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the january 6th case that could be approaching its end game. plus, in the classified documents investigation, previously unreported details on a subpoena for surveillance footage, not from mar-a-lago this time, but from donald trump s bedminster golf club. first, though, something exciting to share that s a little closer to home. tomorrow on this very program at this very time, president joe biden will join us in what will be his first live sit-down interview since becoming president. we don t have to tell you there is a ton to ask him about and talk to him about. you won t want to miss it right here at 4:00 tomorrow. but after i pick my job off the floor that i just actually read that, we ll go back to our top story, rudy giuliani, mr. four seasons total landscaping himself met with special counsel prosecutors in recent weeks. nbc news confirmed that he did that with his own political adviser, ted goodman after earlier reporting in the day from cnn. crucially, goodma ....
happening on the hill, and it s something that i still struggle to work through. the emotions of that. joining us now is olivia troye, former top aide to vice president mike pence. she attended the hearing today. she is a former colleague of cassidy hutchinson. olivia, i just want to read for the audience the tweet that she was just talking about. it was donald trump tree tweeting at 20 4 pm on the capitol, and that was being televised, he was watching it. he tweeted, mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution, giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. usa demands the truth! and so, donald trump further endangered mike pence s life with that tweet. and what cassidy hutchinson seems to be saying is, we knew. she knew that that tweet was further endangering the vice president. yeah, and i can only ima ....
to hang on to power, no matter the cost. this is what was revealed in bombshell tome by cassidy hutchinson, a former top aide to mark meadows. it was made clear that trump knew the dangers that existed on the day of the insurrection. hutchinson testified she heard the names of the extremist groups the oath keepers and the proud boys brought up during planning meetings for the january 6th rally. quote, when mr. giuliani would be around. and she said the justice department s national security division warned that some maga supporters were going to try to, quote, occupy federal buildings and invade the capitol building. most alarming, trump was made aware the very morning of january 6th that many of those at his rally were carrying an array of dangerous weapons. i remember tony mentioning knives, guns, in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray, body armor, spears, and flag poles. despite having all that information, trump took to the stage on the ellipse and direct ....
After that state s republican secretary of state had said there was no fraud. but even more important perhaps than what giuliani said there or what he was asked about by jack smith s investigators is that the meeting happened at all. giuliani s critical role in the plot and plan to steal the election suggests jack smith and his team could very well be nearing the conclusion of that investigation, meaning donald trump could very soon face brand new additional criminal charges. that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. politico national correspondent and msnbc political contributor, betsy woodruff swan is here. also joining us former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general, harry litman is back. and former rnc chairman michael steele is here. michael steele, i have to start with you because i feel like knowing rudy before he was this rudy makes his appearance before jack smith s investigators in the january 6th coup plot very ....
Probing the violence is what did you do once it became deadly? did you go on tv and tell them to leave? did you send out a tweet to your followers telling them to go home? once you saw what was happening and you had good reason to know what would happen, what did you do? and i m guessing that jack smith knows the answer to that question, but i m going to push all of you on that as well as the willard hotel meeting, which is back in the news today. no one is going anywhere. when we come back, donald trump who s made a career out of living in the muck is getting a taste of his own medicine. what chris christie said in response to a fat attack next. plus, new reporting on this weekend s coup attempt by the armed mercenary force wagner group fully intended to capture russian military leaders and that some of those closest to putin knew about it. the very latest reporting on that as the world watches for how the russian leader is going to react there and around the world. and later in t ....