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Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson cooperating with DOJ investigation

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is cooperating with the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the efforts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. Laurence Tribe is a Harvard Law School professor and the co-author of "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment." He joins AC360 to discuss the scope and focus of the federal investigation. Plus, CNN has exclusively learned that the Biden administration has offered to exchange a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year U.S. prison sentence for the release of Americans Paul Whelan and WNBA star Brittney Griner. Abby Phillip interviewed Griner’s wife back in June and tells Anderson Cooper how her family is reacting to the trial and the news of the proposed swap. 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

Good evening.

0:01.0

We begin with breaking news in the January 6th investigation, the latest in a string

0:05.2

of major developments on the subject throughout the day.

0:07.8

CNN has learned from multiple sources that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could

0:12.1

sit down for a deposition with the House Select Committee as soon as this week.

0:16.4

And we've seen more indications today that the other investigation, the Justice Department's

0:20.4

criminal probe, has progressed further than previously thought.

0:24.1

Late today, CNN learned that the Justice Department obtained a second warrant for that

0:28.2

man right-wing attorney, John Eastman's cell phone.

0:32.6

This one permitting them to actually look at the contents of the cell phone.

0:35.9

Eastman, as you know, is the one who cooked up the dubious legal rationale for overturning

0:39.7

the election.

0:40.7

Also, today, there's word that Cassidy Hutchinson, former top aide to then White House Chief

0:45.0

of Staff, Mark Meadows, who testified before the January 6th Committee, is cooperating

0:49.6

with the Department of Justice, that's according to a source with knowledge of the discussions.

0:54.1

And it comes with a caveat.

0:55.2

We don't yet know the extent of her cooperation.

0:58.4

We're learning, though, that she's not alone this morning.

1:00.8

In a acquaintance of hers, former White House Communications Director and current CNN

1:04.5

political commentator, Alyssa Faragriffin, said she is, quote, aware of other White House

1:09.6

officials who have been reached out to by the Department and are planning to cooperate,

1:14.0

end quote.

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