-- congressman adam kinzinger.ght. >> stephen: these are revelations from the hearings that you've been holding for a year now. but knowing all the information that you do, are you frustrated? or how do you feel about the speed with which the justice department is bringing indictments of any kind? >> i'm frustrated at the speed. i know they have a job to do. i think, you know, the revelations of, you know, the cell phone of clark being taken, and the raiding his home, those are good signs that, you know, they're actually pursuing this. >> stephen: that has to be a fairly firm set of evidence there. because they're going to a former high-ranking justice department official. >> that's right. >> stephen: and saying, "give us your electronics." >> exactly. somebody who knows how this game works, and that's got to go to somebody else. they're not going after jeffrey clark, i imagine. it has to be somebody above him, but who is it. i'm frustrated that for instance, mark meadows and dan scavino have refused to come in and

( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: so, keep in mi mind -- what kinzinger read off the d.o.j.'tes is the heart of the crime. the president knows there's no evidence, but he wants the d.o.j. to lie, and say that there is, so that his cronies in congress can overturn the fair election. at one point, the former president was spewing so many insane conspiracies, donoghue had to start jotting them down to keep them straight. >> i began taking notes, only because, at the outset, the president made an allegation i had not heard, and of course, that concerned us. so, i simply reached out and grabbed a notepad off of my wife's nightstand, and a pen, and i started jotting it down. >> stephen: then, later that day, his wife came home and said, honey, why did you write hugo chavez-trained dolphins are smuggling ballots into nuclear hurricanes?' darling, are you having a stroke?" do you smell toast? ( laughter ) as the hearings went on, we learned how the president's desperation led him to make shocking requests: >> the president was a little more agitated than he had been on meeting-- in t

adam kinzinger is a straight shooter. threats and he felt he faced a dire threat to his family. i know the guy well enough, he's an air force veteran, he loves working across the aisle with chrissy houlahan, they like getting big things done, the veterans coming back and they understand how violence can erupt and they understand how violence can tear apart societies. they're true spokesmen for serious understanding of where we are. >> it is a good point, they have seen it where violence breaks countries apart. i want to ask in a different topic, it is related, we're headed toward 2024, trump may very well run again as the republican, as for president biden, there were private questions from democrats as to whether he should run again. and now some of those private questions are becoming public. in your view, should the sitting u.s. president stand for the democratic nomination in 2024? >> well, my view is that both donald trump and joseph biden should step back from these elections because of their age. i think they're bo

hear adam kinzinger suggesting when he says that? >> i think he's suggesting that he joined with the people who the department has already charged in the most serious thing and actually acted to try to overthrow the republic. for my money, i think there are three very solid charges against trump, but this is the fourth and for that, you really do need an agreement with one of the identified conspirators to go forward. i think that's one where there's a very big dot for the doj to fill in, but on the others, basically they seem different and convoluted. just look for a lie at the bottom. so the alternate slates of electors, you just heard the email from eastman saying the fact that there are alternate states of electors. that's not a fact. in fact, it's a fiction and when you have that kind of knowing lie that's what's going to anchor one of the charges they think can be proven easily so far. seditious conspiracy, the big-ticket item that they haven't shown yet with respect to congressman kinzinger. his hearing hasn't happened yet. so

. >> that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of that time he has acted and voted like a conservative republican, which is what he is. he voted in line with donald trump's position, 90% of the time. but after the attempted coup on january six, kings inner was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump. and since then he has been essentially ex communicated from his party. last fall, kinzinger announced he would not run trying to wage a broader fight against trumpism. that has made some people very very angry. congressman kinzinger posted this letter when that he mentioned in that and interview. it's a death threat adjust to his wife and mailed to their private home. the letter says it considerate broke his oath when he sold his soul. now kinzinger knows as well as anybody that the threat of violence are the point for the far-right wing of the republican party. they are not accidental, they're not ancillary towards happening or what was happening on january 6th. as the committee, on which consider served h

congressman adam kinzinger sits on the committee, and he joins us this morning from illinois.d morning, congressman. >> good morning. >> dickerson: the committee is called the january 6 committee, but it seems like january 6 is encased in a larger argument that you're making, that president trump made a series of efforts to over throw the election and the january 6 attack was just one of them? >> yeah, that's exactly right. it is kind of unfortunate we're focused on the day of january 6. we understand why it was really the visible kind of symptom of everything that led up to it. but what is important and what we're going to delve into this week, and on wednesday i'm leading a hearing specifically talking about the justice department, but you saw a president that spreads misinformation, tries to install his own people in the justice to do his bidding, justice, which is supposed to be representative of all of us. preciouspressures the vice pres, and eventually, when we can't get his way, he tries to pressure congress in a public attack. what is very important to notice in that i

adam kinzinger: meadows responds with: "i got it. i think i understand.e work on the deputy position." representative perry than texts: "roger, just sent you something on signal. just sent you an updated file. did you call jeff clark?" mr. donoghue, representative perry called you the next day, on december 27. who told him to call you? richard donoghue: my understanding is the president did, at the outset of the call lisa: and so that's the idea that a member of congress was actually getting involved in what this committee sees as plots. we are waiting to hear from these members of congress specifically. one other thing we heard today that was very notable, this committee raised evidence, testimony from those in the white house that said six members of congress had asked for pardons specifically for themselves, and that another representative, jordan, had asked about whether pardons would be issued. representative jordan has issued a statement tonight saying that is absolutely not true. he called it 100% fake news. but we have asked these other representa

congress and kinzinger said the former president told him cummaquid, just say that the president was corrupt, leave the rest to me and the republican cupboard and. >> a short time ago i spoke with congress and kinzinger about today's hearing, whether he thinks the former president directed the justice department to break the law. members of congress leading up to generate six? >> this is about trump's attempted weapon is the justice department, but it ended with the panel revealing the names of republican members of congress, who, witnesses say saw preemptive pardons from president trump, they include congressman mo brooks, matt gates, andy biggs, louis gomer, scott berry, perhaps marjorie taylor, these are sitting members of as a preventative, should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? >> i think -- that is i guess, a decision for colleagues. my job is to put that evidence out there. at the end of that, i only know of one reason to seek a pardon. because, you are worried you are guilty, you have committed a crime. this is something that they

he was questioned by one of the committee's two republicans, congressmember adam kinzinger.ghue described a phone conversation with president trump. this begins with a video clip of republican lawmakers like matt gaetz and marjorie green taylor promoting trump's big lie. >> january 6, i'm joining with the fighters and the congress and we are going to object to electors from states that did run clean elections. democracy is left undefended if we accept the result of a stolen election without fighting with every bit of vigor we can muster. >> the ultimate date of significance is january 6. this is how the process works. the ultimate arbiter here, the ultimate check and balance is the united states congress. and when something is done in an unconstitutional fashion, which happened in several of these states, we have a duty to step forward and have this debate and have this vote on the 6th of january. >> today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass. >> mr. donoghue, on december 27 you had a 90 mine conversation with the predent wheree raised fse cla

let's begin with congressman kinzinger if we could because here is part of what he said. he said there is violence in the future. he is saying if this doesn't stop now, if these lies don't stop, more violence will happen. i wonder if you agree, are you concerned an event like january 6th could happen all over again? >> absolutely. i agree with adam's remarks. it's easy to agree with because we are living -- we are in the midst of political violence in this country, politically motivated violence. we've also endured it in the not so distant past. so, absolutely, you know, logic would tell you we are going -- we are headed to a very dark place in this country. >> i wonder if because you have been an outspoken critic, consistently, of president trump since what happened to you since the insurrection and for his supporters, for what happened on that day, i wonder if you are concerned, personally, for your own safety? i mean, look at that letter the congressman's wife got. >> yeah. i saw the letter, it was disgusting. unfortunately, since i've started becoming outspoken, i suf

i showed our poll to adam kinzinger. that most americans are not paying close attention, only 9% paying close attention. so is it breaking through? >> i think people don't see it as anything new. there's jonathan's book, there was an impeachment hearing, okay, we've be there, we've done this. yes, partisans are both sides are watching it, the point is, chris, team normal, all of these people surrounding him giving him advice, where they were telling the american people this could happen? the outrage in this, a lesson for a future staffer in the white house is don't just sit back, you've got to come out and you've got to be aggressive in protecting our democracy and so this idea that now we've got these good people, yes, they were good people and i know a lot of them, yes, and they had an obligation behind whispering in the oval but to come out and say this is happening we need to stop it in real time. >> averi, what's your sense about how much this is going to play in the midterm elections? >> i talked to congressional c

liz cheney and adam kinzinger. and only trace gallagher has their greatest hits for little perspective. >> adding liz cheney and adam kinzinger to the january 6th committee was nancy pelosi's meager attempt to add balance to the panel. you know, seven democrats, two republicans. remember it was adam kinzinger who after january 6th was the only republican to say that then mike president by spence should invoke the 20th amendment to get rid of trump. here he is at a hearing. >> talk about the impact of that day. democracies are not defined by our bad days. >> is also notable that adam kinzinger has voted with democrats seven times though he is not running for reelection. liz cheney is in a hotly contested primary and she appears to be among those who believe the 16 committee is an altruistic group seeking only noble ends. here she is in july '21 agreeing with how the speaker picks the panel. >> today, the speaker objected to two republican members. she accepted three others. she objected to two. one of whom may well

kinzinger, for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman.t daily requests from the president to investigate claims of election fraud. each claim was refuted time and time again, an effort attorney general barr described as whac-a-mole. when each of the president's efforts failed, he resorted to installing a new attorney general to say the election was illegal and corrupt, simply so he could stay in power. president trump started leaning on the justice department the first chance he got. on november 29th, his first television interview after the election. >> where is the doj and the fbi in all of this, mr. president? you have laid out some serious charges here. shouldn't this be something that the fbi is investigating? are they? is the doj investigating? >> missing in action, can't tell you where they are. >> republican congressman echoed the president two days later. they wrote a letter to attorney general barr laying into the justice department for a, quote, shocking lack of action. in investigating the claims of election fraud. that same d

. >>> one of the members of the panel, republican congressman adam kinzinger spoke with cnn about why it's important for people to watch today's hearing. >> a lot of this information is known, a lot isn't. and we're going to show what happened as the president was doing his best to basically put the department of justice stamp on his lies and conspiracies to embolden people. i would encourage folks to tune in and see yet another prong of what the former president tried to do to take away no matter who you voted for, to take away your vote. >> joining me now, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor jennifer rogers, and cnn chief national affairs analyst, kasie hunt. as we look at what we're about to hear this afternoon, should we read anything into the fact that it will be adam kinzinger who's leading today? >> i think it's an interesting choice for a couple of reasons. kinzinger is only one of two republicans on the committee, and it's very clear that as the committee thought through what this is going to mean, they are using the republicans who are present to add credibility and

two republicans on the january 6th committee, liz cheney and adam kinzinger, the one and only choice gallagher has their greatest hits . for a little perspective, le he joins us tonight. hey, trace. hey, tucker . adding liz cheney and adam kinzinger to the january 6th committee was nancy pelosi's t meager attempt to add balance to the panel. you know,o seven democrats, two republicans. and remember, it was kinzingerer who after january six was the only republican to say that then vice presidentsi mike pence should invoke the 25th amendment to get rid of president trump. and here he is in july 2020 t one at january 6th hearing about the impact that day you're going to tell in a democracy are not definedef by our badin days. it is also notable in recent months kinzinger has voted with democrats seven times, though he is not running for reelection. lizne cheney is in a hotly contested primary and shely appears to be among those who believe the one six committee is an altruisticbr group seeking only noble ends. here she is in july of twenty one , agreeing with how the speaker picked the

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adam kinzinger tweeted a letter he said he received at his home. it was addressed to his wife and mentioned how she and her husband and their child would be executed. he warns it's a vision of what's to come in our politics in our country. >> there is violence in the theater, i'm going to tell you. and until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can't expect any differently. >> over the weekend, republican dan crenshaw, retired navy seal, was harassed at a texas republican convention. one individual used a crude remark to make light of the eye crenshaw lost during his service. one female staffer was pushed aggressive into a pillar. extremism is on the rise, and some candidates are trying to use it to their advantage. case and point, eric grieden, a former governor of missouri who is running now for senate. he's put out an ad that we're not going to play but we'll show a still from it. he is holding a firearm talking about going rhino hunting. you can see smoke in the background. rhino is an acronym for republicans in names only. he cobs the

those are republicans according to adam kinzinger threatening to kill him and harm him and his family. they're calling for repeal of the 1965 voting rights act dangerous. the landmark protection that protects the rights of people who look like me and people who fought and fdied for that right. ab an abonormal lifestyle, there i nothing being abnormal of who you are and loving who you have and god made you. the extreme of the party who'll resort to violence, to get what they want which is power. so i want to bring in our justice correspondent, evan perez and jennifer rogers. thank you so much. evan, you start first, we'll hear from trump's involvement of the fake elector scheme. tell us more. >> that's right, don, the committee importantly is going to connect the pressure campaign that these officials in the state of georgia, in arizona personally withstood from the former president and his allies and send these fake electors that'll kept the former prosecute in power and perpetuate the idea of these crowds being brought to the capitol. they're trying to pull it all together and bringi

. >> that was my conversation with adam kinzinger. back to you, anderson. >> and one of the things he said at the beginning of that was very important. the price regular people have paid for these lies, for the attacks, the price on election workers who diecide, you know what? i'm not going to do this anymore if this is what i'm subjected to. and there are certainly plenty of, you know, sleaze zi folks with a political agenda who are willing to get those jobs in order to cause mayhem. >> the gubernatorial candidate for the republican party in pennsylvania, hi home commonwealth, doug mastriano, is an election liar and is -- was at the capitol on january 6. and in pennsylvania -- in pennsylvania, you don't elect a secretary of state. the governor appoints a secretary of state. so, this is a clear and present threat right now and whether it is sleazy people serving as election workers because they can't get good, decent people to do it anymore because they figure it's not worth the harassment or risk to their lives, or the governor of pe

among them adam kinzinger. he tweeted out a letter where someone threatened to execute him, his wife and their 5-month-old baby. he shared this morning. >> there is violence in the future. i'm going to tell you. until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can't expect any differently. >> threats seem to have made their way into the 2022 election season republican senator candidate from missouri, eric greitens announced a new ad saying he's going, quote, rino hunting. an acronym for republicans in name only. he says with gun in hand and surrounded by a team of tactical grew, join the maga crew and get a rino hunting gear. the violence that has seeped into our politics is center sage, another issue is set to define what happens in the midterms. the economy and red-hot inflation. president biden is considering asking for a temporary pause to the federal gas tax ahead of the july fourth holiday. 42 million americans are expected to hit the road. but can he get congress on board with the move. we start with

kinzinger for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in the weeks leading to january 6th, the department of justice was fielding almost daily requests from the president to investigate claims of election fraud. each claim was refuted time and time again. an effort attorney general barr described as whack-a-mole. when each of the president's efforts failed, he went to installing a new attorney general to say the election was illegal and corrupt so he could stay in power. president trump started leaning on the justice department the first chance he got. november 29th, his first television interview after the election. >> where is the doj and the fbi in all of this, mr. president? you have laid out serious charges here. shouldn't this be something that the fbi is investigating? are they? >> missing in action. >> is the doj investigating? >> missing in action. can't tell you where they are. >> republican congressman echoed the president two days later. they wrote a letter to barr for a shocking lack of action. investigating the claims of el

when they delegitimize the entire process by allowing just cheney and adam kinzinger who had already their mind on the panel, that was wrong for nancy pelosi ads don't tell me that liz cheney is a woman of integrity when she doesn't walk away based on that fact alone. >> that's absolutely the point that i'm making. there's always two sides to every story. i agree with you. under our government we have to respect the rule of law and we do that to. if someone breaks the law we have statutory provisions and this addresses that. what this committee is about is pursuing a narrative. adam kinzinger, liz cheney, that is what they are working on with the democrats in this particular case. this isn't an investigation about getting to the truth. if you want a robust discussion and find out what actually happened that day, you lay it all out on the line. you bring in the witnesses that have a contrary view. the other thing you don't do is you don't make this a production where you are actually distorting what actually happened on january 6th. for example, the voice overs. i'm a trial attorney a

c we apologize to adam kinzinger. we can recover. there's only only one path toward recovery. if you talk to any recovery expert, they will tell you the way to recover is to vishu punish the people who hurt your feelings. stepngs that's always step one . so we're going to have to mete out some pretty serious punishment. stevens cole bears team of insurrectionsents have been jaid for one night. that's not what the penalty for insurrection i is death. we're not calling forth that here. this is a moderateisde show. these are our fellow americans. we owe them a second chance. thankfully, there's recent precedent to help guide an appropriate punishment. what is the right punishmentct for insurrection? well, julie kelly for the last year and a half has been following this very closelyly. she's the author of january six . the democrats use the capital protest to launch a war on terror against the political right. she joins us tonight to explain what we do with insurrectionists in this country. and stephen colbert's coup plotters apparently spent the night in one night. isis that adeq

as the new york times pointed out last year, six term illinois republican congressman, adam kinzingercensured by his party and sean by his own family members after urging his fellow republicans to leave donald trump behind. as we learned this week, he and his family are now getting death threats because of it. in his closing statement in today hearing, kinzinger once again urged others to open their eyes and stand for the truth. >> we're here today because the facts were irrelevant to president trump. it was about protecting his very real power and very fragile ego, even if it required recklessly undermining our entire electoral system, by wildly casting baseless doubt upon it. in short, he was willing to sacrifice our republic to prolong his presidency. i can imagine no more dishonourable act by a president. as it's said, the only thing necessary for evil to succeed is good men to do nothing. thankfully, there were good people in the department of justice. you heard from other good people on tuesday, they too defended us. but, i'm still worried that not enough has changed to prevent

. >>> ahead on "cbs mornings," we're going to be talking with representative adam kinzinger who is onef two republicans on the select committee. >>> so overnight, the average price of gas in the u.s., you guessed it, inched a little closer to $5. a gallon of regular gas is $4.99 coordinating to the aaa. the 14th day in a row that the price has hit an all-time high with no end in sight. the record prices have contributed to four decade-high inflation. later this morning we're going to get another indication of how high the inflation rate is when the labor department releases the consumer price index for may. >>> an employee is accused of opening fire at a manufacturing business in maryland killing three co-workers and critically wounding a fourth. authorities said the gunman fled yesterday and was tracked down by state police. they got into a shoot-out. the suspect and a trooper were wounded, but they hell survive. so far the gunman's motive is unclear. jeff pegues has more. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: stunned motorists ducked for cover as gunshots rang out on this busy road as officers r

liz cheney and adam kinzinger are profiles encourage. honored to serve with these american heroes. brendan boyle, democrat of pennsylvania, saying that liz cheney is a profile encourage. she inspires me. host: we had a call a few minutes ago from plantation, florida talking about donald trump being banned from twitter toward the end of his presidency. a response from twitter. no, caller, the former occupant of the oval office was removed for violating their private policy. millions of americans are on twitter and exercise free speech without violating their policy. the problem is he thinks he is above law and policy. let's go to santa clarita, california. independent line. caller: this whole thing is trying to prevent trump from running for president again. it should not be about january but december. session number three is when they will break out the felony conspiracy election tampering stuff. all of this writing, that is a washington, d.c. police problem. all of this fake election is just propagandist campaigning. everything that happened in december is totally felony conspirac

adam kinzinger and liz cheney are republicans. it's just not people who are going to tell you it's not raining outside when it is. >> reporter: you know, don, it's important to point out that just because liz cheney and adam kinzinger don't necessarily agree that it was okay for donald trump to pedal a big lie about the election results, that somehow doesn't make them conservative. their voting records will tell you a complete opposite story. liz cheney voted with donald trump on, i think, 80% of the time when he was president and she was a member of congress. it's this specific issue that they found to have a problem with, and again, it gets back to the idea, if you have a problem with what the committee is saying, make that argument based on the substance of what they are presenting. they are laying out hard evidence here, and if you got an alternative explanation for w why -- the way this evidence is being interpreted, present that. don't just try and come up with some other argument that doesn't really have anything to do with

judy: congressman adam kinzinger led the presentation today.ening remarks, he had a message for his party. >> i want to take a moment now topeak to my fellow republicans. imagine the country's top prosecutor with the power to open investigations, subpoena, charge crimes, and seek imprisonment. imagine that official pursuing the agenda of the other party instead of that of the american people as a whole. and if you are a democrat, imagine if the other way around. today mr. donald trump's total disregard for the constitution and its oath will be fully exposed. judy: "newshour" congressional correspondent lisa desjardins and our white house correspondent have been watching this today and they join me now. so much of the hearing today, most of it was about the pressure that then president trump placed on the justice department to try to get them to do what he wanted them to do which was overturn the election. tell us how that case the committee was making on the facts they put forward -- how they built the case they were making. reporter: we heard

>> well, first, the death threat sent to representative kinzinger is very surrice. i hope it is investigated by the fbi and cap ol police. if it is any comfort to the con depressman and his family, the o overwhelming majority of statements like that are all talk and no action issue bid deranged cowards. now, in terms of the threats around our democratic process, our election process, we are now in a -- a tense environment, wolf. i looked at the last dhs' bulletin that was issued a couple of weeks ago, which warned of all mepl mean maerp o threats arpg ranging from violent extremism to those who harbor personal grievances. an obvious reference to mass shootings like uvalde. whenever the american public reads a statement like this -- whiffs in office, i always made an everyday to try to, also, convey what is expected of the public? because the public reads something like this. they are concerned. and they want to know what can i do? and i think the answer, reading between the lines of the warnings being put out, is law enforcement has to be vigilant. americans should

adam kinzinger got a death threat sent to his house. we heard him warn more political violence is on the way. now you have a missouri senate candidate calling for moderate republicans, aka, rinos, to be hunted. how concerning is this moment, and how can the federal government address that kind of dangerous rhetoric when it comes from prominent politicians? >> well, you know, i think you use the perfect word earlier when you referred to it as radicalization. that's what we're seeing here. it just so happens to be taking place not in a foreign terrorist organization or among a fringe right wing groups. they put in place a major political party. republicans, you saw the video from the republican convention in texas and now you have this running for office as a republican. it's not the congressman who is warning that political violence is like lay. we got a similar warning from the department of homeland security just a week ago. and it is well-known that extremists use these sorts of perceived grievances to fuel the hatred, the anger that

. >> this is the reward republican congressman adam kinzinger has received for being a member of thehreat was mailed to my house. we got a couple of days ago, and it threatens to execute, me as well as my wife and five month old child. i've never seen or had anything like that. it was sent from a local area. now that i have a wife and a kid, it's a little different. there are people, there is violence in the future, i'm gonna tell you. and until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can't expect any differently. >> congressman kinzinger posted the threatening letter on twitter. congressman kinzinger said the darkness is spreading, courtesy of cowardly leaders, fearful of truth. those cowardly leaders have met in houston, texas this weekend at the texas state republican convention, where they voted to withdraw from the united nations, and banish the united nations from american soil, not sure what they want to do with that building on the east side of manhattan. they also agreed that joe biden is not the president of the united states, and that texas should once again be allow

adam kinzinger says no. >> there is violence in the future. i'm going to tell you. and until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can't expect any differently. 2024 is going to be a mess. and wake up, america. wake up, republicans. because this is not going to be good for you if you think it is. >> his point is, and again, look at primary elections in your state, all around the country, republicans running based on the big lie. running based on the idea that elections are somehow rigged. not just about trump. that the system is rigged. >> i mean, and the thing is this is a very seductive argument. right? like, in you believe -- you want trump to win, if he doesn't win, then it was fraud. right? the person you want to win didn't win. then it's impossible that he lost. and so you have a lot of people that have bought into that. they really believe it. the republican party maybe some of the stalwarts may be able to move on, but you don't -- there's no evidence that the base wants to move on. and if they really believe that this election was stolen, which they'

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cheney and kinzinger are no fans at all of the national gop.lly providing that much intel. so result, what we're hearing so far and seeing from other members of the republican party in some ways has either been very reactive, seizing on very specific parts of the investigation or just kind of trying to preemptively spin things a certain way. for example, jim jordan who you might recall is also a target of the select committee's investigation released an op-ed yesterday in the federalist talking about how this was kind of a power play by the committee in trying to rebut some of the arguments that the panel put forward. but without the visibility they would otherwise have in the panel's internal workings, most of this is almost firing in the dark. >> nicholas wu, as these hearings ramp up, i'm certain we'll speak to again soon. >>> we'll check in with cnbc for the latest business news. the futures board is in the red after two days of gains on wall street. >>> plus, there's a new recession warning from the world bank. that's next. we'll be right

specifically at this moment involving dan crenshaw and also this threatening letter against adam kinzingere the op-ed after the election that the republicans needed to accept the results and move on i got six death threats aunt one of them even included my daughter. so these people won't stop at anything. they're maniacs. these are the people that accosted crenshaw, who is about as conservative as any republican there is, show just unhinged they are. >> congressman, how big of a section of the party do you believe it is, particularly in texas? >> i think it's pretty big. you guys -- reporting figures in the 50% or plus range that adhere to trump and deny the election. as long as that persists the republican party of reagan doesn't exist. >> what does this mean? >> this is the party of trump. >> this is the party of trump. what does this mean for the republican party when you have the texas republican party platform defining homosexuality as an abnormal lifestyle choice, which it's important to note this is new, right? this is not something that was part of the 2018 or the 2020 plat platfor

i think adam kinzinger said this explicitly during the hearing. you don't request a pardon if you don't think you committed a crime. the fact that we've heard from witnesses under oath that this, in fact, took place, you know, it's very damning, and it really confirms that whole thing. like leave it up to me and the republican congressmen. who were the republican congressmen? i think, you know, that what we've learned from witnesses, that's all becoming even more clear than it was before. >> i remember -- i think it's what he said to president zelenskyy in that phone conversation years ago when he was trying to strong-arm him. he said, you know, just say you're going to launch an investigation into hunter biden, and basically he'll take it from there. him telling donoghue, just say the election is corrupt and leave it up to me and the republican congressmen to do the rest. >> it was very similar. you know, just say it's corrupt. people will believe it. oh, if we appoint a special prosecutor in the 11th hour here, that sows enough doubt in people's

not just by liz cheney and adam kinzinger. you see bill barr, his daughter, his son-in-law, talk about the way he was doing around those times and thinking. that was good for other republicans who want to run for president. -- on fox news earlier this week it was said that what's happening could be good for republicans. many republicans will not say it in front of a camera, even reporters, but they want to see someone move donald trump out of the way so they don't have to. it shows just how much power he has in this republican party right now. still. >> that's fascinating, eugene. can we pull on that threat just a little bit here? i've been curious as to how we have not necessarily heard a lot from someone like mitch mcconnell. you can't help but wonder if mitch mcconnell is kind of allowing this whole thing to play out and hoping the former president will implode amidst all of this testimony. there is that. i want you to weigh in on that. i also want to know, without revealing your sources of course, who in fact was saying th

it will be lead by adam kinzinger and will look at broadly this effort by the trump administration to sow doubt in the election results to get doj to open up an investigation on even to get them to claim they had opened up such an investigation. and more specifically, to potentially replace doj leadership when they proved noncompliant with that request. so we'll hear from three of the officials who were at the top of the doj, including the acting attorney general about this effort to get removed or look for information that they knew wasn't there. i want to play for you part of how adam kinzinger described to me this process of what they found here and what they're looking for. take a listen. >> i think initially the president wanted to find a bunch of stuff, and when he couldn't, he said just help me spring doubt on this, and we'll go into a lot of those details. again, i think the important thing is, any one of these, we saw in the hearing on tuesday, we've seen in the hearings prior. you always see these moment where is this could have gotten a lot worse. >> reporter: to that end,

garrett, you were able to talk to congressman kinzinger. what did he tell you? >> reporter: this hearing is going to go back and examine this pressure campaign at doj as you were outlining was broadly about trying to get the department of justice to investigate or at least say it was investigating donald trump's claims of voter fraud. then it was about a specific effort to remove leadership and replace them with folks who might be more pliant and more willing to do so when that first effort failed. we'll see that broadly laid out here. we'll probably hear the name, scott perry, the republican congressman, who was teased in one of these first hearings who asked for a pardon. we know he was involved in the behind the scenes doj effort. that will be the picture the committee tries to paint today. >> shawn, it's very clearly that if people like jeffrey rosen, richard donaghue and richard engel had not stood up to trump, things may have been different? >> oh, absolutely. and i think one of the real effective aspects of having them testify is that it may actually give

yes, there is adam kinzinger and liz cheney. they are not allies of the former president.e has been complaining to people about the lack of republican representation on this committee. he's not focusing his ire on that really on democrats. what i'm told more is that he's focused on kevin mccarthy who when this committee was being formed last year submitted five picks to speaker pelosi, and when she rejected jim jordan and jim banks, he withdrew all of his selections. now that is something trump is describing as a foolish decision. he is saying that they need more republicans on this committee because he wants to see them pushing back as you're seeing these officials dissect his election lies. of course that's not happening. i should note that kevin mccarthy did not answer questions about this today but did say he had spoken to trump yesterday, anderson. >> we should point out that rusty bowers in his testimony today was asked by adam schiff about president trump's suggestion that rusty bowers had said to him that the election was rigged and president trump suggesting that

kinzinger has announced he's not running for reelection.now cheney is facing a primary challenger who was endorsed by donald trump who of course as a personal vendetta against every republican who supported his impeachment. and in fact, predictably, trump went down to wyoming last month to campaign against cheney. >> liz cheney hates the voters of the republican party. and she has for longer than you would know. wyoming deserves a congresswoman who stands up for you and your values, not one who spends all of her time putting you down, going after your president in the most vicious way possible. and loving endless, nonsensical bloody, horrible wars. >> going after your president in the most vicious way possible. the nerve. wyoming primary is not until august but a recent poll has cheney down 30 points with voters. in a way, trump and mccarthy say, cheney is not a real republican. the bipartisan committee is not really bipartisan. they are right. because the republican parties determined that forthright support of american democracy against i

that's what liz cheney and adam kinzinger are standing for.nd cornell, it's liz cheney and adam kinzinger serving the committee, but the witnesses are top tier donald trump insiders. it's kayleigh mcenany, greb jacob, it's rudy giuliani, the messengers are not going to be adam schiff and adam swalwell, the messengers are the people donald trump trusted most to overthrow the results of an election he lost. >> i've got to go back to the point that was being made is that those who most need to hear this information, and let's call it -- i think it's fox that we're talking about because fox is not going to cover it. and nicolle, it's mind boggling to think how fox covered every sort of benghazi, you know, story or angle there was, even though there was no there there, they covered benghazi like it was the super bowl, but they're not going to cover the attempted overthrow of our government, and it's purposeful, right? when you look at fox's audience, you know, the point is being made is that the people who actually need to hear this the most and to

kinzinger, for questions. >> thank you, mister chairman. in the weeks leading to january 6th at the department of justice was fielding almost daily requests from the president to investigate claims of election fraud. each claim was refuted time and time again, and effort attorney general barr described as a whack-a-mole. when each of the presidents efforts failed he resorted to installing a new attorney general to say the election was illegal and corrupt, simply so he could stay in power. president trump started leaning on the justice department the first chance he got. on november 29th, his first television interview after the election. >> where is the doj and the fbi and all of this, mister president? you have laid out some serious charges here. shouldn't this be something that the fbi is investigating are? they? is the doj investigation? >> missing in action. can't tell you where they are. >> republican congressman echoed the president just two days later. they wrote a letter to attorney general barr laying into the justice department fo