republican congressman. we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] mr. gates and mr. brooks mr. gates was the first to ask for a pardon. [inaudible] i m sorry. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. i thought that it was [inaudible] how does the president even know mr. clark? i said, so suppose i do the, suppose i replace him, replace with [inaudible] jeff clark. what would you do? i said, mr. president, i would rather resign immediately. stephanie ruhle, all here for our special primetime recap of the fifth day of the january 6th hearings. good evening from msnbc headquarters, i m rachel. i am joined here by my beloved colleagues lawrence o donnell, nicole wallace, joy reid, ari melber. and if that s
adamant that he had one and that we were not doing our job. the president said, just say the election is corrupt and leave the rest to me and well. republican congressman. we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] mr. gaetz and mr. brooks mr. gaetz was the first to ask for a pardon. mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert asked as well. i m sorry. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. i thought the puzzle was asinine. how does the president even know mr. clark? i said, so suppose i do the, suppose i replace him, replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do? i said, mr. president, i would rather resign immediately. but so baloney said this is a murder suicide pact. tonight rachel maddow, nic
the basic contours of before. but that s something qualitatively different then seeing it explained here and there in that room. andrea lived. i think it was in the testimony, as you described it, they are all kind of echoing each other s testimonies, because they re really living it in the room. that s to the credit of the committee and of congressman kinzinger. i think what is so important here and what has been revealed at all five hearings is, where everyone s lines were. so, he s willing to burn down the justice department, which we have learned over the last five hearings was all too willing to investigate unfounded allegations of fraud. i mean, bill barr churned the justice department into something that had never been before, election day, and did that. broke precedent. and we learn from mr. rosen and that every day, from bill barr s departure on, he continued in that pattern of investigating these baseless allegations. donoghue himself talks about how he took one of these
described it, they are all kind of echoing each other s testimonies, because they re really living it in the room. that s to the credit of the committee and of congressman kinzinger. i think what is so important here and what has been revealed at all five hearings is, where everyone s lines were. so, he s willing to burn down the justice department, which we have learned over the last five hearings was all too willing to investigate unfounded allegations of fraud. i mean, bill barr churned the justice department into something that had never been before, election day, and did that. broke precedent. and we learn from mr. rosen and that every day, from bill barr s departure on, he continued in that pattern of investigating these baseless allegations. donoghue himself talks about how he took one of these crazy allegations against around pennsylvania fielded out to the western district attorney of pennsylvania. go chase this out. they were using justice department resources to. and t
a lot of revelations, a lot of stuff we didn t know before we saw this hearing today. but i think that this was this was the heart and soul of it. this was the main point. it is something that we knew the basic contours of before. but that s something qualitatively different then seeing it explained here and there in that room. and the testimony, as you described it, they are all kind of echoing each other s testimonies, because they re really living it in the room. that s to the credit of the committee and of congressman kinzinger. i think what is so important here and what has been revealed at all five hearings is, where everyone s lines were. so, he s willing to burn down the justice department, which we have learned over the last five hearings was all too willing to investigate unfounded allegations of fraud. i mean, bill barr churned the justice department into something that had never been before, election day, and did that. broke precedent. and we learn from mr. rosen and