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What Trump assassination task force learned

Reps. Mike Kelly and Jason Crow, the bipartisan leaders of the task force that probed the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump, say they found a troubling culture of silence in the Secret Service. "I was struck by the stories in the recount of the specific actions of officers and agents on the ground that day," Crow said. "There were some heroic ones, but there were also a lot of examples of people that knew that something was wrong and they didn't say anything."

Biden considering pardons for Trump critics

CBS News has learned President Biden is considering issuing preemptive pardons for some of President-elect Donald Trump's biggest critics. Among the names being floated are Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served as the top science adviser during the height of COVID-19, California Democratic Senator-elect Adam Schiff, who led the first impeachment effort against Trump, and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who was part of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.

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