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Including overthrowing a free and a fair democratic election. president trumps campaign to bend the justice department to his political will culminated in a show down on january 3. today we will take you inside that early evening oval office meeting where top justice department officials met with the president. at stake, the leadership and integrity of the department of justice. >> the meeting talk about another 2 1/2 hours from the time i entered. it was entirely focused on whether there should...

Left the justice department after bill barr resigned in december of 2020. we expect to hear from former acting deputy attorney general richard donahue and stephen angle, the former assistant attorney general nor the legal counsel. we learned a short time ago that federal authorities searched the home of doj official jeffery clark. a name that youre probably going to hear quite a few times throughout the course of the day as we believe were about to get underway. theres bennie thompson. the chair...

Elections not to certify the results. thats essentially what donald trump was trying to do with the election nor president of the united states. it was a brazen attempt to use the justice department to advance the presidents personal political agenda. today my colleague from illinois, mr. kinzinger and other witnesses will walk through the select committees findings on these matters. but first, i recognize our distinguished vice chair, mrs. cheney of wyoming for any opening statement shes cared ...

Justice officials make a difference decision. what happens if they bow to the pressure? what would that do to us as a democracy, as a nation? imagine a future where the president could screen applicants to the justice department with one question. are you loyal to me or to the constitution? it wouldnt take long to find people welling to pledge their loyalty to the man. we know many of president trumps vocal supporters january 6 also wanted the justice department to do whatever he asked. as long ...

And threatened to resign. they were willing to sacrifice their careers for the good of our country. the department of justice is unique in the executive branch. the president oversees the department of justice but the presidents personal partisan interests must not shop or dictate the departments actions. the president cannot and must not use the department to serve his own personal interests. he must not use its people to do his political bidding, especially when what he wants them to do is sub...

To apply the law without the presidents political self-interests tainting its actions or dictating how it uses its authorities. president trump did find one candidate justice that seemed willing to do anything to help him stay in power. lets hear what president trumps own lawyer, eric hirschman had to say about jeff clarks plan to overturn the election. this video contains strong language. >> when he finished discussing what he planned on doing, i said good [bleep], congratulations. you just sai...

But it did escalate over time until ultimately the meeting on january 3, which was the most extreme of the meetings and conversations. >> i want to make sure that we dont gloss this over. just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to us. the president wanted the top justice department officials to declare that the election was corrupt even though as he knew there was absolutely no evidence to support that statement. the president didnt care about actually investigating the facts. he just wanted ...

Appointed to run the justice department after attorney general barr resigned. well hear from other senior justice department officials also. together these public servants resisted mr. trumps effort to misuse the justice department as part of his plan to hold on to power. we will show that trumps demands that the department investigate baseless claims of election fraud continued into january 2021. donald trump didnt just want the justice department to investigate. he wanted the justice departmen...

That i thought were that significant, that would compromise my ability to serve as attorney general in the way that i have described that as the peoples lawyer, i would not hesitate to resign. >> as you and i decussed to propose to undertake a course of conduct that was in violation of the constitution that would present me with a difficult but not a complex problem. i would have two choices. i could talk him out of it or leave. those are the choices. >> the attorney generals position as a cabin...

That more than 200,000 votes were certified in the state of pennsylvania that were not actually cast. sometimes the president would say 205, sometimes 250. i had not heard this before. i wanted to get the allegation down clearly so that we could look into it if appropriate. thats why i started taking those notes. as the conversation continued, i continued to take the notes. >> lets take a look at the notes, if we could right now. as we can see, you quote. trump asking where is doj just like we h...