warned donald trump famously, don't hire michael flynn. and yet he brought him into the mix. if donald trump becomes president again, what is to stop a mike flynn from becoming defense secretary. it is going to be a whole lot easier for a secretary of defense michael flynn to order people to seize ballot boxes if he's in charge of the pentagon. one of the things i, you know, experienced, brianna, covering the trump administration, there were people, you know, various levels of the federal government, who are willing to sort of put the brakes on the crazies inside the trump administration, and fortunately that's what we saw in this episode. there were people in the flynn episode according to carl's book who are basically saying, no, to michael flynn. people who are going over to the justice department and saying we need to go back and recount these ballots in various states. there are people at the justice department saying, no, so, i mean, thankfully we did have people at various levels of the government who were protecting the constitutio

apparently michael flynn believed that. and when cohen got that job at the pentagon during the transition after the election, he called ezra cohen and said he wanted his help in doing whatever the heck michael flynn wanted to do. this is when he is talking about marshal law, when he is organizing this stop the steal effort. and ezra cohen again said, look, no. this is crazy. the election is over. and michael flynn started screaming at him and saying that he was part of the problem so yes. here's somebody again who you know by his bio and the background you wouldn't necessarily think he would be the one to stand up in disgust and say no to all this but he did and there are a number of people like this who i think at critical moments stopped this entire disaster after the election from actually being a lot worse. >> one other point i want do get before we go to break and i'll keep jonathan. mark meadows, you talked about people that stopped it. he seems to be on the opposite side. wh what's the reporting of the dates we have?

apparently michael flynn believed that. and when cohen got that job at the pentagon during the transition after the election, he called ezra cohen and said he wanted his help in doing whatever the heck michael flynn wanted to do. this is when he is talking about marshal law, when he is organizing this stop the steal effort. and ezra cohen again said, look, no. this is crazy. the election is over. and michael flynn started screaming at him and saying that he was part of the problem so yes. here's somebody again who you know by his bio and the background you wouldn't necessarily think he would be the one to stand up in disgust and say no to all this but he did and there are a number of people like this who i think at critical moments stopped this entire disaster after the election from actually being a lot worse. >> one other point i want do get before we go to break and i'll keep jonathan. mark meadows, you talked about people that stopped it. he seems to be on the opposite side. what's the reporting of the dates we have? hi

. >>> you said that michael flynn would come back even bigger and better. would you consider bringing him back and your administration? >> i would consider it. i think he's a fine man. >> would you have him back at the white house. >> >> i would. i think he's a great general. >> he's a great gentleman. while president trump was running for re-election last year, he talked more than once about how in a hypothetical second trump administration he would gladly welcome back his disgraced national security adviser michael flynn who pled guilty twice to charges. president trump pardoned him on the way out the door and didn't get a second term, at least not yet, but if there was one, mike flynn would be back in there because he's such a gentleman. in the meantime, what has mike flynn, potential general in a future trump administration, what has he been up to? >> somebody sent me a thing this morning where they're talk about putting the vaccine into salad dressing. have you seen this. >> yes! >> i mean, i'm thinking to myself, this is the bizarro world. this is def

the white house when michael flynn was national security adviser. when flynn was fired or resigned, or whatever he did, he then worked for hr mcmaster. but mcmaster cannot stand him. assuring him out he's then resurfaced. dhs. he ended up at the pentagon in the last administration. in the last year of the trump presidency and was looked on as, this is a guy they've known. they've dealt with before. because he has the intel background but he was definitely viewed as a trump guy. in the end, by the time we got to the craziness between november and january, as cohen like many others, including to a certain extent, the new defense secretary -- acting defense secretary, chris miller -- found themselves in a situation where they're basically trying to -- >> say no. >> push back the real out their claims from michael flynn, who used to be viewed as just your traditional general. and went down that rabbit hole as you suggested. and the sidney powell on the whole gina haspel being kidnapped -- i just know -- i can't even get my head around. that >> i can't e

and he would wink at michael flynn. people think that outside of -- outside of qanon think, we can cause them to defect. here's jeffrey epstein. then they say, trump was going under cover to take down epstein. not rationalizations to continue to have this really undying loyalty to trump. aparchlly it never ceased. >> i feel as somebody sort of outside of this looking in on it. the one thing that looked to many is a cultification. that will be tested over time. will sommer, reporter from "the daily beast." thanks very much for helping us understand this weird moment. i really appreciate you being here. >> thanks for having me. >> we've got much more news ahead. stay with us. >> we've got much more news ahead. stay with us you both sleep just right. save 50% on the new sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 60 months.. ends cyber monday. it's a thirteen-hour flight, that's not a weekend trip. fifteen minutes until we board. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you downloaded the td ameritrade mobile app s

said >> that michael flynn would come back even bigger and better. do you consider bring him back into your administration? i would certainly consider. i >> think he's a fine man. >> would you have him back into the white house? >> i would, i think he's a great gentleman. >> he's a great gentleman, of course he'd be back in the white house. while president trump was running for reelection last year, he talked more than once about how in a hypothetical second trump administration, he would gladly welcome back his grace graced national security adviser mike flynn. who of course pled guilty twice two felony charges. trump ultimately pardon flynn on his way out the door. he didn't get that second trump term, at least not yet. if there ever is one, mike flynn will be back in their. because he is such a great gentleman. in the meantime, while we all await those happy days, what has retire general mike flynn, potential official in a future trump administration, what has he been up to? >> somebody sent me a thing this morning where they're talking about putt

somewhere along the way, people who know flynn, say something changed with michael flynn. now cnn's jessica schneider reports the committee wants flynn to testify about two meetings he attended which may have laid the foundation for trump's attempted coup. >> reporter: retired lieutenant general michael flynn may have been fired from the white house just weeks after donald trump became president in 2017, but he was back inside the oval office weeks after the 2020 election, suggesting to trump that he declare martial law to help overturn the 2020 results. he said as much on tv the day before. detailing what he viewed as the next step, including seizing voting machines. >> if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states. >> reporter: just three weeks earlier, trump pardoned flynn from a charge of lying to the fbi, a charge flynn had pleaded guilty to. his lawyer in that case, sidney powell, joined flynn to push trump in that december oval office meeting to take drastic measures like d

she knew him through the mutual associate michael flynn. she called him who she thinks will be a reliable ally and demands he take action. quote she has been hurt. and taken into custody in germany. powell told cohen. you need to launch a special operations mission to get her. powell believed she had embarked on this secret mission to get the server and destroy evidence. in other words the cia director was part of the conspiracy. okay. just take a second and drink this in. calls up someone high ranking official at the pentagon. saying, got to launch a special forces mission to go get back the cia director. who has been captured because she was trying to get back the secret server. what? donald trump's lawyer i guess revelation. according to to the reporter she was a true believer. calling up allies in the department of the defense to rescue the head of the cia. who she believed was guilty of a conspiracy to steal the election. remember this woman had the ear the trust of the former president. the most powerful man on earth. a man who when s

i want to play you something from michael flynn. this is michael flynn on newsmax. let me hit play here. >> he could order the -- within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically re-run an election in each of those states. i mean, it's not unprecedented. these people out there talking about martial law, like it's something that we've never done. martial law has been instituted 64 times. >> yeah. so, that might be why they want to talk to michael flynn, the invoking of martial law. john eastman earlier. this is a lawyer who honestly most people didn't know much about during the campaign but he is the one who drafted the six-point memo to donald trump outlining what mike pence could do to overturn the election. so, he's the memo author. obviously, huge interest in him. same kind of thing, documents by november 22nd. jason miller. he was a coms guy, communications guy, he had stayed on with trump afterwards. you heard ryan mention the will l lard hotel. january 5th, there was a meeting t

committee also subpoenaed, former general michael flynn today. you will of course remember him, as donald trump's first national security adviser, who resigned after less than a month. his conversations with the russian ambassador before trump was even inaugurated, he ended up pleading guilty to lying to the fbi, he started cooperating with special counsel but then seemed to stop. turned against. it and said it was all a witch hunt, and was later pardoned by donald trump. and it's letter to flynn today the january six committee reference that he attended the december 18th, 2020 meeting in the oval office during which the participants discussed season voting machines, declaring a national emergency, invoking's earning national security emergency powers and continuing to spread the message that the election had been tainted by voters from. just tonight, before flynn spreads several claims on the white wing network. >> he can order within the swing states, if you wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states

. >>> michael flynn, donald trump's former national security adviser, at least for a brief spell, made it clear over the weekend that he believes christianity should become the sole religion in the united states. >> so if we are going to have one nation under god, which we must, we have to have one religion, one nation under god and one religion under god, right, all of us together, working together. >> let's talk about this now edward ahmed mitchell, the deputy director of the council on american islamic relations, which is a muslim advocacy group. sir, thanks for being with us this morning. what is your reaction to what you heard flynn say? >> look, honestly, i was not surprised. michael flynn has been saying crazy things for years, including about the muslim community, when he left the military under the obama administration, he joined an anti muslim hate group that advocated for restricting the rights of muslim-americans. not surprised at all to see what he said over the weekend. michael flynn is not a serious person but he's a dangerous person because so many people take him serio

michael flynn is also on today's list of subpoenas. he of course pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and was pardoned by donald trump on the night before thanksgiving last year, three weeks after joe biden was declared the winner of the presidential election. the pardoned michael flynn immediately threw himself at high speed into trying to help donald trump steal the election. attorney john eastman was one of the six subpoenaed. he is the author of the infamous and utterly false legal memo claiming that vice president mike pence had the authority to reject electoral college votes. angela mccallum, who worked in the trump 2020 campaign was subpoenaed to testify about her part in attempting to steal the election. the evidence of her attempts to commit election fraud were actually left on voice mail. >> my name is angela mccallum. i'm calling from trump campaign headquarters in washington, d.c. tomorrow, as you might be aware, mayor giuliani will be presenting experts and witnesses from michigan who will be able to show that the vote total

flynn lieutenant general michael flynn he is the one that gave information and then that information was relayed to christopher steele who put in the dossier. let's talk about this. fiona hill not being held accountable. who briefed president trump on the dossier even though they did not believe that was real? in january 2017 it was james comey john brennan who briefed the president on the dossier in an effort to get that out. that is it. and they destroyed everyone not only to destroy president trump blossom and in general michael flynn and who is the only no working with and who wish you close to the national security council? and another that hr mcmaster who then replaced michelson at the national security advisor. steve: she does all this and then she and that in the white house. >> and what we have seen very hopefully starting to put the pieces together and the shape of the plot. it's not really the accountability. will there be more indictments or senior people in relation to this? >> i certainly hope so. as an honorable man and will do the honorable thing. at least i hope so.

michael flynn and bernard carrick received pardons. this is a group that's going to be loyal to trump, ready to put up a fight with the committee. if that happens, the committee needs to be ready to act quickly to go down the same road we've seen with steve bannon and jeffrey clark. vote for contempt in the committee. send it to the full house and over to the justice department for a potential criminal prosecution for contempt of congress. >> it's been 2 1/2 weeks since the bannon referral went over and still we've not heard from ag garland. so would you have expected to hear something there and what does this portend for any actions these people do not take. >> merrick garland seems to be taking his time. this does not seem to be a complex fraud case where you'd need months and months. i'm wondering what's taking merrick garland has long. what he does with bannon will set the tone. if merrick garland does not prosecute steve bannon, all the new witnesses, the six new ones, they'll have no deterrent and will see it as a free-for-all. t

michael flynn, until president elect trump, was fully briefed on all cia covert actions that were at the behest of the current president, barack obama at the time, that donald trump would be inheriting as his covert actions on inauguration day. michael flynn got that brief from the cia along with vice president pence becoack on decer 7th of 2020. trump didn't. it wasn't until several weeks into his administration that trump got briefed on all of the covert actions that he was now responsible for. it was quite a revelation. >> you mean when flynn was briefed in 2016? is that what you meant, to be clear? >> yes, 2016, not 2020. >> i wanted to be -- >> 2020, michael flynn was in a different circumstance. >> that would have been a headline. so he actually didn't get -- trump didn't get a briefing in the last month of the presidency. >> that's how it appears. it's a little bit dodge y, the way it is written. it is almost as if it didn't want to be said that bluntly. but before donald trump left for mar-a-lago for the holidays, which was somewhere around december 23rd, 2020, that he had hi

first of all, michael flynn. yes, that michael flynn. he was one of the biggest proponents of the big lie, and he was part of one of the craziest meetings of this whole thing in december 2020 when he met in the oval office with donald trump and others. they talk about seizing election machines, imposing martial law. speaking of crazy theories, john eastman, the attorney who wrote out a memo explaining how, in his view, his wrong view, but his view, the vice president, mike pence, could throw the election by simply deciding not to take certain electoral votes. bernard kerik, he was behind that secret war room meeting at the willard hotel. he was part of the stop the steal messaging. then three former trump campaign officials, bill stepien, jason miller, and angela mccallum, all were part of spreading the big lie and reaching out to state ledgegislators to try to get th on board with throwing the election. what unites all six of these people? according to bennie thompson, the chair, he said, quote, in the days before the january 6th attack

michael flynn is the embodiment of all of that. that comment really kind of brings out the light of some of these concerns, legal concerns about whether or not this sets precedent for moving forward, if republicans, if this is something they should worry about. i do not think there is anything seen in the past, especially in 40 years, that shows the republicans would not, the ones who take over, would not be extremists, would not be going after their political opponents in a way that would be considered to be oppression. so i am not concerned about the legal precedent, because the trump administration, has broken almost every precedent you can think of in the last four years, the genie is out of the bottle at this point >> we will have to leave it there at this, point sara azari, ashley pratte oates and tim lim, thank you all for being here this morning, we appreciate. it >> the great town of kenosha this morning, hundreds of national guard troops are on standby, and a verdict in the trial that is dividing the country, a preview of

the committee also subpoenaed former general michael flynn today. you will of course remember him as donald trump's first national security adviser who resigned after less than a month amid revelations his conversations with the russian ambassador before trump was inaugurated. he ended up pleading guilty to lying to the fbi, started cooperating with special counsel robert mueller's investigation then seemed to stop and turned against it and said it was a witch hunt and was later pardoned by donald trump. in its letter to flynn today the january 6th committee references that he attended a december meeting in the oval office in which they discussed seizing voting machines, declaring a national emergency, invoking national emergency powers and continuing to spread the message the election had been tainted by widespread fraud. just the night before flynn spread similar claims on the right wing network news max. >> he could order, within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and place them in those states and basically re

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he was talking about it with a wide group of people. >> chances we hear from michael flynn? >> close to zero. he is, with bernie carrick, the truest of the true believers in the group. the problem with this entire january 6th committee here -- investigation, is that the tools the committee has to force reluctant witnesses, if they exist at all, are likely to take months and months, which the committee doesn't have. >> maggie, overnight on twitter, i noticed you were doing some reporting on a speech that the former president was giving to the nrcc in tampa. >> tampa. >> there was a lot in there. >> yeah. there was. so it's really funny, i was getting messages from folks in the room who said, oh, he's on message. he's not talking about january 6th or november 3rd. than he got there eventually. he started talking about glenn youngkin, the incoming governor of virginia, who kept trump at a very noticeable arm's length in the final weeks of that race. most youngkinfolks tfolks think made him win, he wasn't hugging trump. trump, bhowho makes everything about himself, was insisting

i do want to talk about michael flynn. you've reported extensively about some of what michael flynn has said that is obviously very interesting to this committee and that has to do with his discussion of invoking martial law. >> yeah, he is the hard-liner in the trump orbit. and would be a key witness in this. now, as we have discussed, the january 6th committee does not have a strong hand because there will be delaying moves and traditionally congressional committees can't get this kind of information and this goes back to the nixon tapes case in 1974. so this is in the hands of the justice department and, again, claire, our assistant, has been saying, look, go back and look at the supreme court decisions. this is a clear case of a violation of what is called 371 section conspiracy to defraud the u.s. if this is not a conspiracy to defraud the u.s., i don't know what is. >> what are you thinking about timing here? because when you have all of these folks associated with trump trying to delay things, they might not really

so, michael flynn is not that far away from huge numbers of people in this country. you've heard me say many times we're in civil war in this country. and right now secessionists, these republicans are winning the civil war. it's a little much to think, oh, yeah, mike flynn is off the wall. these people have prevailed in many regards. >> we can't let it happen. carl bernstein, thank you so much for those comments, as always. we'll be right back. >> thank you. steroidal anti-inflammatory gel for powerful arthritis pain relief. voltaren, the joy of movement. people with moderate to severe psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, are rethinking the choices they make like the splash they create the way they exaggerate the surprises they initiate. otezla. it's a choice you can make. otezla is not an injection or a cream it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing in

. >> reporter: a fascinating group, yes, michael flynn, the same michael flynn who was convicted by the fbi and later pardoned by donald trump and the committee is interested with him because they talked about wild approaches like declaring martial law and seizing election machines and john eastman, the attorney that came up with the plan and the memo, explaining in his view, he was wrong and in his view mike pence as vice president had the power to reject certain electoral votes and throw the election over to donald trump. bernard kerik, another convicted felon, behind the willard meet, the secret war room meetings that happened the days leading up to january 6th and three campaign officials, bill stepien, jason miller and andrea mccullum. they are interested the role the 3 had in spreading the big lie and then getting state boards to help them throw the election as well. >> how likely is it that the january 6th committee will actually hear from these people? >> reporter: well, some of them are between unlikely and completely not going to half i think michael flynn is very unlikely and

they are john eastman, a conservative lawyer who reportedly advised trump, michael flynn, trump's former national security adviser. you know his story. former nypd commissioner bernard kerik, former 2000 campaign aid, angela mccallum, former senior adviser to trump's 2020 campaign, jason miller and bill stepien, trump's re-election campaign manager. here's some of what we heard from january 6th committee member zoe lofgren earlier tonight. >> these were individuals who were heavily involved in trying to overturn the election, being involved in the so-called war rooms at the willard hotel, and we need to find out everything they said and did. >> some subpoenas in this latest batch focus on the reported use of the willard hotel near the white house as a so-called command center for staging the effort to keep trump in power. it's in the woodward and costa book called "peril." the committee's letter to attorney john eastman notes that he was, quote, at the willard hotel war room with steve bannon and others on the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection where the focus was on delayin

for doing that michael flynn is the absolute worst. that is "the reid out." chris hayes now. >>> tonight on "all in." >> how are you feeling mr. bannon? >> three serts, two counts of contempt, and one appearance in court today steve bannon surrenders to law enforcement as we get still more disturbing reporting on donald trump's obsessive plot to overturn the election. >>> then alex jones must pay the families of sandy hook victims. tonight the attorney who won today's massive defamation suit joins me live. >>> plus -- >> you lose the right to self-defense when you are the one who brought the gun. >> what we learned today as the murder trial of kyle rittenhouse nears conclusion and joe biden throws a party at the white house as infrastructure week finally arrives. >> today we're finally getting this done. >> reporter: when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we have a ton of new developments today in the story of the attempted coup. the effort at the very highest levels of the u.s. government to throw out the results of last

for doing that michael flynn is the absolute worst. that is "the reid out." chris hayes now. >>> tonight on "all in." >> how are you feeling mr. bannon? >> three serts, two counts of contempt, and one appearance in court today steve bannon

but basically, i'd like to see, for example, from michael flynn. what he proposed about martial law and what president trump said to him in -- in response to the proposal. was the president willing to go along with using martial law? with using the military to overturn an election? were we there? we ought to know more about what john eastman said to the president and what the president said to him. and uh, so those are really critical things. what the president knew and when he knew it. the same questions that we -- that came up in watergate. those are the exactly the same questions we need to have answered now. >> congresswoman holtzman, jim acosta, appreciate it. thank you. >>> joining us now, michigan congressman fred upton, one of just nine republicans who voted to hold steve bannon in contempt. congressman, what is your reaction to -- to this latest round of subpoenas? because i know you are not on the select committee but as i mentioned, you voted to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress. what do you think the committee is able to learn f

michael flynn, jason miller, angela mccallum, john eastman and bernard keric. garrett haake is following the story. what do we know about these new subpoenas this morning? >> reporter: the committee says these subpoenas are for folks wlorp there mr. cases involved with the trump campaign on the front aendnd then pivoted to the stop the steal effort after the fact. you have michael flynn, long time ally of president trump, one of his early endorsers back in 2016 who was pretty active talking about his own conspiracy theories. then there's bernie keric. he's the only one to issue any kind of statement after the fact, at least that we've seen publicly, acknowledging the subpoena. he writes there a statement, i'm demanding that the committee either detract this defamatory press release and apologize or admit this is purely a partisan stunt and they aren't looking for the truth. craig, that doesn't sound to me like someone who's eager to cooperate. all of these folks know they face potential legal consequences if they choose not to. we expect new subpoenas from the

steven miller, kayleigh mcenany, michael flynn types. i think the committee understands they're going to have to dig in and fight those people, perhaps hold them in contempt, send them to doj for potential prosecution. but there's a second track where i think there's some hope that some of these people may give productive testimony. for example, in today's batch, keith kellogg, the committee said the reason they're interested in him is because he urged donald trump as the attack was going down to send a tweet to his followers to call him off. so there may be some people here who may be willing to provide important information. >> we'll find out soon. andrew, some of these officials were at the rally this morning. some were at the white house on january 6th. how important is it for the committee to get a firsthand account of what former president trump did on that day? >> well, wolf, i think it's absolutely essential. as eli was just saying, you have a real focus now on people who were in physical proximity to the president on the day of

in the days before the riot, michael flynn publicly called for a military coup to overthrow the u.s. government, and during an oval office meeting, discussed seizing voting machines and invoking a national emergency. on friday, president trump's former acting assistant attorney general at the time of the insurrection jeffrey clark refused to testify to congressional investigators, citing trump's claims of executive privilege. in response, january 6 committee chair benny thompson said he was weighing criminal contempt charges for clark. clark was a key player in donald trump's efforts to enlist the justice department to sow doubt over results of the presidential election in georgia. and the supreme court heard oral arguments monday in a case that will determine whether three muslim men from california can sue the fbi for illegally spying on them after the 9/11 attacks. lawyers for the bureau argue the suit should be dismissed under the state secrets privilege. in 2006 and 2007, the fbi recruited a man named craig monteilh to pose as a muslim convert in order to infiltrate mosques and

heist on democracy, starring pardoned criminal michael flynn, a.k.a., general grumpy pants. pardoned criminal bernie kerik: the scalp. discraced lawyer john eastman: the accessorizer. campaign manager bill stepien: bland master flash. executive assistant angela mccallum, the spare tiffany. and're and stephen miller as the honey trap. these trader joes was huddle together in a set of rooms and suites in the posh willard hotel in downtown d.c. their room bar tab must've been huge. it's, like, 20 bucks a pop for those mini molotov cocktails. ( laughter ) these guys did anything they could to stop biden from taking office, including putting pressure on mike pence to delay or even block certification of the election. well, good luck. pence is a master of withstanding peer pressure. even in high school, his friends couldn't get him to experiment with un-gartered socks: "no, thank you. elastic is the devil's reach-around." ( laughter ) the committee is especially interested in michael flynn, because he publicly called for the military to intervene and seize voting machines, and enc

heist on democracy, starring pardoned criminal michael flynn, a.k.a., general grumpy pants. pardoned criminal bernie kerik: the scalp. disgraced lawyer john eastman: the accessorizer. campaign manager bill stepien: bland master flash. executive assistant angela mccallum, the spare tiffany. and stephen miller as the honey trap. these traitor joes were huddled together in a set of rooms and suites in the posh willard hotel in downtown d.c. their room bar tab must've been huge. it's, like, 20 bucks a pop for those mini molotov cocktails. ( laughter ) these guys did anything they could to stop biden from taking office, including putting pressure on mike pence to delay or even block certification of the election. well, good luck. pence is a master of withstanding peer pressure. even in high school, his friends couldn't get him to experiment with un-gartered socks: "no, thank you. elastic is the devil's reach- around." ( laughter ) the committee is especially interested in michael flynn, because he publicly called for the military to intervene and seize voting machines, and encour

flynn and other big lie promoters? >> don, i think to be maybe to draw on a little history, a question that got posed to me one time is what did he know and when did he know it i think is really very central. we want to know what trump's role was, it really won't come to rest until we get that sorted out and we're -- all the surrounding evidence shows that trump certainly had more than we know at this point and certainly had a very central role. this was all done in his behalf and until we get those answers, we really don't have the full report on these events. >> john, let's talk more about steve bannon because steve bannon has a criminal contempt case. why are attorney general merrick garland and the justice department taking so long on that? >> you know, i've been thinking long and hard about that. in fact, today, this afternoon i dugout his full testimony before the senate judiciary committee on october 18th where he had an exchange with senator white house and was pressing him did he have any restrictions on the i

michael flynn, who talked about seizing voting machines and declaring martial law. >> if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities, and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election. >> no, he couldn't. nope. not without destroying our democracy. and there's more. angela mccallum reportedly part of the efforts to pressure state legislators and bernie kerik reportedly in the willett hotel, so-called the war room there with rudy giuliani, with steve bannon and with john eastman the day before the insurrection. what was going on? six key players added to the growing list of the former president's insiders target by the january 6th committee. they know a whole lot, but the question is will they cooperate, or will they stonewall like steve bannon? that is happening as president joe biden's approval rating is upside down in our brand-new cnn poll. take a look at your screen now. 58% say that he's not focused on the right issues. and the issue the american people care about the most, that's the economy, by far. remember, it's the economy, stupid. still is. you s

among them, form are national security adviser michael flynn, conservative lawyer john eastman and former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik, closely tied to rudy giuliani. eastman and kerik are believed to have attended meetings at the command center, a posh suite at the willard hotel where a block from the white house "the washington post" reports trump's most loyal lieutenants were working day and night with one goal in mind, overturning the results of the 2020 election. the committee also sent subpoenas to three members of the trump reelection campaign, campaign manager bill stepan, senior advisor jason miller and the executive assistant angela mccallum. mccallum apparently made calls to michigan lawmakers in december of 2020 urging them to override the state's votes and appoint more loyal electors. >> we want to know when there's a resolution in the house to appoint electors for trump, if the president can count on you to join in support. >> the committee wants these six witnesses to provide documents before thanksgiving and appear in person for testimony in early decemb

flynn. he was in an oval meeting in december where they reportedly discussed seizing election machines because they had a coke mamie idea of foreign influence. >> he can take military capabilities and place them in those states and basically re-run an election in each of these states. these people out there talking about martial law, something we've neverin. martial law has been instituted 64 times. >> if you're building a case, you want to take the before, the during and the after and that's what they are trying to do here. what was the mindset of all the trump officials, not just the former president in what became the horrible insurrection day? >> mid-level staffers all the way up to top advisers. now it is not likely that flynn is going to come in and voluntarily cooperate with this investigation and tell them everything that he knows. so at this point a lot of this really does depend on the attorney general and whether he proceeds with an indictment against steve bannon, because steve b

former national security adviser michael flynn made some comments. i'm sure you guys have seen this, saying that there should be one religion. i wanted to make sure we save some time to talk about this. it's bananas. let's watch. >> we are going to have one nation under god, which we must, we have to have one religion, one nation under god and one religion under god. >> i mean, so much for the separation of church and state and the constitution. >> well, also, correct, that's the first amendment is freedom of religion, freedom of establishment and keeps the government apart from your choice of religion in this country. >> and the fact that mike flynn, who should know better, who took an oath to uphold the constitution, is speaking for all these folk who's keep running past these basic guardrails. freedom of religion is consistent with the idea of separation between church and state -- the founders were very clear on this, that there would not be an official state-sanctioned religion. so mike flynn is saying we should depstroy that element of the cons

john eastman, bill stepien, jason miller, bernie kerik, michael flynn, and campaign executive assistant angela mccallum. they were all ordered to testify and provide relevant documents to the committee. all six took part in discussions about challenging the 20 election results, according to "the washington post." eastman and kerik participated in the so-called war room meetings near the white house. they plotted the investigation on the electoral college votes. and it was claimed mike pence had the authority to block the votes. the january 6th committee previously issued subpoenas for top advisers including steve bannon who the house voted to hold in contempt after he refused to testify. the decision whether to file charges against bannon is up to merrick garland. in his new book "betrayal: the final act of the trump show" carlson reports on the conversation he had with trump. he told mcdaniel he was leaving the gop and creating his own political party and he didn't care if the move would destroy the republican party. trump reportedly told mcdaniel, this is what they deserve for not sti

flynn, a former national security adviser the committee is demanding their testimony and records. >>> at the white house today, president biden taking a victory lap after the passage of his bipartisan trillion dollar infrastructure bill. but there are daunting new battles just around the corner. garrett haake is on capitol hill >> reporter: president biden tonight celebrating two victories at the white house. the milwaukee bucks nba championship and the bipartisan infrastructure bill he hopes will be a political slam dunk. >> are you feeling momentum >> i'm always optimistic it's going to be a tough fight, and it ain't over yet as they say. the old expression goes but i feel good. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: the late friday vote a possible turning point for the president who saw democrats lose the governorship in virginia last week and his own approval slide to a new low, 38% in a poll out today democrats trying to bounce out of a week they hope was rock bottom with a packed month ahead in congress the house plans to vote on the president's $1.75 trillion climate and famil

michael flynn reportedly attended a december meeting in the oval office where participants discussed seizing voting machines declaring a national emergency and invoing national security powers. it was a drastic course of action that flynn also pushed publicly. >> the president has a and i just mentioned one of the options. he could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. he could also order, he could order the -- within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states, it not unprecedented. >> but of all of them, eastman's subpoena contains the lengthiest wrap sheet covering his memo to overturn the election, his appeals to state legislators to reject the outcome in their specific statements and 11th hour emails to mike pence during and after the insurrection. today's development brings the total number of witnesses under subpoena to 24. however, it's unclear whether these latest targets will compile. nbc news

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among them, form are national security adviser michael flynn, conservative lawyer john eastman and former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik, closely tied to

armed forces, i just want your reaction in watching what is happening to michael flynn. this is an individual, who is called one of the finest intelligence officers of his generation. he was ahead of the defense intelligence agency, one of the key pillars of american intelligence apparatus, the key one, and harry is running around, advocating martial law, talking to the conspiracy being, stolen we have to have one religion under god. >> look, this is probably the most un-american thing i think i've heard in quite a while. mr. flynn, i think you should stop calling him general flynn cause he's no longer general. mr. flynn, served with jews, muslims, atheist, catholics, people from all over. i served with all of the above. and people from native american traditions. we are very clear, there is no religion, one religion in this country, as we've been clear since the constitution of the united states. i don't know what this man is espousing, but it's crazy talk. we will not have one religion, we are a free country, and you will be allowed to worship who you want to worship.

they include attorney john eastman and former national security adviser michael flynn. both were key players in perpetuating trump's big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. >>> aaa predicts thanksgiving travel is about to bounce back in a big way. more than 53 million americans are expected to be on the move. that's a 13% increase from last year and just 5% below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. >>> some senate democrats calling on president biden to tap the nation's emergency oil stockpile to keep gas prices down. on sunday the energy secretary told cnn the president is considering the move after major oil producers declined to increase output. >>> pfizer is seeking emergency use authorization from the fda for the coronavirus booster shot. right now boosters are technically only approved for adults with underlying health conditions and those who work in high-risk areas. >>> the trading platform robinhood confirms it was hit by a data breach exposing the personal information of millions of customers. it says no social security or bank account numbers were exposed. >>> state

flynn, bernie carrick, i'm glad to see congress is finally after 300 days more than 300 days since the capitol was attacked finally getting around to askle them to come and tell the truth. now all of the folks are afraid to go tell the truth in congress and we've already seen people like jeffrey clark and others refuse to come to congress and so these subpoenas may need to be enforced by the just department with criminal sanctions. but the goal here of these subpoenas is to try and get answers to key questions. most notably, this eastman memo like in particular who asked john eastman to write this memo, and when he wrote it, when they read it, what did they say, how did they react and john eastman famously said he couldn't remember who asked him to write the memo which is just ludicrous on its face. both of us owe lawyers. any client who asked us to write a memo on a boring thing like bankruptcy, we're going to remember let alone a coup memo which is what this was. this is a tep in the right direction. this is a long time in my review, but at least it is moving in the right place. >> i