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Why Pence is Fighting Jan. 6 Special Counsel Subpoena

CNN Political Briefing

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The President's Daughter Commenting on Bill Barr's Statement That the Department Found No Fraud

This week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that he's giving Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to security footage from the day of the insurrection. The special counsel is believed to be keenly interested in getting an understanding about whether or not those around Trump believed and expressed to Trump this belief that the election was legitimate. CNN is also reporting that McCarthy could have tasked his own committees with sorting through the footage and presenting it. But a source close to McCarthy said he had long been wary of having this new House Republican majority looking like it's investigating or relittigating January 6th attack.

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