to get the hearing happening today shows just how important they believe this testimony could be. her testimony has rattled capitol hill. >> are you aware of any -- >> reporter: once a top aide to former ...

of staff mark meadows. she has been in some of the most dramatic motels of videotaped testimony. she identified the names of several republican lawmakers she said were asking about pardons. she talked about conversations around the legality of the fake elector scheme. she reportedly confirmed accounts that trump reacted approvingly to the chants of "hang mike pence." >> we're also learning that the cell phone video of john eastman last week. you're looking at it as it's unfolding, eastman was there in order to overturn the election. we'll have more on that in a moment. let's bring in...

aide to trump white house chief of staff mark meadows. she was present during many critical events and conversations in the white house and we know that she's been cooperating with the panel already sitting privately for at least three different times. you can see her there. cnn reporter marshall cohen is live in washington, d.c. good morning, what do you think that we could learn from hutchinson today? >> reporter: good morning, guys. we could learn a lot. and you know the committee thinks that this is super important because they scheduled this surprise hearing. it was supposed to ...