TRUMP, ONE OF FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S CLOSEST CONFIDANTS.
HIS DAUGHTER, A FORMER WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIAL IS TESTIFYING
TODAY AND FOR THE HOUSE
JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. ACCORDING
TO MULTIPLE SOURCES, THE
CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE IS
TELLING US SHE SHOWING UP
VIRTUALLY RIGHT. THIS IS VIA
ZOOM OR SOMETHING SIMILAR AND
SHE IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
SHE'S TALKING. SHE'S A KEY
WITNESS IN THIS INVESTIGATION
BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE ON
JANUARY 6TH AT THE ELLIPSE FOR
THE RALLY INSIDE THE OVAL
OFFICE THAT DAY LISTENING TO
ONE END OF THE PHONE CALL
BETWEEN HER FATHER AND FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PETS. AND
I'M SURE REMEMBER, HER
TESTIMONY IS COMING ONLY A
WEEK NOW AFTER THAT OF HER
HUSBAND'S JARED KUSHNER WHO
SPOKE VIRTUALLY FOR 6 HOURS
WITH THE COMMITTEE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR IVANKA
TRUMP DID NOT RESPOND TO A
REQUEST FOR COMMENT. BUT LET
ME BRING IN NOW GARRETT HAKE.
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IN
YOUR CONVERSATION WITH THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE JUST
IN THE LAST COUPLE HOURS OR
SO. HE SUGGESTED THAT TO HIS
KNOWLEDGE AND THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT CAVEAT. SHE HASN'T
BEEN ASSERTING, FOR EXAMPLE,
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. AND HOW IS
THIS WE KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY ON
ABOUT OUR 7 OF THIS
DEPOSITION. IT'S A LITTLE BIT
HARD TO TRACK WHEN THE
WITNESSES ARE VIRTUAL THAT
THESE THINGS TEND TO PRETTY
EARLY IN THE DAY. AND SO
MEMBERS COME AND GO AS THEY'RE
ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OF THINGS.
THOMPSON HAD LEAVE TO GO TO A
VOTE SERIES THAT LASTED NEARLY
2 HOURS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DOESN'T
KNOW IF NOT DOUBT THAT EVEN ON
THINGS HE DOES NOW. HE WAS
PRETTY CLOSE. LIPSEY TOLD ME
THAT IVANKA TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN
ESPECIALLY CHATTING SO FAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
NEITHER WAS HE WAS SOME OF >> YOU CAN DRIVE OPERATE ING
>> YOU CAN DRIVE OPERATE ING
WHY SHE CAME IN THAT WE DID
NOT IT.
>> ON THAT QUESTION OF NEW
INSIGHT. I CAUGHT UP WITH
THOMPSON AGAIN AS HE WAS
LEAVING VOTES. HE TOLD ME THAT
HE HAD HEARD HIM WHILE HE WAS
IN THE ROOM. NOTHING
REGULATORY AS HE DESCRIBED IT.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE PUTTING
TOGETHER BITS AND PIECES OF
THE CONVERSATION THAT LAST 7
HOURS ALISO WILL THIS WAS
VOLUNTARY, RIGHT. SHE WAS NOT
THERE UNDER THREAT OF
SUBPOENA. THERE WAS LIKE A
VERY POLITE REQUEST MADE.
>> MONTHS AGO, THOUGH, GARRETT
BACK IN JANUARY.
>> IS IT TYPICAL THAT IT WOULD
TAKE THIS LONG FOR SOMEBODY TO
WORK OUT THE KINKS OF SHOWING
UP IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE.
>> YES SHORT GETTING PEOPLE TO
SHOW UP IN A TIMELY FASHION
HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE ALL ALONG
THE WAY, WHETHER THEY BE LOWER
LEVEL AIDES, MANY OF WHOM YOU
KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE LAWYERS TO
HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO
PROCEED WITH EVEN SHOWING UP
BUT ALSO I'VE HAD I'VE
REPORTED AND WE HEARD FROM A
NUMBER OF THE WITNESSES ALONG
THE WAY THAT IN SOME CASES WE
MIGHT REPORT THAT A SUBPOENA
HAVE GONE OUT OF PARTICULAR
WITNESS HAD RECEIVED A
SUBPOENA AND THEY NATION
RECEIVED A SUBPOENA FOR
ANOTHER WEEK OR 2 OR PERHAPS
EVEN LONGER AFTER THAT I DON'T
MEAN MUCH OF ANYTHING THE ON
LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES INTO THE
DELAY FROM LATE JUST SHOWING
UP TODAY. BUT I DO THINK IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT THAT SHE SHOWED
UP VOLUNTARILY. IT'S A WAY TO
GET AROUND A SUBPOENA. IT'S A
WAY TO GET AROUND THE
POSSIBILITY OF BEING HELD IN
CONTEMPT LATER. EVEN YOU DON'T
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS JUST A
YEAR OF COOPERATE. CAN BOTH
PROTECT THESE WITNESSES AND,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF.
>> PERHAPS SIGNAL SOME DEGREE
OF IT.
>> COOPERATION THAT THEY'RE
REALLY GETTING ENGAGED TO THE
COMMITTEE IN SOME WAY, EVEN IF
WHAT THEY SAY ULTIMATELY ISN'T
AND WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S
DONE YET WITH THE DEAL IS YET
RECORD. I KNOW THE STATUS OF
PEOPLE NOW, IT HAPPENS BY
CYBER LOT IN THE ROOM. IT'S
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WERE
STAKING OUT THE HALLWAYS, BUT
WE DON'T SEE MUCH.
>> BEHIND CLOSED DOORS LOCKED
OUT OF THE ROOM THEY'RE EVEN
USING NOISE MACHINES TO MAKE
SURE THE REPORTERS WHO DO GET
CLOSE CAN'T HEAR WHAT'S GOING
ON. BUT HALLE, AS SOON AS WE
NOW.
>> LET YOU GARRETT HAKE, THANK