and so did phil waldron.en didn't respond to our request for comment, but he told "the washington post" he visited the white house multiple times and spoke with then trump chief of staff mark meadows, maybe eight to ten times. the congressional committee investigating the insurrection at the capitol released this letter, saying meadows had turned over the powerpoint document to the committee. waldron told "the new york times" that he did not directly send the document to meadows but that perhaps someone on his team waldron also told "the washington post" that he briefed members of congress on his unfounded claims of election fraud. that group included ron johnson and lindsey graham, in addition to some house members. now the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack has also subpoenaed waldron. committee chairman bennie thompson saying in a statement the document he reportedly provided to administration officials and members of congress is an alarming blueprint for overturning a nationwide ele

now, phil waldron might not be a household name, he's not even a household name necessarily in my household. waldron is really interesting though because he's most associated with, i think a 38 -page powerpoint plan that circulated on capitol hill that found its way to mark meadows'inbox, when he was white house chief of staff. and that laid out a very extensive plan for trying to overturn the election results. additionally, waldron has told reporters that when he was in the defense intelligence agency that he worked with michael flynn when michael flynn was there as well. and so waldron claims to have that connection. the u.s. defense department hasn't commented on the nature >> yeah, that's right. and we don't know that waldron is the author of the memo. we don't know that he's the only person who is advocating for this case. it's a story that we're still working on. but yes, that first paragraph is so interesting, because it refers to a classified document that trump signed off on during his presidency, that nobody -- no public civilian, non government officials, knew existed. it certain

now, phil waldron might not be a household name, he's not even a household name necessarily in my householdn is really interesting though because he's most associated with, i think a 38-page powerpoint plan that circulated on capitol hill that found its way to mark meadows inbox, when he was white house chief of staff. and that laid out a very expensive plan for trying to overturn the election results. additionally, waldron has told reporters that when he was in the defense intelligence agency that he worked with michael flynn when michael flynn was there as well. and so waldron claims to have that connection. the u.s. defense department hasn't commented on the nature of waldron's military service, but he says he has got relationship with -- and there is extensive reporting that flynn also was pushing in the final weeks of trump's presidency for these extreme measures, for trump to take these extreme measures to try to overturn the results of the election. >> waldron we should just, know he's -- which is the sort of big intelligence within the actual panic on, are one of several. and that s

told investigators that that plan to seek voting machines was the work of an ex army colonel need phil waldron. waldron also circulated a powerpoint that urged trump to declare a state of emergency after the election. that would've been illegal as the former a.g. likely would've advised the former president. earlier this evening, another member described the investigation with barr >> they were informal conversations done by the investigative staff with the former attorney general. he was in a key spot, saw a lot and will remember that there are a lot of things that i didn't agree with the former attorney general about. but at the end, he did say that these claims of voter fraud were baseless. >> would you say he's cooperating with your committee? >> i don't know -- what does that mean. he is willing and has in fact had conversations with our investigator. >> as the committee continues its we're trying to get to the bottom of the capitol insurrection, the former house speaker, newt gingrich, another trump ally, has reportedly been advising -- and offered up this warming of the upcoming midterm

"the washington post" reporting phil waldron, who circulated a proposal to challenge the election resultsted the white house many times after joe biden's victory. and during those visits, he allegedly spoke with former white house chief of staff mark meadows, "between 8 and 10 separate times." worked alongside trump's legal team, and even briefed several members of congress on the eve of the insurrection about how to stop the election's certification. >> this is that 38-page powerpoint presentation unlike any other powerpoint you or i have ever seen, i'm sure, that includes options like president trump declaring a national emergency to stop that from happening and "the washington post" is reporting that waldron personally spoke to meadows about this powerpoint. >> seth: that's right, they wrote down their plans for a coup in a powerpoint you know what that means congress is gonna have to subpoena clippy. [ laughter ] that's from our new segment, "jokes from 1995." ♪ [ laughter ] now, famously, trump never writes anything down, but i guess he forgot to tell his underlings before they start