With more than a dozen of his closest allies. That is according to some news accounts. An it this come though thafternoon. The grand jury had heard from half of ten witnesses expected to testify in this case at this stage. Among those witnesses, former Georgia State representative bee wen. Present for the 2020 hearing where Rudy Giuliani pedalled false election claims an urged legislators to appoint a slate of fake trump electors. Two other witnesses who were expected to testify tomorrow have been called in as well. They include journalist george chidi, who stumbled upon a december 14th, 2020 meeting of Fake Electors, as well as Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, hes a republican who has been openly critical of trumps baseless claims of fraud in the state of georgia. Signs a potential end game in fani williss Criminal Investigation into the expresident and his allies is where we begin today with our favorite reporters and friends. Former Top Justice Department official, ou
right? these trinkets that people give out as sort of a white house swag. and it was cassidy hutchinson and some of his young staff that said that may be inappropriate. he was very directly manifesting intent to see this effort succeed. jeff clark, he authors that crazy letter that he wants to send to the georgia legislature saying factually there are serious concerns about the election when doj had already exhausted all investigations of alleged voter fraud in georgia and putting forth this legal theory that the state legislature can disregard the popular vote. again, baseless. it didn t get sense because sober smart people in the justice department said no. so absolutely. clark, meadows, giuliani, eastman, the list goes on of people whose conduct manifested an attempt to see this plot succeed. john heilemann, so much of what the committee first of all, welcome back.
surreptitious illegal activity, again, that day. what was your mom actually handing you on that video? a ginger mint. vials of cocaine, ginger mints. so meanwhile, fellow big liar john eastman was throwing you know what at the wall, saying baloney, like the number of underaged individuals who were allowed to register in georgia, amounts allegedly up to approximately 66,000 people. no, it didn t. the real number as the new york times reports was quite a bit lower. about a dozen. 12 such people. so .002% of what eastman suggested. and even those appeared to be data entry glitches. john eastman was also central, though, to the fake elector plot that unfolded during this specific period. and all the while trump did what he could to help from the white house, making calls, threatening officials, imploring illegality, ultimately asking brad