>>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, I'M
KATY TUR.
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON,
THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE CALLED
AN EMERGENCY HEARING FOR
TOMORROW AT 1:00 P.M.
WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT IN
THE LAST HOUR AND HERE'S WHAT WE
KNOW SO FAR.
LAWMAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO
PRESENT RECENTLY OBTAINED SKPEFD
HEAR NEW WITNESS TESTIMONY.
THERE IS CLEARLY URGENCY HERE.
MANY LAWMAKERS WERE ALREADY HOME
FOR THE JULY 4th RECESS.
WHAT IS UNCLEAR, THOUGH, IS IF
THE PANEL IS STILL IN
WASHINGTON.
IT IS ALSO UNCLEAR WHO THE
WITNESS IS AND WHAT THAT PERSON
WILL TESTIFY TO.
AS OF NOW, THE PANEL WILL NOT
SAY.
PREVIOUS HEARINGS HAVE ZEROED IN
ON THE PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS DONALD
TRUMP LAUNCHED AGAINST THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
STATE OFFICIALS AND HIS OWN VICE
PRESIDT TO OVERTURN THE 2020
ELECTION.
JOINING ME NOW IS SAHIL KAPUR,
"POLITICO" NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT BETSY WOODRUFF
SWAN AND FORMER FEDERAL AND
STATE PROSECUTOR AND MSNBC LEGAL
ANALYST, KA LEE WEINSTEIN.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> REMARKABLY LITTLE SO FAR.
WE KNOW THE HEARING IS TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AT 1:00 P.M.
THAT'S JUST 24 HOURS NOTICE FOR
THE COMMITTEE.
USUALLY THEY GIVE MORE NOTICE
THAN 24 HOURS, AND THE COMMITTEE
IS ALSO NOT SAYING WHO THE
WITNESS IS.
THAT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE GENERALLY
THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES ADVANCE
INFORMATION OF WHO THE WITNESS
IS.
CLEARLY THERE MUST BE SOMETHING
ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THIS
WITNESS OR PERHAPS THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE ABOUT
TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMITTEE
FEELS THE NEED TO KEEP UNDER
WRAPS, BEYOND THAT WE KNOW THAT
THE COMMITTEE SAYS IT IS GOING
TO OFFER RECENTLY OBTAINED
EVIDENCE AND RECEIVE WITNESS
TESTIMONY.
AGAIN, NO DETAILS ON THAT, BUT
THE FACT THAT THEY'RE COMING
BACK FROM THE MIDST OF A
TWO-WEEK JULY 4th RECESS TO HOLD
THIS HEARING ON SUCH SHORT
NOTICE INDICATES THAT THEY
BELIEVE THIS IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT
THEY'VE DISCOVERED JUST IN THE
LAST FEW DAYS BECAUSE THE
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN -- OF COURSE
THIS COMES AFTER LAST WEEK WHERE
THEY HELD MULTIPLE HEARINGS
TRYING TO ZERO IN ON THE
PRESSURE PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT ON
STATE OFFICIALS INCLUDING HOW IT
IMPACTS IN HARROWING WAYS AS
WELL AS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
THE PLOT WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE,
SOME ALLIES IN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO GO ALONG WITH
THESE FABRICATED CLAIMS OF A
STOLEN ELECTION.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS IN STORE HERE.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY THIS IS A
DEPARTURE FROM THE WAY THEY
USUALLY OPERATE.
LAST POINT HERE, AT THE START OF
THESE HEARINGS, THE COMMITTEE
HAD ACCORDING TO AN AIDE SPOKEN
TO MORE THAN A THOUSAND
WITNESSES, RECEIVED MORE THAN
140,000 DOCUMENTS FOLLOWING UP
ON MORE THAN 470 TIPS AND HAD 98
SUBPOENAS SENT.
THEY HAD A NUMBER OF WITNESSES
THAT THEY WERE PURSUING.
>> BETSY, CAN YOU ADD ANYTHING
TO THAT?
>> I REALLY CAN'T OVERSTATE HOW
WEIRD THIS IS, TYPICALLY
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ARE
EXPECTED TO NOTICE JUST THE
DATES AND SUBJECT MATTER OF
HEARINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
HOLD A WEEK BEFORE THOSE
HEARINGS HAPPEN.
THE FACT THAT THE COMMITTEE IS
MAKING AN END RUN NOT ONLY
AROUND ITS OWN STANDARD
PRACTICES BUT AROUND TYPICAL
CONGRESSIONAL PRACTICES IS
SOMETHING THAT'S JUST HIGHLY
HIGHLY UNUSUAL, AND IT MAKES IT
REALLY DANGEROUS TO SPECULATE AS
TO WHY EXACTLY THE COMMITTEE
MIGHT BE CHOOSING TO TAKE THIS
VERY STRANGE TACK.
AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CONTEXT,
THOUGH, IS THAT THE PANELS OF
PROCEEDINGS IN TERMS OF THESE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS MOVING
FORWARD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT
SEAT OF THE PANTS.
AT THE VERY FIRST HEARING THAT
THE COMMITTEE HAD, THE VICE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE LIZ
CHENEY LAID OUT WHAT APPEARED TO
BE A ROAD MAP OF TOPICS OF WHAT
AT THE TIME SOUNDED LIKE SIX
LIKELY HEARINGS.
ONE OF THOSE HEARINGS, THE ONE
THAT WOULD FEATURE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HAD TO BE
POSTPONED BY A WEEK.
NOW FURTHER INTO THE PROCESS
MULTIPLE HEARINGS GOT POSTPONED
TO JULY.
NOW WE'VE HAD SOME HEARINGS
ENTER AN UNPOSTPONED STRANGE
WINDOW OF TIME.
SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN
ORCHESTRATED WITH SORT OF THE,
YOU KNOW, FIGURE SKATING LEVEL
OF PRECISION THAT I THINK THE
COMMITTEE WAS HOPING FOR, BUT AT
THE SAME TIME, THEY WOULD SEE
THAT AS A FEATURE, NOT A BUG
BECAUSE AS THEY'VE TELEGRAPHED
THE REASON FOR THIS, QUOTE,
UNQUOTE EMERGENCY HEARING OR
LAST MINUTE HEARING IS BECAUSE
THEY'RE GETTING MORE
INFORMATION.
THE BASKET OF STUFF THEY WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IS CHANGING AS
THEY'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT IT
PUBLICLY.
>> SO I KNOW WE ARE SHOOTING A
BIT IN THE DARK HERE BECAUSE WE
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TOMORROW
WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN
SO FAR A LOT OF EVIDENCE OF THE
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON STATE
OFFICIALS, ON THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, ON THE VICE
PRESIDENT IN THE VERY BEGINNING
OF ALL OF THESE HEARINGS.
WE SAW THE VIOLENCE THAT LED --
OR THE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENED ON
JANUARY 6th AND A LITTLE BIT OF
INSIGHT ABOUT HOW IT CAME TO
PASS.
ONE OF THE BIG OPEN QUESTIONS WE
HAVE IS HOW MUCH DID DONALD