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now this email from jason miller saying of course they are wrong. have been heard. what do you make about what this says about where jack smith's criminal investigation into these matters stands? >> well, obviously we don't know, but it is clear from all the evidence that we compiled that these campaign officials and really the president himself knew that these claims of faulty election were false. we did find evidence that the campaign officials, they knew that they would have a harder time getting these false claims on television because some of it, stations would refuse to run it and therefore have more extravagant claims emails and online than they were able to put on the air. whether takes law violation, the prosecutors will have to say. but clearly they made claims that there was a campaign account that didn't exist. whether it violates wire fraud statutes remains to be seen. >> and congresswoman, you led the public hearing focused on what you coined the big rift. and where do you think and how many people do you think are exposed criminality

the trump people jason miller with the trump camp tweeting out ron desantis is the fisher price version of president trump. this goes back to that commercial that governor desantis ran with his kid building a wall with blocks and there you see the former president on the border pointing at the wall. there will be a battle here over this issue and we're just starting to see the beginning of it. >> dana: bill melugin will give us updates as desantis meets with voters down there dealing with it firsthand. in the meantime. >> russian intelligence must have known something was brewing. they keep people inside all these units loyal to the kremlin. that they didn't do anything about it before it reached this fever pitch is really quite strange to me. >> bret: fascinating interview with condoleezza rice last hour on the short lived revolt in russia by the wagner group which ended after just 36 hours. but not before it claimed to have occupied key military sites in two russian cities. this incident is raising serious questions about vladimir putin's leadership. former ambassador to ukraine willi

jason miller, directly involved in this all the way from the beginning, claimed not to be aware.ports and did not provide that to the select committee? arguably yes. i can't prove that. but there are a lot of witnesses, nicolle, that didn't recall things that were hard for us to imagine they actually didn't recall. >> let me show you some of what -- i mean, it's an incredible dual realities, right? before your committee people like bill barr and others were quick to say that they were standing over here on earth one, they knew trump lost and they told him. but facing questioning, it sounds like at least individuals you mentioned were not particularly forthcoming. >> yeah. there were people that were directly involved in the campaign all the way through january 6th who didn't share with us the existence of this work. you have to be clear, though, that the initial campaign leadership, bill stepien and others, were essentially jettisoned. it was pretty early -- >> right, it became a different campaign. they were trying to win in early november. and then when he was claiming fraud --

i saw jason miller, his former -- for his current campaign aide. who else is riding with him?reporter: yeah, jake, you saw someone getting out once they had actually arrived here at the courthouse. these are people who we don't believe will go into the room with him, we think that's just the attorneys, but you did see a lot of the political staff that is with the former president today. steven chung his spokesperson who has been handling a lot of inquiries for the many investigations that the former president is facing was there. chris loss vita running his campaign, suzy wiles, all of them are on hand as he has just arrived here at the courthouse in miami. of course, when he actually gets in the room and gets before judge goodman we believe it is only going to be todd blanche and chris kize who are there with him. they are being tight on who it is allowed into that room. strict on reporters and media in the room. we do believe it's going to be the president and those two attorneys who go actually in there with him. of course, all this have comes, jake, as he is the president

the number one pick brandon miller, then to the hornets and of other draft picks that have come in at no surprises here right now. so far tonight, we'll come back with more. jason. we'll have a look at sports to give you more about those draft picks that have come in so far and we'll talk more about this pool and chris paul move course with ryan was in those graphics a little bit later and what they will do with the 19th pick tonight in the to you guys in studio. today. as a surprise and chemistry, you know, big deal for the warriors right? so got to with that. >> thanks thanks was your local election headquarters? and tonight at 7 o'clock only on kron, 4. we'll be breaking down your options right now. we're going to be taking an in-depth look into the u.s. senate race to replace the retiring dianne feinstein. the 3 top contenders for that seat. adam schiff, a katie porter and barbara lee. they're going to join us for an inside california politics one hour special kron four's a ton. wallace gives us a preview. >> well, as it stands today, this is a very close race. all 3 major candidates say they're taking part in this special and hopes of standing out as you t