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Watergate lawyer Nick Akerman told CNN that what he's read so far of the full report from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress outlines the guilt of former President Donald Trump.

He explained to CNN's Laura Coates that the report walks through the evidence that is admissible in court (either federal court in Washington or in a Georgia state court) "that proves that Donald Trump is guilty of these crimes, beyond a reasonable doubt."

Donald Trump's former acting chief of staff revealed a potentially damning text message to his successor that reveals the ex-president was not actually interested in learning whether he legitimately lost, but instead was claiming fraud to hold onto power.

Mick Mulvaney, who served as acting White House chief of staff and budget director, testified before the Jan. 6 committee but said only portions of his interview were used in public hearings, and he told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that he had offered Mark Meadows some advice in late November 2020 to help Trump leave office with dignity after claiming he'd been cheated.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough mocked Donald Trump for being a "snowflake" despite trying to project a tough-guy image, and he thumped Republicans for breaking the law to protect his feelings.

The House Ways and Means Committee finally obtained Trump's tax returns, which show the IRS failed to conduct a mandatory audit during his presidency, and the "Morning Joe" host classified that as another example of Republicans going to great lengths to mollify him.

Police are at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library on the San Jose State University Campus after an armed woman ran into the bathroom and barricaded herself inside.

The campus students have already left for the holidays, but some members of the staff are still there, so a lockdown has been initiated, reported KTUV News. The library has been evacuated.

Donald Trump has been fighting the release of his tax returns since he first positioned himself as a presidential candidate, and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski said their long-awaited disclosure proves he was always lying about them.

Trump claimed the returns couldn't be released during his 2016 campaign -- and throughout his presidency -- because they were under audit, but the House Ways and Means Committee concluded the IRS failed to audit his taxes, as required under a mandatory presidential program, for the first two years of his term and did not complete any of them.

The House Select Committee Investigating the January 6 attack on Congress and attempt to overthrow the election will address the intelligence failures in the full report, committee member Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) said on Tuesday.

The 160-page executive summary released Monday did mention some of the information that was reported ahead of Jan. 6 to the FBI, Secret Service, Homeland Security and even the U.S. Marshals. However, the summary didn't detail what was uncovered when researching information about the failures to deliver that information to the U.S. Capitol.

If there's one thing that motivates Donald Trump it's "a big fat bag of money," said biographer Tim O'Brien told a panel of analysts discussing the Ways and Means Committee debating whether to release the ex-president's taxes.

Trump has spent the better part of six years claiming that because he was under audit he couldn't turn over any information about his taxes. It's false. There's no reason any person is prevented from doing anything with their taxes during an audit.

The House Ways and Means Committee was set to meet Tuesday to vote on whether to release Donald Trump's taxes to the public after years of the former president refusing to release them.

But as officials began the hearing and the public and press were seated and ready to watch the proceeding, the members announced that they were kicking people out of the committee room.

Former President Donald Trump has fought the disclosure of his taxes from the early days of the 2016 election. Every president in the modern era has been willing to turn over their tax information to prove ethics are above board and for transparency purposes. At first, Trump claimed that he was under audit so he couldn't reveal anything. An audit doesn't prevent anyone from revealing whatever information they want.

"He could have released them," said New York Times reporter Susanne Craig, who was anonymously mailed some of Trump's past tax returns. "When I see this and we have come to today after how many years of Donald Trump saying he was going to release his tax returns and he doesn't. If he had just released some of them in 2016, we wouldn't be here today. It's just incredible. It's so Donald Trump to fight this to the end, even when it doesn't make sense. That's the first things — the fact that he let this get to today is incredible. It's now just a horrible news event. It has been every time it comes up for him."

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward believes the House select committee made a strong case that Donald Trump broke the law trying to cling to power, but he's not sure what the consequences will be for the former president.

The Washington Post reporter helped break the Watergate break-in story that eventually led to Richard Nixon's downfall, but he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" how the cases were different.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough explained the key failure that cost Donald Trump re-election in 2020, and why the former president still can't come to terms with that.

Trump always intended to disregard the results, but the "Morning Joe" host said his campaign was unable to overcome a superior effort by Joe Biden and the Democrats to turn out voters against the former president -- and his inability to accept that loss sent him on a crime spree that nearly ended American democracy.

The House select committee ended its investigation by recommending criminal charges for Donald Trump and his inner circle, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said their alleged crimes were exposed by fellow "bitter-enders."

A parade of witnesses -- from family members, campaign staffers, White House aides, federal officials and other Trump allies -- told the committee about the former president's actions and mindset in the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, and, especially, on that day, and the legislative panel concluded he had broken multiple laws trying to remain in power.

Former Justice Department official Mary McCord noted that in her quick review of the 160-page executive summary released by the House Select Committee on Monday, she didn't see much about who funded the Jan. 6 attack, which was supposed to be something the committee looked into.

The full report will be released on Wednesday and it is expected to be thousands of pages long, with transcripts from each deposition and videos that spanned the year-and-a-half effort by the lawmakers. There were several omissions in the summary that led analysts and legal experts to ask questions. But McCord anticipates newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith will focus on that piece in his probe.