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conspiracy theory that an italian defense contractor uploaded software to a satellite that switched votes from trump to biden. >> members of congress angling for pardons. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think youve committed a crime. >> and brand-new tonight, my interview with alex holder, the documentary filmmaker who testified to the committee behind closed doors this morning and turned over hours of his footage. youre going to hear him tell me that the c...

this is don lemon tonight. a firsthand account from the witness who gave dramatic closed-door testimony to the january 6th committee, today. >> this is the sitting president of the united states, saying this in the white house, that was actually very scary. >> you have used the words frightening, and scary. you were frightened? those are strong words. >> of course they were pickups the. >> in the capitol, revelations on the plot to overturn the election. what the president told the doj...

To do today was to make jeffrey clark a household name. i dont think they quite accomplished that. however, they did paint a pretty villainous picture of jeffrey clark and what an absolute betrayal of his oath to uphold the law, of his country, when he allegedly goes in and says, yeah, ill do this. ill do this for you. i just think its -- its incredible that they can -- >> let me get a legal response. >> today was lawyer day. >> yeah. >> lots of lawyers, doj memos and policies and that kind of t...

Catastrophe. >> he had to. no one of credibility would do the dirty work he wanted to do, so, scott perry pick this guy up out of relative obscurity and hands him over to the white house, and essentially, he asks, will you do this thing if we put you in position of power to do it and he says sure. i just want to know, who will play jeffrey clark in the movie, because this guy, what the committee set out to do today was to make jeffrey clark a household name. i dont think they quite accompanist t...

An argument that the most threat to american democracy is not another january 6th elect but the possibility of a stolen election, and they are also the authors of the 2018 book, "how democracy dies," and they are working on a follow-up, sad that we need a follow-up. daniel, let me star with you. with steven you wrote the book "how democracies die" as the doj memos show us on friday they usually dont die in civil wars do, they? they die in this kind of behind-at-scenes coordination between would-...

Its that simple. lets turn now to harvard government professor steven lavinski and an argument that the most threat to american democracy is not another january 6th election but the possibility of a stolen election and they are also the authors of the 2018 book "how democracy die" and they are working on a follow-up. sad that we need a follow-up. daniel, let me star with you. with steven you wrote the book "how democracies die" as the doj memos show us on friday they usually dont die in civil wa...

Pelosi and chuck schumer dont find a way to stop them, say good-bye to american democracy. its that simple. lets turn now to harvard government professor steven lavinski who argue that the most threat to american democracy is not another january 6th attack but the possibility of a stolen election and they are also the authors of the 2018 book "how democracies die" and they are working on a follow-up. sad that we need a follow-up. daniel, let me star with you. with steven you wrote the book "how ...

Disclosure of these doj memos and documents that bill barr used to rely on to say he wasnt going to prosecutor president trump. theyre not appealing it all. theyre releasing 1 1/2 pages of this documents, but theres nor documents than that. thats why you used the words scathele by judge jackson. he underread all the documents, and basically said bill barr and those in the justice department lied. strong words. it is surprising to me and unfortunate that the justice department is appealing this d...

Right? so that the doj policy that says a president cant be charged. well, the judge in this case that smacked down trump for trying to say that he is immune from any investigation, the judge in this case in this ruling also says those justice department memos shouldnt be seen as having, quote, substantial legal force. it says those memos, quote, do not constitute authoritative judicial interpretation of the constitution concerning these issues. the ruling says those doj memos are, quote, flawed...

Conflicts. the ruling says that in short, quote, the court rejects the justice department memos position. by which the justice means specifically that this ruling rejects the position those memos take, which is the position that a president cant be criminally charged while in office. that whole idea that we have that the president cant be indicted, that comes from those doj memos, part of this ruling that is being appealed tomorrow is a ruling that says actually those doj memos shouldnt be enfor...