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Marc Short testifies in front of federal grand jury investigating January 6

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

A source tells CNN former Vice President Pence’s Chief of Staff Marc Short testified last week in front of a federal grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Former federal prosecutor and CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin tells Anderson Cooper why Short testifying is a “big deal.” Plus, after a weekend filled with extreme, record breaking heat in the Northeast, CNN Correspondent Gary Tuchman brings AC360 to the hottest place on Earth: Death Valley, California to see what life is like when summer temperatures often top 120° F. 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. We begin tonight with major new development where the January 6

0:03.9

hearings left off. We have much work yet to do and we will see you all in

0:10.8

September. Well one thing became clear today nobody is waiting till September. For

0:16.3

starters we learned tonight that Mark Short, former vice president, vice

0:20.2

president Pence's chief of staff testified under subpoena last week before

0:24.5

federal grand jury in Washington. That's according to a source familiar with the

0:27.9

matter. Now this is significant because short was there in the room for some of

0:31.9

the key moments on and around the six. He's also the highest profile witness

0:36.0

known to have testified so far and we'll talk more about what that might say about

0:39.9

the Justice Department's criminal investigation and how far it can go. Also late

0:44.5

today president Biden waited on the central figure in Thursday's January 6

0:48.1

hearings. So it happened the Capitol police, the DC metropolitan police, other

0:56.7

law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes.

1:00.9

Speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized, and lives were lost. And for three

1:08.9

hours the defeated former president of the United States watched it all happen as

1:14.1

he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the Oval Office. As for

1:19.2

the committee it apparently is not waiting for September either. Today a member

1:23.8

Virginia Democratic Congresswoman Elaine Luria released a new video clip. It

1:28.3

shows the former president's unwillingness to include in his speech on

1:31.5

January 7th language holding the mob that he invited, incited, and wanted to

1:36.4

join accountable. Do you recognize what this is? It looks like a copy of a draft

1:48.3

if there were marks for that day. Okay and as you can see throughout the

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