michael patrick: i knew he was a priest when i was a child, but i couldn't tell them that i knew because secret. lisa: we talk to the children who've been pressured to stay quiet and suffered in silence. sarah thomas: this is just the tip of the iceberg, what we know at the moment. i think priests' cldren as a group want to be acknowledged. they want to be on the map. they exist. they're not collateral damage. lisa: some are speaking out for the very first time. linda lawless: and i can just remember rocking, going, "i can't tell anyone. i can't tell anyone. i have to keep the secret." ♪♪♪ [church bells ringing] ♪♪♪ lisa: when catholics seek answers, they look to the vatican, the seat of power and decision-making for the church. for generations, if questioned about children of priests, the church said, "they don't exist. and if they do, they're an exception." lisa: it's hard to say how many children of priests there are around the world. there could be thousands. you mightn't have heard about it, but, believe me, they're talking about it behind these walls. we're on a journey to uncover

michael patrick: i knew he was a priest when i was a child, but i couldn't tell them that i knew because to the children who've been pressured to stay quiet and suffered in silence. sarah thomas: this is just the tip of the iceberg, what we know at the moment. i think priests' children as a group want to be acknowledged. they want to be on the map. they exist. they're not collateral damage. lisa: some are speaking out for the very first time.

michael patrick: i knew he was a priest when i was a child, but i couldn't tell them that i knew becauseisa: we talk to the children who've been pressured to stay quiet and suffered in silence. sarah thomas: this is just the tip of the iceberg, what we know at the moment. i think priests' cldren as a group want to be acknowledged. they want to be on the map. they exist. they're not collateral damage. lisa: some are speaking out for the very first time.

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at the white house prior to that tweet being issued between rudy giuliani, sidney powell, michael flynn, patrick burn, some of the fringiest outliers putting forth the most conspiracy-laden theories, ideas like seizing voting machines, things like italy-gate. conspiracy theories across the board trying to convince the president to go through with them and shortly after that meeting is when trump tweeted we will please come to the capitol, will be wild. so the committee has described it to us as sort of a pivot that happened after december 14th which was the official electorate college certification where the former president started turning toward alternative options of trying to hold on to power and that increasing desperation and that is what we're going to see a lot of today. >> so jackie, we'll all be watching. of course full coverage tomorrow morning on "morning joe." but there was supposed to be another hearing, i believe on thursday. during prime time. what do you know about the cancellations and are they dragging this out, is there a strategy here? >> these cancellations are for good rea

meeting that we learned about during this week's hearing, the one with sidney powell and michael flynn and patrickn were trying to convince him to thwart joe biden's victory. joining us is someone who was in all those meetings, january 6th select committee member, congresswoman zoe lofgren. does the explanation of the missing text messages make any more sense to you? >> not really. but i think it's worth noting that a spokesperson for the secret service issued a statement last night. they said that although some data had been lost, that all of the texts that the inspector general was seeking were still available. so we need to get all the texts from the 5th and the 6th over to our committee asap if what they've said is correct that those texts have not, in fact, been deleted. i will say that the explanation that you have to factory reset and eliminate your data without backing up your data just seems -- i'm skeptical. i mean, i wouldn't do that on my personal iphone. you know, the argument about when the request was made is largely irrelevant. the secret service was aware this was one of the signa

he's the low level aide who got sydney powell, michael flynn, and patrick byrne into the white house for a raucous meeting in december where the election deniers encouraged trump to fight on. the former white house aide took to social media after his deposition in a white nationalist rant calling the committee -- >> an anti-white campaign. they see me as a young christian who they can try to basically scare. >> and part of what has the committee so concerned is that they can't seem to get a straight answer from the secret service as to what exactly happened to this information from their agents on january 5th and 6th. and the letter that the secret service sent to the committee really didn't clarify it all that much. in the letter it said in part, the secret service continues to engage in extensive efforts to further assess whether any relevant text messages sent or received by 24 individuals identified by the dhs oig were loss due to the migration and if so, whether such texts are recoverable. so to put that in plain language, wolf, they don't know whether or not they can ever get t

outside advisers led by sidney powell, but also including michael flynn and patrick are in, the ceo of overstock.com showed up for announced at the white house, found themselves with an audience of the president of the united states. for many hours, they tried to convince him to authorize sidney powell to become a special counsel for voting matters, they tried to optimize seizing voting machines, they pushed a whole range of the bunk series about fraud. and a team of folks from the white house, led by pat cipollone came in and pushed back on a lot of those claims, and tried to dispute some of the far-fetched nature of it. and then after midnight, at the end of the meeting, they get up with no resolution, and former president trump soon tweeted after that folks should come to the capital on january 6th, and it will be wild. a little unclear why he tweeted that. i talk to multiple people yesterday with direct knowledge of that meeting and he said that january 6th was not a topic of that meeting, that i didn't come up that night. that night, the election had already been, the congress alr

is there from the 18th of december meeting, when sydney powell and michael flynn and patrick byrne wereing to seize voting machines. that cipollone was there, obviously, at the white house on the sixth. this guy can speak to a lot of what was going on in the west wing and can do so with a lot of credibility because he was, in fact, white house counsel. >> and hugo, for reporters like you coverage anyway, six you cover two parts of, it right? you cover the very large, 50,000 foot effort to overturn the election through the courts and through the electoral count act and all that kind of stuff. and then you cover the people who are charged with storming the capitol, the proud boys, the seditious conspiracy, all that. there's something that comes together in your reporting from june 29th, in which you say former president trump and senior aides face exposure over knowledge that supporters were armed and intended to march to the capital. the response from the former president is significant for two main reasons. it makes clear that he had been informed that his supporters were carrying weapo

he is a low level aide who got sydney powell, michael flynn oig and patrick bird into the white house for a raucous meeting in december where the election deniers encouraged trump to fight on. the former white house aide took to social media after his deposition in a white nationalist rant calling the committee -- >> anti-white campaign, they see me as a young christian who they can try to basically scare. >> reporter: there will be a big difference to the hearing on thirst night, the chairman bennie thompson will not appear in person. he tested positive for covid earlier in the week, so he will chair the hearing from a remote location. and we're also expected to see outtakes of former president donald trump's attempt to tape a video message on january 7, the day after the riot, and in these outtakes he is seen having a hard time trying to put into words his feelings about what happened on january 6 and tries to call the rioters at least some of them patriots and also refuses to say that the election is settled. it is expected that we'll see some of that video during thursday night's

aide garrett zeigler who reportedly took credit for welcoming sydney powell, michael flynn and overstock ceo patrick burn into the white house on december 18, 2020. all three were allegedly pushing extreme plans to overturn the election in that meeting that other white house aides call unhinged. >> i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. >> reporter: and the committee is dismissing talk that trump could disrupt the investigations and shield himself from prosecution by announcing his bid for another run at the presidency. >> we are a nation of all. and if a person breaks the law or is accused of breaking the law, he is not one who can just do what he chooses because he is running for president. >> reporter: asked about trump's potential campaign, deputy attorney general lisa monaco also pledged that the justice department's criminal probe will move forward. >> we'll continue to do our job and following the facts wherever they go no matter where they lead, no matter to what level. and we'll continue to do our job to investigate what was fundamentally an attack on our democracy. >> that w

appearing today, trump white house aide who took credit for welcoming sydney powell, michael flynn, and overstock ceo, patrick burn, into the white house. all three allegedly pushing extreme plans to overturn the election in that meeting that other aides called unhinged. >> i was not happy. i don't think any of these people were providing the president with good advice. >> the committee is dismissing talk that trump could disrupt the investigations and shield himself from prosecution by announcing his bid for another run at the presidency. >> we are a nation of laws and if a person breaks the law or is accused of breaking the law, he's not one who can just do what he chooses because he's running for president. >> asked about trump's potential campaign, deputy attorney general lisa monaco also pledged that the justice department's criminal probe will move forward. >> we're going to continue to do our job to follow the facts wherever they go. no matter where they lead. no matter to what level. and we're going to continue to do our job to investigate what was fundamentally an attack on our democracy. >> tonight,

showed up at the white house including sidney powell, retired lieutenant general michael flynn, and former overstock.com ceo patrickne. after gaining access to the building from a junior white house staffer, the gro made their way to the oval office. they were able to speak with the president by himself for some time until white house officials learned of the meeting. what ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisors who traded personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president, and even challenges to physically fight. the meeting would last over six hours, beginning here in the oval office, moving around the west wing, and many hours later ending up in the president's private residence. the select committee has spoken with six of e participants as well as staffers who could hear the screaming from outside the oval office. what took place next is best told in their own words as you will see from this video. >> did you believe that it was going to work, that you were going be able to get to see the president wiout an appointment? >> i had no idea. >> i

a group showed up at the white house, including sidney powell and michael flynn and overstock.com ceo patrickmade their way to the oval office. they were able to speak to the president by themselves for some time. they traded insult and even challenges to physically fight. the meeting would last over six hours beginning here in the oval office, moving around the west wing and many hours later ending up in the president's private residence. they spoke with six participate participants what happened next was what was best heard in this video. >> did you think you were going to see the president? >> i had no idea. >> did you get to see the president without an appointment? >> we did. >> how many people with you before the crowd came reason running? >> maybe ten or 15 minutes. >> i opened the door and i saw general flynn and sidney powell. i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. i walked in and i looked at him and i said, who are you? he told me. i didn't think the president was getting good advice. i didn't understand how they had gotten in. >> did the president seem receptive to t

sydney paul, michael flynn, rudy giuliani, overstock ceo, patrick byrne. >> it was a heated and profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisors who traded personal insults. accusations of disloyalty to the president. even challenges to physically fight. >> what they were proposing, i thought it was nostra >> i can't categorically describe it as, you guys are not tough enough. or, i will put it another way, you are a bunch of -- >> he kept standing up and turning around and screaming at me. at a certain point i had it with him. i yelled back. sit your effing -- back down. >> he even named sydney paul as special counsel. even though he was told there was no widespread fraud to investigate. >> he was giving me security clearance. >> i didn't think he should be appointed anything. >> commanding the secretary of defense to seize voting machines for >> telling the federal government to seize voting machines. that's a terrible idea. that's not how we do things in the united states for >> within hours of the meeting ending, 1:42 a.m., trump tweeted, big protest in d.

liz cheney called them the, quote, crazies, including rudy giuliani, michael flynn and sydney powell and patrick burn. they were there to pitch donald trump on executive order to seize voting machines and appoint sydney special counsel. the group was alone for ten to 15 minutes before white house officials like pat cipollone intervenes. what followed what a six-hour screaming match that almost turned physical. >> i don't think any of them provided the president with good advice. so i didn't understand how they had gotten in. >> what they were proposing i thought was nuts. flynn kept on standing up and turning around and screaming me. at a certain point i had it with him so i yelled back. >> i'm going to categorically describe it as you guys are not tough enough. or maybe i'll put it another way, you're a bunch of [ bleep ]. i'm not exactly sure where the sidney group went. i think maybe the roosevelt room. and i stayed in the cabinet room, which was kind of cool. i really liked that. all by myself. >> he was very interested in hearing particularly about the terms of 1384-a that apparently nobody

group showed up at the white house, including sydney powell, retired general michael flynn and former overstock.com ceo patrick burn. after gaining access to the building from a junior white house staffer, the group made their way to the oval office. they were able to speak with the president by himself for sometime, until white house officials learned of the meeting. what's ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisers, who traded personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president and even challenges to physically fight. the meeting would last over six hours, beginning here in the oval office. moving around the west wing and, many hours later, and a up in the presidents private residence. the select committee has spoken with six of the participants, as well as staffers who could hear the screaming from outside the oval office. what took place next is best told in their own words, as you will see from this video. >> did you believe that is going to work? they are going to be able to see the president without an appointment? >> i had no idea. >> in

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theories that the election had been stolen from him, so you have sidney powell and michael flynn in the room and folks, patrick, the former head of overstock, who pat cipollone walked in and said who are you. and then it sort of explodes according to the testimony we just heard into this battle where sidney powell said the president says see what i have to deal with, these people don't support me, they are not giving me options at this point, and flynn and powell sort of saying that they can provide these other options, they are talking about, you know, thermostats and links to the voting machines and why they should be seized and bill barr had said he did not see any evidence that would allow the d.o.j. to go further into that investigation to seize any machines. painted a vivid picture, john and sandra, of who was happening in the room and the case they are making, is because that was such an unsatisfactory and chaotic night, the case they are making is that led the then president donald trump to tweet, you know, jan 6, be there, it will be wild, and reach out over twitter and make sure people came to make t

it involved trump and election deniers including sydney powell, michael flynn, rudy giuliani, and overstock ceo, patricknd profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisers. who traded personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president, and even challenges to physically fight. >> what they were proposing, i thought, was nuts. >> i'm going to categorically describe it as you guys are not tough enough. or maybe i put it another way, you're a bunch of pussies. >> flynn kept standing up and turning around and screaming at me. at a certain point, i had it with him. so i yelled back. either come over or sit your f'ing ass back down. >> during the six-hour meeting that ended after midnight, trump even suggested naming sydney powell as special counsel even though he was told repeatedly there was no widespread faud to investigate. >> the president said okay, i'm naming her that and giving her security clearance. and shortly before we left, it totally blew up. >> i was vehemently opposed. >> the meeting resulted in this draft executive order commanding the secretary of defense

screaming match between him and other white house members with trump super fans, michael flynn, rudy giuliani, sydney powell, patrickf overstock dot com, who were allegedly in a meeting or discussing plans to undermine, our, democracy. and scheme to declare martial law to seize voting machines. >> can the federal government seize voting machines? it's a terrible idea. that is not how we do things in the united states. >> now, we know this, not because cipollone voluntarily, immediately told the american people. we only know it because of journalists and because, in this case of the testimony, democrats now controlled the house. democrats formed a bipartisan committee. one republicans fought tooth and nail. that is oversight. we would not have had. that is knowledge of facts we would not have had and been denied had trump's party been in charge. today, we are finally getting some answers about what went so wrong seven weeks ago at the uvalde school shooting were 19 children and two teachers were killed. austin says [inaudible] it is disturbing. video showing police standing in the hall for more than an hour and 15 mi

and this includes sidney powell, michael flynn, patrick burn, who's the former overstock.com ceo, notwe've heard much from, and emily newman, a former trump administration official. in this meeting they're talking about how to overturn the election, what they need to do to make sure donald trump stays in power. and in seems to be the inflection point for the committee, because just a few hours after this meeting, donald trump tweets, 1:42 a.m. in the morning, be there on january 6th at the capitol. will be wild. and that could have been, according to the committee, or was, according to the committee, the call and response. that's what called all of these extremist groups and supporters to the capitol that day. what can you tell me about the chatter around that time, ben, that you were seeing online as this meeting was happening. >> you've got to remember how deeply into qanon that people like mike flynn and patrick burn and the kracked lady -- >> sidney powell. >> what they were into. this is what those people thought at the time. they thought that gina haspel was captured in germany

it was between trump and these external advisers, patrick burn, sydney powell, and michael flynn. the former president that you could make sydney powell a special counsel, but it would be a terrible idea. passive lonely was also in the room leading up to january 6th. he told the former president at his ideas about overturning the election in trying to pressure pence to throw the election to the house, all of these things would be unlawful. when you have a white house counsel -- all these efforts to overturn the election or potentially illegal. the former president does not adhere to those warnings. we start to lay the groundwork for the doj to potentially prosecute him. look, we caught you and willful denial of the fact that you had lost the election. the fact that you knew what you were doing was unlawful. that is really important for the select committee and for the justice department. >> if what is being dangle this apostle billet-y, if further hearings in august were to happen, what more those the committee have to share after the hearing on thursday? >> the thing that committ

and we have all kinds of remedies. >> you can see why patrick byrne's account of that crazy meeting on december 18th with michael flynn and sidney powell and white house counsel pat cipollone would be of interest to the january 6th committee in its investigation. and when he arrived for his interview with the committee today, reporters were interested to know if the overstock guy has also spoken to the department of justice. >> [inaudible] >> have you spoken to the fbi? >> [inaudible] >> it's kind of a broad question in the context of my life. >> luckily, nbc news producer julia jester followed byrne into the building and fine-tune that question, getting a much less playful response. >> have you been in contact with the fbi about the january 6th investigation or the doj? >> no comment. >> kyle cheney is covering the january 6th investigation as senior legal affairs reporter for politico. he joins me now. kyle, thank you so much for joining us this evening. lots to break down here. let me start with today. what do we know about byrne's interview and what he may have told the committee? >> he seemed to have been t

her client, michael flynn, rudy giuliani, not to mention over stocks eo, patrick byrne. they were there, tossing that outrageous ideas to overturn the election. sources telling cnn, including invoking martial law. an executive order to seize voting machines. for the first time, we heard pat cipollone's testimony about that, telling the committee that what happened when he walked into the oval office that, night right before the screaming started. here he is. >> i opened the door. i walked in. i saw general flynn. i saw sydney powell sitting there. i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. again, i don't think they are providing over fall, overstock person for who it was. the first thing, i walked in and looked at him. i said, who are you? he told me. i don't think any of these people were providing the president with good advice. and so, i didn't know how they gotten in. >> i think it got to the point where the screaming was completely, completely out there. you have people walking and, late at night, it's been a long day. what they were proposing, i thought,

took place in all of these various directions with these fringe players, people like michael flynn, sidney powell, patrickoverstock.com guy, as pat cipollone called him, to then putting out tweets and seeing how that reverberated in the extremist ecosystem and actually spurred action. the committee then did a really fantastic job of connecting that to other players like twitter, other parties that were potentially responsible in some way for getting these extremists to actually breach the capitol, people who knew along the way that it was problematic, that violence was being fomented and encouraged in some way, but turned a blind eye because of the former president's power. i think in the broader legal scheme of things, we've heard about two crimes that the former president potentially committed. an attempt to obstruct congress and defraud the american public, but one of the crimes that is much harder to prove that i think came into play today as a result of some of these findings and these links between extremist groups and trump allies is that this seditious conspiracy. and some of these players that pe

michael flynn. rudy giuliani, not to mention the former overstocked c o patrick burn, they were around tossing around ideas to overturn the election. sources telling cnn including invoking martial law and an executive order to seize voting machines. for the first time, we heard pat cipollone's testimony about that. telling the committee that what happened win when he walked into the oval office that night, right before the screaming started. here it is. >> i opened the door and i walked in and i saw general flynn, i saw sidney powell sitting there. i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. yeah, i don't think they were providing -- well, first of all. the overstock person, i never knew who this guy was. actually, the first thing i did. i walked in, i looked at him, and i said, who are? you and he told me, i don't think any of these people are providing the president with good advice. and i didn't understand how they had gotten in. >> i think we got to the point where the screaming was completely, completely out there. i mean, you walk in, late at night, it had been a long day, and what th

at the white house, including sydney powell, retired lieutenant general, michael flynn, and former overstocked outcomes ceo, patrickthe building from the junior white house staffer, the group made their way to the oval office. they were able to speak with the president by himself, for sometime, until white house officials learned of the meeting. what ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisers, who traded personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president, and even, challenges to physically fight. the meeting would last over six hours, beginning here in the oval office. moving around the west wing, in many hours later, ending up in the president's private residence. the select committee has spoken with six of the participants, as well as staffers who could hear the screaming from outside the oval office. what took place next is the best told in their own words, as you will see from this video. >> do you believe that it was gonna wear? that you're gonna be able to see the precedent, without an appointment? >> i have no idea. in fact, they didn't get t

group of coup plotters, people like sydney powell, michael flynn, rudy giuliani, and of course who could forget, former overstocked outcomes ceo patrick. last week, we learned new details about what happened during that meeting, and how trump white house counsel, pat cipollone, reacted when he first learned about it. >> after gaining access to the building from the junior white house staffer, the group made their way to the oval office. they were able to speak with the president by himself for sometime until white house officials learned of the meeting. what ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisers, who traded personal insults, accusations of disloyalty to the president, and even challenges to physically fight. >> i was not happy to see the people who are in the oval office. well, again, i don't think they were providing -- well, first of all, the overstock person, i've never met, i never knew who this guy was. actually, the first thing i did, i walked in, i looked at him, i said, who are you? and he told me. i don't think of any these people were providing the president with

michael flynn. you also see all of the people there who were advising him, sidney powell including patrick. four people, the testimony today, it was not clear they actually had been invited at the white house. they at the last minute were able to get into the oval office. they presented conspiracy theories that ran the gamut, pushing the president to do things like declare martial law to seize election machines. also coming into the oval office during this meeting were actually white house staffer. there, you see some of them that were involved. the staff secretary. mark meadows, chief of staff. and the president white house counsel. they were pushing back at the four others in what was described in an extensive montage as a very hostile confrontation. let's listen to how it played out. >> i opened the door and i walked in. i saw general flynn, i saw sidney powell sitting there. i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. >> was the meeting tense? >> oh, yeah. it was not a casual meeting. >> explain. >> at times, there were people shouting at each other, hurling insults at each ot

the self confessed criminal, former general michael flynn, who was pardoned by donald trump, to avoid a prison sentence. and the former ceo of over.com. patrick byrne. there was no testimony about what patrick byrne contributed to the meeting today. four days before that meeting, the electoral college officially voted with joe biden, winning the clear majority of the votes of the electoral college. at that point, the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, gave a speech, finally congratulating joe biden, on his victory in the presidential election, a victory joe biden earned weeks before that. attorney general william barr, testify to the january 6th committee, that as far as he was concerned, the electoral college vote on december 14th was quote, the end of the matter. today, white house counsel, that cipollone, testified on video, recorded on friday, that he believed donald trump should then have conceded to joe biden, after the electoral college voted. cipollone testified under oath that mark meadows, the white house chief of staff, agreed that trump should concede to joe biden. two days after the electoral college vote, there was a

michael flynn, former security advisor. by then he did not have a position at the white house. you see all of the people there who were advising him. sidney powell included and patrick byrne on the end who is the ceo of overstock.com. the testimony today was that it was not clear they had been invited to the white house. they somehow at the last minute were able to get into the oval office. they all presented the testimony today saying conspiracy theories that ran the gamut pushing the president to do things like declare martial law, to seize election machines, those kinds of things. also coming into the oval office during that meeting were actual white house staffers. there you see some of them who were involved. the attorney, the staff secretary, mark meadows, chief of staff in and out. and the president's house counsel pat cipollone. they were pushing back at the others in what was described in an extensive montage as a very hostile confrontation. let us listen to how they explained that in the hearing today. >> i opened the door and i walked in. i saw general flynn, i saw sydney powell sitting there. i was not happy to see the people who were in the oval office.

night a group showed up at the white house including suit sydney powell and michael flynn and the former overstock.com ceo patrickome time until the white house officials learned of the meeting. what ensued was a heated and profane clash between this group and president trump's white house advisors who treated personal insults and disloyalty to the president and even charges to physically fight. the meeting would last over six hours beginning here in the oval office, moving around the west wing and many hours later, ending up in the president's private residence. the select committee spoke with six of the participants as well as staffers that could hear the screaming from outside the oval office. what took place next is best told in their own words as you will see from this video. >> do you believe it was going to work? that you would be able to see the president without an appointment? >> i had no idea. >> in fact you did get to see them without an appointment. how much time did you have along with the president? >> probably no more than 10 or 15 minutes. >> he set a new land speed record. >> that was the first