Did Trump’s team witness tamper?

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

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New information comes to light pertaining to a star witness for the January 6 committee. Did Trump's inner circle try to keep Cassidy Hutchinson from speaking the truth about what she knows, is that a crime and will the DOJ be looking into it? That, as Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks out about his frustration with the DOJ for failing to indict witnesses who have refused to comply with the January 6 Committee’s subpoenas.WNBA star Brittney Griner has been held in Russia since her February arrest at a Moscow airport on allegations of attempting to smuggle cannabis oil. Her wife Cherelle joins CNN Tonight ahead of Brittney’s trial in Russia on Friday, to talk about the fight to bring the Phoenix Mercury player home. Plus, the family of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy who was abducted, tortured and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, are calling for the arrest of his white female accuser after they discovered an unserved 70-year-old warrant charging her with kidnapping.Hosted by Sara Sidner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sarah Sidener and this is CNN Tonight.
0:04.3	New information is coming to light pertaining to a star witness for the January 6th Committee.
0:10.3	Did Donald Trump's inner circle try to keep Cassidy Hutchinson from speaking the truth
0:15.1	about what she knows and is that a crime?
0:18.4	According to three CNN sources, the former A to then White House Chief of Staff Mark
0:22.7	Meadows told the panel she was contacted by someone in the Trump camp attempting to
0:27.8	influence her testimony.
0:30.0	Remember those messages, vice chair Liz Cheney read aloud at Tuesday's hearing, alluding
0:34.6	to possible witness intimidation?
0:37.0	The GOP Congresswoman didn't name names, but she relayed accounts from two unidentified
0:42.7	witnesses who said they were pressured by people close to the ex-president to, quote,
0:48.3	do the right thing.
0:49.8	The loyal to Donald Trump, reminding them Trump would be paying close attention to their
0:54.6	words.
0:55.6	The Committee suggests it has many other examples of witness tampering, which is of course
1:00.4	a very serious crime.
1:02.4	Is that what is happening here and will the DOJ be looking into this?
1:08.7	They believe that they can affect the testimony of witnesses before the Committee.
1:12.9	It's a very serious issue and I would imagine the Department of Justice would be very interested
1:17.6	in and would take that very seriously as well.
1:20.5	The two investigations going on, congressional and criminal are showing signs of clashing
1:25.5	yet again.
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