Welcome to the beat. I'm R.A. Mel where the top story builds on what we just mentioned.

The criminal evidence I can tell you is now in motion. Here's what we mean. The January 6th committee

has referred Trump and other officials for indictment at this building that you're looking at.

But let me tell you why we're looking at this building specifically, because what's new tonight is

Tuesday, today the committee is now transferring its evidence to that building on Pennsylvania Avenue to the Department of Justice.

We know that today, and that wasn't official until today.

So witness transcripts, materials, video, evidence, it's going to DOJ.

The committee is cooperating with the DOJ special counsel, which has an open probe.

Punchbowl reporting that much of the evidence production is about Meadows and Eastman,

who's the Trump lawyer at the center of the fake elector scheme.

Those names notable as well because Meadows and Eastman are among the group of people we showed you yesterday,

but you're going to be seeing a lot more of this set of alleged ring leaders, the potential co-conspirators, if there is a case made

for indicting the coup. The evidence will inform whether prosecutors do an indictment on

those four proposed charges from yesterday or any others. This is a new phase. And you might recall,

it comes after DOJ and Congress had some

light skirmishes over when and how the evidence from this very committee would get over to

DOJ. Well, the now is here, here, and now it's going there today. That wasn't true last week.

It wasn't true last month when some of that reporting came out. The DOJ gets it all because they asked for it.

And that's a reminder that while prosecutors always publicly insist they do their own homework

and they make their own decisions, and you've heard veteran prosecutors say that right here on this program,

this Justice Department has still wanted to get the committee's evidence for months.

And there are signs when you look at why they

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