members bennie thompson and carolyn maloney, they're accusing joseph give. but no response from the inspector general's office. >> jessica schneider reporting for us. thank you very much. i want to bring in cnn's chief political analyst, gloria borger, cnn's analyst kasie hunt and elliot williams. el el eliott, i'll start with you. what does it teal you they interviewed the two top white house lawyers into the handling of classified, very sensitive documents? >> it's clear that the fbi is homing in on the disstrepsies in the handing over of documents. clearly a red flag got set off somewhere between june and now in which a number of boxes were handed over, but not the full amount. these are both -- it's important to note these are both senior white house staff, but not sort of principles. not -- it's not the president himself. that's where you often get the most valuable testimony you're going get, from people who were around subject to very important, very sensitive conversations, but not the president himself. they are getting very close to the president.

, the vice chair and himself, liz cheney and bennie thompson.e up, ginni thomas' name came up. they're pointing to a committee meeting tomorrow and adding no person is off limits. what is interesting, it's clear that the work is continuing and that it is still an open question of whether they do or don't want to call in mike pence here. >> and it's particularly notable because pence himself has said that if he gets a phone call or an email from the select committee, that he'll at least take it into consideration. he has not signaled whatsoever that he would instantly stiff arm any efforts on the part of the committee to try to get cooperation or some level of testimony or information-sharing out of him. so this does present, of course, one of the most high-stakes and complex issues for the committee. pence, of course, knows more than almost anybody about the pressure campaign that trump directed against him. there was a phone conversation the morning of january 6th between jump and pence. multiple people were in the room with trump during that c

this is bennie thompson's statement on subpoenaing these texts.ly promoted unsupported allegations of election fraud implying he had knowledge about the plans of the former president's rally. do you think jones could be in some legal sflubl what do you expect to come from his texts? >> let's just start with what's in front of us. will the committee be able to get the phone? the answer would seem to be yes. jones either wrongfully withheld it or he's saying there's a fifth amendment privilege issue. those are not compelled statements. any materials or texts on his phone, it's tough to imagine a scenario where that gets pulled up in court. the fact that it was an inadvertent exposure. it's by texas law. and listen to me pound the table and complain about it over and over and over and over. you've always assured me, be patient. things are happening. it now appears you were right and i was wrong. give us a very quick comment on the pace of this investigation as you see it now. >> well, i think, joy, the conversations that we have had have focused on o

which is why the chairman of this committee bennie thompson objected once because he wanted to preventublican from being every member of the presidency. the system is built for objections, the system is built not to rubberstamp otherwise why and by congress at all. why congress voted on anything. why is congress certifying on anything because it's not over until congress says it is over. when people say trump was trying to reverse an election it is not over until congress says it is over. would actually have situations like this one. when it was over until congress made the final decision and we had other situations like that. so he's not trying to stop lawmakers from certifying bidens wing quote unquote. conspiracy to defraud the united states. there is another nasty sounding criminal statute. an agreement to obstruct an unlawful deceitfully dishonest means and they point out pressuring vice president pence for electoral results on januar. pressuring vice president pence. i just told you members of congress have objected the electorate, state, and tire electors. right. the vice presid

today by congresswoman carroll maloney, the head of the oversight committee, and congressman benny thompson, the head of the homeland security committee. joining me now is one of the reporters who broke that story, the dhs inspector general, washington post investigative reporter carol leonnig. she is one of the foremost experts on the secret service and the author of the book, zero fail: the rise and fall of the secret service. so, i can't help but understand, i was trying to understand, at what point was, you know, the message to preserve, the call to preserve was sent. and at what point was that committee asking for things, and at what point had they already been deleted and, you know, he sent the message, saying they will no longer look for this? because all of that, you would register between those dates, i think it's incredibly important here. and it's getting a little money in the telling of this. so, explain that to us. >> sure. and charles, you know, i think it's really important, as a lawyer, as a prosecutor, as an investigative reporter, everybody should be thinking in terms of t

joining us is democratic congressman from mississippi bennie thompson.f the january 6th committee. lots of hats so to speak. thanks for being with us, chairman. >> thank you, ana, for having me. >> you represent mississippi's second congressional district, which includes most of jackson and the mayor again says the water shortage is expected to last the next couple days, too long obviously for the residents there. it's a much bigger issue. the city has been struggling with deteriorating water systems there for decades and we know in 2020 jackson's water system failed an epa inspection over concerns there might be harmful bacteria or parasites, last year a winter storm shut down jackson's entire water system and last month before this crisis began folks were placed under a state issued boil water notice following damage to the city's man water plant. so these problems aren't new and yet, here we are. i thought it was important to lay that out for context for our viewers. so why is jackson, the capital of miss issippi still strugglin to address this issue?

, this is the latest escalation in this constant battle between these two top democrats, it's bennie thompson and carolyn maloney. them versus the dhs ig. they're now lashing out at the ig and accusing him of obstruction. this all goes back to the ig's alleged failure to notify congress for what they say is 14 months after the secret service had wiped its phones of all those text messages surrounding january 6th. secret service had said it was part of a phone replacement program. so after this was finally revealed, they say too late to thompson and maloney, they demanded that the ig reconuse himself from any investigation. now they're saying he's not cooperating with them in the past several weeks. they sent this letter, they say in response to the committee's requests, you have refused to produce responsive documents and blocked employees in your office from appearing for transcribed interviews. your obstruction of the committee's investigations is unacceptable and your justifications for this noncompliance appear to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of congress's authority and your dut

but i think he met his match with benny thompson, liz cheney and the january 6th committee.estigations public and we have to get this right. how do you interpret that. >> i agree with all of that. i should start by saying merrick garland is my constituent and i don't browbeat my constituents. don'o you know.my constituents. >> every vote counts. >> every vote counts indeed, this is the season to remember that. look, they have more than 850 cases already for assaulting federal officers, for destroying federal property. for refusing to leave, for seditious conspiracy against the government. i know everybody is impatient because they want to see it go all the way to the top. but this, its how organized crime investigations work. you start at the bottom with the little fish and you keep flipping people until you gets up to the stop. and if you are with dr. king, you know, the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice and donald trump should remember that. (applause). >> stephen: i want it a little bendier i want it a little bend yer if it is okay with me ask

just last week, the committee's chairman, benny thompson, told reporters that they have spoken to prettyperson in the cabinet, and for the most part, they have all indicated their willingness to talk to the committee. in other words, we may soon learn a lot more about what trump's own cabinet was prepared to do to stop their own boss on january 6th. back with us again is luke broadwater, congressional reporter for the new york times, who's been reporting on the january 6th interviews with trump cabinet officials. you've been reporting on and everything that we're covering tonight. thank you for sticking around. the first question i have for you is do you see an intersection between the documents and the work of the doj down at mar-a-lago and the january 6th committee? >> well, yes. i mean, we do know that at least in terms of trump's record-keeping, but that has an impacted some of the january 6th committee's work. some of the documents they initially wanted were torn up. we know that trump's that the shoddy record keeping around one genuine sixth, resulted in a large gap in misting phon

members of congress bennie thompson and carolyn maloney are accusing the ig of obstructing their investigation into the missing secret service text messages that's in a letter thane released this afternoon. no response just yet from the inspector general's office. >> joining us to discuss, jim schultz and former assistant u.s. attorney kim wehle. let me start with you, kim. what kind of questions could pat scipollone and patrick philbin, former white house counsel and white house deputy counsel for kt donald trump, what questions could they help the fbi answer about the documents taken to mar-a-lago, the classified secrets, allegedly. >> two big things. one is chain of custody, what happened, what was the procedure in place, how did they get out of the white house, who else might have been involved in that tran transition? secondly, what if anything did donald trump know and say about keeping or releasing those classified documents. >> jim, according to maggie haberman of "the new york times" who broke the story, trump told advisers about the documents, quote, it's not theirs. it's mine, unquo

. >> as for the justice department, they've made clear -- members of congress bennie thompson and cars cipollone, they are accusing i d joseph ghafari of obstructing their investigation into the missing secret service text messages. that allegation was in a letter released on tuesday afternoon. there is no response to the inspector general's office just yet. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. as jessica, reported the investigation is ramping up in donald trump's efforts to overturn georgia's election results in 20. 28 judges ordering former trump attorney jenna alice to appear before the grand jury. it is believed alice help trump and his associates pope paul -- wolf cleanse election fraud in georgia. court date yet to be decided. the white house and democrats are celebrating a major victory, president joe biden signed the 750 dollar inflation reaction act into law tuesday calling, one the most significant pieces of legislation in u.s. history. too often, we confuse noise with substance. too often, we confuse setbacks with the feet. too often, we had the biggest microphones to the cri

congressman bennie thompson was still wearing his floaties. ( laughter ) so why the urgency?mittee could not wait to share some hot new deets about what was going on in the white house on january 6, courtesy of former mark meadows top aide and future oscar-winning role for jennifer lawrence, cassidy hutchinson. now, we've seen hutchinson before in video testimony from last thursday's hearings, where she spilled the tea on the seditionist congressmen who asked for pardons. >> mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, i know both advocated for there to be a blanket pardon for members involved in that meeting. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. mr. perry asked for a pardon, too. mr. biggs did. >> stephen: wait, i thought mr. biggs died on that peloton! somebody tell carrie! these hearings are full of bombshells. now, today's surprise hearing did not disappoint. it was loaded with shocking eyewitness testimony about the behavior on january 6th of former president fraudy krueger ( laughter ) hutchinson made it clear that everyone in the former president's inner circle knew that bad stuff was gonn

vp's potential willingness to testify before the january 6th committee comes after its chairman, benny thompson, told and pc news last week that the depositions continue on almost daily basis, and that investigators spoke to pretty much every senior person in the trump cabinet, and for the most part they have all indicated a win willingness to talk to the committee. well okay now as more trump allies signal that willingness, other members of his administration are being subpoenaed by the department of justice, as part of its own investigation into january 6th. yesterday we learned that former white house lawyer eric herschmann has been subpoenaed to testify before the federal grand jury in that investigation. if that name sounds familiar, it's because eric herschmann is the guy with the of electric wall art, who gave expletive laden testimony to january 6th committee about the white house effort to overturn the election. the new york times has brand-new reporting tonight that the justice department has subpoenaed the national archives for all the trump white house documents that the agency prev

. >> these are two top democrats, bennie thompson and carolyn maloney.y're lashing out at the inspector general. this has become an ongoing battle and this time they're accusing him of obstruction. it goes back to the ig's alleged failure to notify congressional for 14 months that the secret service had wiped its phones of all text messages around january 6th. secret service said it was part of that phone replacement program. so after thompson and maloney discovered this large lapse, they demanded that the ig recuse himself, they said they had lost confidence in him. but now they're taking it a step further saying he's just not cooperated with them in the past several weeks. so they wrote this, you have refused to produce responsive documents and blocked employees in your office from appearing to transcribed interviews. your obstruction is unacceptable and your justifications for this noncompliance appear to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of congress's authority and your duties as an inspector general. in this eight-page letter, it does reveal th

. >> why is bennie thompson not here defending his committee, the show trial? this is an absurdity. it is completely and totally absurd. we may have lost the battle here today, but we're not going lose this war, okay? >> we'll see what legal war he has in mind. he lost the battle because he is convicted, awaiting sentencing. bannon one of two trump aides indicted for avoiding a lawful subpoena along with his fellow host and coup plotter mr. peter navarro. now again, trump, his family, dozens of other aides cooperated to some degree. even if they plead the fifth, they showed up, which trump did again this week. what's striking is mr. navarro didn't do that. he could have. he kept defying until he got a surprise arrest from the doj, which he vociferously complained about. >> instead of calling me and saying hey, we need you down at court, we've got a warrant for you, i would have gladly come. what did they do? they intercepted me getting on the plane. and then they put me in handcuffs. they bring me here, they put me in leg irons and they stick me in a cell. by the way, what they did

we're seeing this escalation, between two top democrats, bennie thompson, carolyn maloney, with the dhs ig and now they're cuesiaccusing the ig of obstruction. is this goes back to the claim that the ig failed to notify congress that these texts were gone from the secret service from that period around january 6th. right after that, thompson and maloney demanded he recuse himself from any investigation into the secret service. now they're taking it a step further, saying he really hasn't cooperated with them in the past several weeks so they're writing this in the letter they just sent today. they're saying, in response to the committee's requests, you have refused to produce responsive documents and blocked employees in your office from appearing for transcribed interviews. your obstruction of the committee's investigations is unacceptable, and your justifications for this noncompliance appear to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of congress's authority and your duties as an inspector general. and we learned today, actually, in this letter, that the ig wrote maloney and thompson o

. >> these is what benny thompson and maloney are asking for by monday.not to collect or recover. and the deletion, erasure, unavailability or recovery of text messages from the secret service. mr. chad wolf, mr. ken cuccinelli in connection with this investigation. we heard where harry thinks it should go. where do you think it goes next? >> item two on that list is particularly important especially of course to capitol hill. they're seeking communications about the decision within the inspector general's office not to tell congress that these text messages had deleted and they'd essentially given up on trying to get them back. that's the kind of decision that drives members of congress totally nuts. and the reason is that totally relies on inspectors general to function properly and to keep an eye on the departments and agencies that are underneath them. when those i.g.s don't tell congress about problems they're running into, congress doesn't know about it and doesn't want to be expected to send in regular fishing questions, fishing expedition trips to

house oversight chairwoman car caroline maloney and bennie thompson wrote to the inspector general mondayns saying frankly, they're concerned about a coverup by the i.g.'s office as they investigated the missing secret service text messages. here is a quote. the committees obtained new evidence your office may have secretly abandoned efforts to collect text messages from the secret service more than a year ago. these documents also indicate your office may have taken steps to cover up the extent of missing records, raising further concerns about your ability to independently and effectively perform your duties as inspector general. one piece of evidence first reported on by cnn and prompted a portion of the letter was an email from a top i.g. official saying to a liaison at the department of homeland security, the oig was no longer seeking text messages. that was in july of 2021 and house democrats are saying that this was a secret because when he went to the hill with c complaints in july of 2022, he did not tell them about that, further, the letter accuses that same official who wrote t

earlier this week, congresswoman, carolyn maloney, and congresswoman benny thompson, called for officials at the department of homeland security's independent watchdog to testify about that agency's handling of missing secret service text messages from the same time period. here is former defense secretary, leon panetta, an msnbc. >> i don't think there is any question, when you go from agency, to agency, and find out that key messages have been deleted, something is going on here, that resembles, clearly, a conspiracy. >> joining me now, harry lippman, former u.s. attorney, and former deputy assistant attorney general. he is the host of the talking feds. not the talking heads, the talking feds, podcast. harry, thank you for joining me. let's start with the news of the department of defense wiping the phones of some former senior trump administration officials. we, the public, only know about this latest trove of missing texts, because the government watchdog group, american oversight, sued the d.o.d.. so, let's talk about this. how we got this information, what it means, and what we shou

because benny thompson, the chair of the committee, at the january 6th committee in congress, is saying they are having daily depositions, that nearly all of trump's cabinet has been cooperating, willing to talk to the committee, i mean, what can you tell us about this sort of momentum over there and the doj's investigation, which seems to be catching up with the committee's work? >> sure. i wouldn't say that we are paying too much attention to mar-a-lago. because it is such a historically bizarre and strange and momentous thing to happen for former presidents residents to be searched, by warrant, by the justice department. i don't think that we will keep our eyes off of the january 6th committee for too long, particularly because liz cheney just lost her reelection. and she is going to fight to stay in the public spotlight as she decides whether or not to run for president. and the microphone that she has as the committee. the committee, to this point, has been having those interviews and depositions every day. and they are gathering more material and we can expect when that next heari

mar-a-lago, are we taking our eyes off the ball in the case of the january 6th investigation, because bennie thompson the chair of the january 6th investigation, that they are having nearly daily depositions and all of trump's cabinet is cooperative and talking to the committee and what can you tell us about the d.o.j.'s investigation and the commit's work. >> i don't think we're paying to much attention to mar-a-lago because it is such a bizarre and strange thing to happen for a former president's residence to be searched by the justice department and i don't think we will keep our eyes off the january 6 committee for too long because liz cheney just lost her election and she will fight to stay in front of the microphone and the microphone she has in the committee and depositions every day and they are gathering more ands more information and you can expect when the next set of meetings come, it will be as explosive as the committee it make it. >> and instead of losing the cooperation of former trump aides, they're gaining. it interesting developments all around. katie tibenner, "the new york times"

members of congress, benny thompson and carolyn maloney they are accusing ig joseph ghafari of obstructing their investigation into the missing secret service text messages. that allegation was in a letter released on tuesday afternoon. there is no response to the investor generals office just yet. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> the white house and democrats celebrating a major legislative victory. president joe biden signed the 750 billion dollar inflation reduction act into law on tuesday. calling it one of the most significant pieces of legislation in u.s. history. >> too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with the feet. too often we had the biggest microphones to the critics and the cynics. who delighted declaring failure while those committed to making real progress do the hard work of governing. making progress in this country is as big and complicated has ours clearly is not easy. it has never been easy. but with unwavering conviction, commitment to patients, progress does come. >> this legislation includes almost 370 billion dollars to figh

sit for transcribed interviews with the two committees that are chaired by carolyn maloney and bennie thompson. i'll read you a part of what he says in response to these accusations. he says, "to protect the integrity of our work and preserve our independence, we do not share information about on going matters like the information you requested in your letters. similarly, we don't authorize our staff to sit for transcribed interviews with your committee about these on going matters." the bottom line is these members of these to comwo committees on hill want him to step aside because they say they can't figure out what happened here with these text messages. if he's still in his position. >> okay. so now on to another investigation, as we now know, the doj's investigating why donald trump had classified and top secret documents inside his mar-a-lago home. the doj does not want to unseal the affidavit behind the search. but why were they willing to release in that case the search warrant and that receipt of property? >> yeah. they went that unusual step, they say, because the former president wa

they're going to ask people like mike pence or donald trump to come and testify, i talked with bennie thompsonut this, and he told me that it was still a discussion that was on the table. pence, though, saying this this morning. watch. >> if they were to call you, the committee, to come and testify, would you be agreeable? >> if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. any invitation directed to me, i would have to reflect the unique role i was serving in as vice president. >> reporter: notably, pence making those comments from new hampshire, which for any of us our ears are perked up at his location and message. imagine the split screen this could set up, which pence were invited to testify before the january 6th committee. you have someone like liz cheney, who is now opening a bid for president. pence, of course, exploring his. it could set up a real split screen home on the issue of january 6th. something that cheney has not minced words about her feelings on, and something that pence has tried to weigh in tepidly on, trying to put distance between himself and trump, but

the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, said nearly two months ago the panel did invite formerice president mike pence to come in and talk to them. >> we would love to have former vice president pence's testimony. we have sought it, we've talked to his attorneys in the past. >> okay. and then what about the next part? mr. pence claimed it would be, quote, unprecedented for a former vice president to testify before congress. but former vice president gerald ford did just that in 1974. and he was not only a former vice president. he was a sitting president when he appeared voluntarily before a house judiciary subcommittee to talk about his pardon of richard nixon. in fact there's a whole list of sitting presidents and vice president harris -- and vice presidents who have testified before a house committee. a source with knowledge of mr. pence's thinking cautious us not to read too much into his comments, citing the constitutional concerns that pence alluded to. if he's not really considering meeting with the committee, why did he say that? we should note he said it while he was i

benny thompson had told our team yes, they're sort of talking about talking to him.the interest level and next steps here. >> hallie, there's a mix of intrigue and apprehension within the committee about this based on my sources. intrigued because this is the first time mike pence has publicly opened the door in any form or fashion to talking to this committee and there's one piece of the push until particular they believe he can help them with in terms of january 6th, specifically a tense phone call he had with donald trump hours before rioters breached this capitol and started chanting "hang mike pence." there's skepticism because there are other witnesses who have spoken to the committee and have simply declined to discuss their conversations with then president trump at the time and it's not clear pence would be willing to break that mold. there's the fact that the committee knows beyond that a great deal about mike pence's story through top aides of his at the time, including gregg jacobs and mark short. they know the story of the pressure he faced from trump, t

bennie thompson the chair of the generous six committee referred to clarence thomas as an

i am bennie thompson, chairman of the january 6, 20 committee. i was born, raised and still live in bolton, mississippi. a town with a population of 521, which is midway between jackson and vicksburg, mississippi, and the mississippi river. i'm from a part of the country where people justified the actions of slavery, the coop -- the ku klux klan and lynching. i'm reminded of that dark history as i hear voices today try to justify the actions of the insurrectionists on january 6, 2020 one. over the next few weeks, hopefully you will get to know the other members, my colleagues up here, and me. we represent a diversity of communities from all over the united states, rural areas and cities, east coast, west coast, and the heartland. all of us have one thing in common, we swore the same oath. that same oath that all members of congress take upon taking office, and afterwards, every two years to be elected. we swore an oath to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. the words of the current oath taken by all of us, that near

conservative republicans making the case publicly at the adept questioning of liz cheney and bennie thompson adam kinzinger and other members of the january 6th committee. and then instead of being a sleepy summer month, august ushered in an unprecedented search of the ex-president's home. on that same sort of pillar, threats to national security at the hands of the ex-president. what do you make of this message, which is really something a.b.'s been talking about ever since the insurrection, but how it maybe aided and really relatable based on the news diet that most americans have consumed for the last three months. >> well, for months now, this white house has tried to paint the upcoming midterm elections as, hey, democrats we're the party that are trying to get things done, while republicans are the party of the extremes who are out of touch on a number of issues, and the big two for a while there were guns outside of a few republicans who lent support to the bipartisan gun deal, very few in the gop wanted to go there, and then of course abortion, when the supreme court tossed out roe v.

bennie thompson the chair of the general six committee referred to clarence thomas as an uncle tom.scare people because we refute the narrative. the narrative is american is going to racist. black people are truly oppressed which is what democrats have doctor black people to routine because that characterize themselves as learn the white hat in these fights and these republicans over there where the black at. >> host: i want to read a quote from march 31, 2022. this is from one of your columns. sorry, i don't consider myself a victim of a systemically racisty country. i don't believe cops engage in institutional racial profiling. i reject critical race theory and climate change alarmism. i believe taxes are too high, regulations to severe, and government too big. i support secure borders and pro-life.fe god-fearing and advocate school choice. >> guest: that's it. that's exactly it. and i believe elvis is the king. look, this is about police engaging in system present. this not only wrong, it's dangerous. there are many studies showing anything theth police are more hesitant more rel

bennie thompson, the chair of the january 6th committee, referred to clarence thomas as an uncle tom. they scare people because we refute the narrative. the narrative is white people are eternally oppressed. they characterize themselves as wearing a white hat in that fight, and these dastardly republicans over there, they wear the black hats. >> host: i do want to read a quote from if march 31 is, 2022. this is from one of your columns. sorry, i don't consider myself a victim of a systemically racist country. d i don't believe cops engage in institutional racial profiling. i are eject -- i reject critical race c theory and climate change alarmism. i believe taxes are too high, regulations too severe and government too big. i support secure borders and pro-life, god-fearing and advocate school choice. >> guest: that that's it. that's exactly it. and i believe elvis is the king. [laughter] look, business about the police engaging in systemic racism is not only wrong, peter, it's dangerous. there are many studies showing, if anything, the police are more hesitant, more reluctant to pull

committee chair bennie thompson says investigators have spoken to, quote, pretty much every single person in the cabinet. for the most part they have all indicated a willingness to talk to the committee. joining me now is congressman madeleine dean. vice chair of the judiciary and financial committees. and former house impeachment manager. welcome, congresswoman. before we get into the january 6th discussion, what is your reaction to what we are learning about the documents that we recovered from mar-a-lago? >> good morning michael. it's a real privilege to be on with you so thank you for inviting me. i have to tell you, unlike your other two guests i did print out the whole thing. i am a preacher. of paper. i know i put my printer at risk. but it is worth a reads. for what is there, the probable cause and the very thoughtful arguments towards probable cause. of course, the identification of the documents. and of course for what is not there. it is extraordinarily troubling what's this president was capable of, is capable of. there is so much more we need to learn. but of course the thoug

undergraduate degree from timberline college in jackson, mississippi which was also -- i think bennie thompson might have gone there but i am not sure. mr. johnson, you are recognized for five minutes. mr. johnson? you might need to turn on your microphone. mr. johnson: that is important, can you hear me now? good morning chairman nadler and cohen, ranking members jordan and johnson, thank you for the invitation to testify about the efforts to rep. johnson: rep. : that is important you can hear me now. >> that is exactly right. -- thank you for the information -- vote john r lewis. the son of the state of mississippi. it has been my home for the last 30 years. i live and work in the heart of the state where so many civil rights were formed. it was in mississippi my predecessors served in the state conference and gave his life for the cause of voting rights. it was in mississippi where people of all races, religion, and creeds -- 50 years ago -- among them where individuals such as hollis -- and you list are simpson who worked with -- who is in mississippi where some of those were executed by w

in a subpoena letter from congressman bennie thompson, they noted several areas and topics that jones' text messages could provide further light on. one, jones was involved with the planning of the january 6th rally on the ellipse. we've previously reported about some of his communications with planners of the rally, like wren and ali alexander, as well, ana tortuous insurrectionist who was cooperating with the committee. they're also extremely interested in what jones said to trump after his infamous december 19th tweet, where he told his supporters, be there. it will be wild. jones went on "info wars" that same day and called the tweet one of the most historic events in american history. we also note jones was in touch with people like roger stone and others who were staying at the willard hotel, which was sort of the home base for some of these schemes to overturn the results of the election. especially as the committee is pursuing further threads, trying to shed light on former president trump's ties to extremists and what exactly he knew about some of the planning taking place th