Last time I checked witness tampering is still illegal, the lead starts right now.

We're now getting a glimpse, just a glimpse of just how much pressure former Trump White

House aide Cassidy Hutchinson was under when she testified before the January 6th select

committee earlier this week, sources telling CNN that she claims she's been contacted

by somebody from Trumpworld trying to influence her testimony, plus, President Biden doing

the 180 on the filibuster on the matter of abortion rights, what finally changed his

mind, and what happens next time Republicans take control of the Senate.

Then, is America about to see what happens when there are too many passengers, not enough

staff, not enough planes, and not enough air traffic controllers, adding some picket

lines, and you've got the recipe for a holiday weekend travel nightmare.

Welcome to the Leven Jake Tap where we start today with our politics lead in new insight

into what the January 6th select committee believes is possible witness tampering by members

of Trump's orbit, sources telling CNN that Cassidy Hutchinson told the panel that she was

contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony before Tuesday's hearing, and

now the vice chair of the committee, Congresswoman Liz Cheney says the committee is considering

making a criminal referral to the Justice Department, that's according to ABC News.

Today the committee is also now trying to compel testimony from Pat Cipollini issuing a

subpoena to Trump's former White House counsel, testimony from Hutchinson earlier this week

revealed Cipollini expressing alarm, leading up to and on January 6th about possible criminal

behaviors by the president and his aides.

CNN's Ryan Noble starts off our coverage from Capitol Hill with more on the committee's

latest efforts to get even more witness accounts, but what was happening at the White House

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