I'm Casey Hunt and this is CNN Tonight, a critical day for the January 6th Committee,

finally taking their most coveted testimony so far.

Hours and hours and hours with former Trump White House Council Pat Cipolloni under oath

behind closed doors.

More than seven hours to be precise and it's all on the record.

But what exactly did the panel learn?

Does Donald Trump have a lot more to be worried about tonight?

Mr. Cipolloni did appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions.

He did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses and I think we did learn a few things

which we will be rolling out in hearings to come.

So I think it was a grueling day for all involved in Mr. Cipollini and the staff and the members.

But it was well worth it.

Well worth it says Committee members O. Lofgren on CNN earlier tonight.

She did not get into specifics but she thought Cipolloni was candid with the panel today

and believes that his answers were, quote, honest.

Congresswoman Lofgren did note, quote, some complications when it came to attorney

client privilege, belonging to Trump.

But she said executive privilege was not an issue because the holder of that privilege is

in fact President Biden.

In another interview, she said the former White House counsel never pleaded the fifth.

So what does that mean for the ex president?

There's a lot of intrigue about this testimony because of course Cipolloni was such a critical

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