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Engineered it, by putting eastmans guy at the justice department at the very last moment. we did not know about that before today, unless i am mistaken? >> no. >> and everyone involved in that has to be worried about this raid that jeffrey clark has now suffered at his home with the fbi running around in his package pajamas. that has a way of focusing the mind. and they all have to think, is jeff going to protect me in this situation? the pressure on jeff tonight -- is he going to -- and klukows...

Important to take the careful approach that nbc news is taking, which is, number one, were using -- with regard to what happened at ed clarks house yesterday. were not really certain that this was the fbi, and nor has he actually disclosed which agency it was. thats interesting. others have said its a doj -- for example, the agencies that could be there but lets understand one thing clear, no matter which agency it was, if it was an executed search warrant, it was signed by u.s. federal judge or...

And the fact that there were so many republican members who were involved in extra parliamentary action, in order to secure donald trumps overthrow of the election, is just alarming, and the it is under the department of justice which i found it so fitting to be part of todays hearing, theoretically youre supposed to go through a pardon attorney, there is a whole opportunity to reach out a brief and have evidence and so on. they skipped over all of that. they went right to their friends in the w...

And eastmans cockamamie legal theories then get included in this letter, that the justice department is going to send out to overthrow the election in all the swing states that trump lost. eastman and trumps theory, thereby appears to emerge organically from inside the justice department, that they engineered it, by putting eastmans guy at the justice department at the very last moment. we did not know about that before today, unless i am mistaken? >> no. >> and everyone involved in that has to ...

Yesterday, people like matt gaetz, mo brooks, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene, a number of these folks said they didnt actually seek pardons or youre misunderstanding what was going on here, the committee says they have the proof. back to you. >> sara murray, thank you for all of that reporting, really significant day yesterday and federal investigators also, we learned in the middle of all of this yesterday, conducted a search of former justice department official jeffrey clarks home. tha...

Jeffrey clarks raid search of [inaudible] clarks home? were there any connections between doj and anyone on the committee about the schedule? >> i dont know anything about that. i am on the committee -- that is only investigating the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election, not the committee thats investigating us. but i know of no foul play. so, i am not aware -- >> i just -- there has been a lot of reporting about a lack of shared evidence between the committee and a doj. i just wondered if t...

Anything. because, you know, people say, well, the feds timed it to coincide with the hearing. but to get the warrants you have to show probable cause and get a judge to sign off on it and the probable cause would be that there is evidence of a crime inside his house. so it shows that there has been a lot of investigation of this guy and rightly so. and he got what he deserved. he should be standing outside alone in the dark in his pajamas watching the fed raid his place. that is what you get wh...

Department, drop specifically into jeff clarks office. eastmans guy. and eastmans cockamamie legal theories then get included in this letter, that the justice department is going to send out to overthrow the election in all the swing states that trump lost. eastman and trumps theory, thereby appears to emerge organically from inside the justice department, that they engineered it, by putting eastmans guy at the justice department at the very last moment. we did not know about that before today, ...

In a very compelling manner, and were only five parts in, and well see whether or not they can tie it all up in a nice little bow with this seditious conspiracy on top, tieing president trump to what we saw in the first hearing about the proud boys and the oath keepers, about the violence that took place on that day. >> let me ask you about the raid on jeffrey clarks home. jamie raskin, who sits on this select committee, said last night that the committee was caught off guard by the raid on clar...

Questions surrounding the former presidents intent. now, what prosecutors do with it i dont know, but i think its interesting that the feds were at clarks house for over three hours wednesday morning, something tells me they want to see the drafts of this letter. >> thats behind door number two here. behind door number one in the congressional hearings, behind door number two or maybe door number one was this raid by federal investigators at the home of jeffrey clark wednesday. what does this te...