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The states biden electors from the electoral college. instead, consider whether the other slate, meaning the trump slate, should have been sent, instead. so, jeff clark sent over this draft letter, dated december 28th. he also sent over an e-mail, accompanying the letter, to the attorney general and the deputy attorney general. in that e-mail, he spelled out exactly that the plan was to do this, not just in georgia but, in multiple states. it says quote, the concept is to send it to the governor...

Donahue at the time. and the guy who wrote it, jeff clark, the head of the civil division, at the time. had rosen and donoghue agreed with clark that they should sign this and send it, think about what that would have meant. there, of course, would have been a national clamor that the u.s. justice department had declared the election to be corrupted, potentially fatally so. the georgia republican legislature, if trump was right -- if -- if trump was right that they were onboard with this, theyre...

30-hour countdown clock, after which time the bill could move forward. and it depends on what senators decide to hold it up or not in terms of how long that would take. our best read right now, sometime tuesday the bill could pass. could be sooner but tuesday morning looks a little bit more solid from there. susan, with regards to that and now that this vote for cloture has passed and the bill could advance, i wonder what your sense is for how this moves on the other side of the aisle. theres a ...

In just a couple horsepower the senate convenience on the $1 trillion infrastructure back will package following days of negotiations. senate majority leader chuck schumer is expected to hold a procedural vote to wind down debates and get this bill passed as soon as possible. while congress has been mostly focused on legislation that would build up our nation were continuing to learn more about how hard the former president tried to tear apart the fabric of you are our democracy. in addition to ...

Going to drive prices up. and weve seen that with inflation. but i think this white house has to be focused on, first and foremost, that job recovery. and weve seen not just this month, but we saw revisions to previous months, wage growth is strong for workers. that helps in the increase in prices that youve talked about. and, look, were on a pathway to replacing the jobs that were lost in the pandemic faster than i think even most economists thought. so the key is to continue that job growth in...

On january 6th was a wakeup call to that. gentlemen, thank you so much for this discussion this morning. really appreciate it. lincoln and jerry. thanks. >> thank you. so a draft letter reportedly circulated late last year by a trump loyalist at the justice department shows the length that his allies and people in the government were willing to go to overturn the presidential election. jeffrey clark with the acting assistant attorney general running the civil rights division at the time and he...

Great credit. to stop. it but who knows what couldve happened. there are all sorts of races that couldve played out, and none of them good. democratic congressman roy connally from out of california is on the committee oversight and reform, and he joins me now. congressman, i want to start with this email thats an indicator of the scope of the plot that was unearthed by that committee that you serve on. this is a unable to rosen and donahue on december 28th. and he explains the georgia letter we...

House and the 30 states of republican legislators vote for donald trump. the plan fell apart when senior doj officials put their careers on the line to their great credit to stop it. but who knows what could have happened? there are all sorts of ways this could have played out and none of them good. democratic congresswoman ro khanna is a member of the house oversight committee. congressman, i want to start with this email thats an indicator of the scope of the plot that was unearthed by the com...

Agents efforts to undermine the rule of law and undermine our democracy? >> we need it now, we need it yesterday. ive said this before. the notion that we should let this lie because, you know, we want to heal the nation simply doesnt make any sense to me. tolerating injustice is not a way to get justice back. you get justice back by holding people accountable and showing the consequences. with regard to clark, my understanding is the doj ig may be looking at this entire set of facts. if hes not...

Votes he needed to win that state, it is all cut from the same playbook. new emails turned over to congressional investigators and reviewed by abc news show us how deeply and how high up inside the administration that mentality pervaded. the emails dated december 28th, 2020, show the former acting head of dojs civil division, jeffrey clark, circulating a draft letter which he wanted acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and acting deputy attorney general donoghue to sign off on having georgia co...