>>> THIS MORNING THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE DEEPENS ITS PROBE,
COLLECTING INFORMATION AND TESTIMONY FROM HIGH-LEVEL TRUMP
OFFICIAL. WE JUST LEARNED THAT THE
COMMITTEE INTERVIEWED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER SECRETARY STEVEN
MNUCHIN. >> JOINING US, ELLIOTT WILLIAMS,
FORMER DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. ELLIOTT, THE LIST OF SENIOR
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS VERY CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT AND
WITH FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF HIS ACTIONS AND EFFORTS ON THAT DAY
PRIOR AND AFTERWARDS, THIS IS BECOMING QUITE A LONG LIST.
TELL US WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT IS FOR THE INVESTIGATION.
>> IT'S NOT JUST SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, IT'S
SENIOR CABINET LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
THE CONSTITUTION ALLOWS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY OF THE
CABINET TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT IF THE PRESIDENT IS UNABLE TO
PERFORM HIS DUTIES. S QUESTION IS DID THE 25th A
AMENDMENT COME UP? I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GET
TOO EXCITED HERE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
PROVIDING TO THE COMMITTEE AND ARE THEY STILL TRUMP INSIDERS
DEFENDING OR PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
>> THERE ARE REPORTS GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR ABOUT CABINET
OFFICIALS REALLY HUDDLING AND DISCUSSING WHETHER THEY SHOULD
INVOKE THE 25th AMENDMENT IN THE HOURS AFTER THE UNREST BEGAN AT
THE CAPITOL. YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THIS SO MUCH
OF THIS GOES BACK TO THE TESTIMONY OF CASSIDY HUTCHINSON.
SHE SEEMED TO OPEN THE FLOOD GATES TO ALL OF THESE HIGHER
LEVEL MALE OFFICIALS. SHE HAD MUCH MORE TO LOSE THAN
THEY DID TO COME FORWARD BUT THEY CLEARLY, IT SEEMS, NOW
STARTING TO FOLLOW SUIT AND ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE MORE WITH
THE COMMITTEE IN LIGHT OF HER TESTIMONY.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, BIANNA. IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES AND
LIZ CHENEY, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE SAID IT QUITE
EXPLICITLY THAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN, WHO HAD A LOT TO LOSE, IS
IN SOME WAYS SHOWING MORE INTEGRITY AND INDEED COURAGE
THAN SOME OF THE SENIOR MALE CABINET SECRETARIES AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. BASICALLY AN ATTEMPT TO SHAME
THEM INTO COOPERATING. OF COURSE WHEN YOU GET A
SUBPOENA, SHAME IS REALLY NOT THE ISSUE, YOU REALLY HAVE A
LEGAL OBLIGATION TO RESPOND. BUT ELLIOTT WAS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE.
TWO CABINET SECRETARIES RESIGNED FOR EXAMPLE.
SECRETARY CHOW AND SECRETARY VOSS.
SECRETARY VOSS SAID THIS IS AN INFLEXION POINT.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON JANUARY 6, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
WE KNOW THERE WERE CREDIBLE REPORTS.
THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, THAT OTHER
CABINET SECRETARIES LIKE MNUCHIN WERE GOING TO INVOKE THE 25th
AMENDMENT. >> YOU WOULD THEN SAY IF YOU
WERE CONSIDERING 25th AMENDMENT, WHY?
DID YOU CONSIDER THE BEHAVIOR CRIMINAL?
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR REPORTER WHO HAS NEW REPORTING THIS
MORNING ABOUT THESE KEY CABINET OFFICIALS TESTIFYING.
TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW. >> Reporter: THERE IS A LONG
LIST OF NAMES IN THE CABINET THAT THE HOUSE IS LOOKING INTO
NOW TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OUT OF AS THEIR INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES ON. SO THE NEW INFORMATION TODAY IS
THAT THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED THE FORMER SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY, STEVE MNUCHIN AND ARE NEGOTIATING FOR INTERVIEWS WITH
JOHN RATCLIFFE AT THE END OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT MIKE POM P
POM POMPEO WAS IN TALKS TO DO AN
INTERVIEW. MICK MULVANEY, THE FORMER ACTING
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, HE HAD SPOKEN.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THESE NAMES TOGETHER?
IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT THE 25th AE
AMENDMENT. WHETHER THAT CONVERSATION WAS
TAKING PLACE ON WHETHER THE CABINET SHOULD STEP IN AND TRY
TO REMOVE DONALD TRUMP FROM POWER OR SOMEHOW TAKE THE REINS
OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEMOCRACY AWAY FROM HIM, THAT IS
A BIG QUESTION FOR THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY DID SPEAK TO GENE SCALIA, ANOTHER
CABINET MEMBER, WHAT WE LEARNED IS HE WAS ASKING TRUMP TO CALL A
CABINET MEETING AND TRYING TO GET THE PRESIDENT TO SAY THE
ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN AND THAT IT WAS THE END.
BACK TO YOU. >> IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE
FROM THE TESTIMONY THAT WE HEARD FROM THE LIKES OF KAITLIN
HUTCHINSON WHERE SHE SAID IT WAS THE THREAT OF THE 25th AMENDMENT
BEING INVOKED THAT REALLY TRIGGERED THE PRESIDENT TO GO
OUT AND FINALLY PERSUADED HIM TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS
CALLING ON THE RIOTERS TO GO HOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORTING SO ELLIOTT WILLIAMS,
OUT OF ALL OF THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WE HEARD FROM, HIGH-LEVEL
CABINET INITIALS AND INTELLIGENCE INITIALS, WHO ARE
YOU MOST INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ONCE THEY DO SIT DOWN WITH
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? >> I THINK ANYBODY WHO WAS IN
THE ROOM WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON JANUARY 4th, 5th OR 6th AND TO
SOME EXTENT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MEETINGS HE MIGHT
HAVE HAD BECAUSE SOME OF THE CALL AND MEETING LOGS FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE DON'T,IST EXIST. SOMEONE LIKE KEN CUCCINELLI HAS
BEEN AN ALLY OF THE PRESIDENT FROM THE BEGINNING.
I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS OF WHAT HE'S ABLE TO OR GOING TO PROVIDE
BUT THE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING
EITHER A CRIMINAL CASE BUT THIS DERELICTION OF DUTY POINT THAT
THE COMMITTEE IS MOVING TOWARD, THIS QUESTION OF DID THE
PRESIDENT SIMPLY VIOLATE HIS OATH OF OFFICE AND OUGHT HE
SERVE AS PRESIDENT AGAIN. >> AND DEFYING THAT SUBPOENA
MIGHT HAVE HELPED GREASE THE WORKS A LITTLE BIT.
THANKS SO MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU.