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today. >> you wonder if these people were not in the positions they were at the time, what would have heaped to democracy, wolf? these top-former doj officials described how they were essentially the guardians of democracy. relentlessly pressured by the former president of the united states, donald trump, to use the power of doj to overturn the election results even after doj had investigated the fraud and found there was no widespread fraud. he here is a clip of the remarkable exchange former acting attorney general jeff rosen described in talking to trump during that time. >> you a...

ballot. that's true. but he is casting a pretty big shadow as he continues to endorse some, it's not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, more on that in just a moment. and the timing will be pretty interesting here. it isn't just post january 6th. it's post the first series of january 6th hearings. we'll see whether it impacted voters and which way it did. it hasn't seemed to impact the platforms, though, of candidates in several swing states. some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims and there is a whole slate of them in arizona who are running for top positions li...

republicans, yet again. no, donald trump is not on the ballot, that is true, but he is casting a big shadow, as he continues to endorse some, and it's not always clear, i might add, who he is endorsing, but more of that in just a moment. the timing is going to be interesting here. it is not just post january six, it is post the first series of january six hearings. whether they see it impacted voters and which way it did. it has not seemed to impact the platforms of candidates in several swing states, some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims. there is a whole slate of them run...

the january 6th hearing today. our continuing coverage along with our panel of parts, who i'm going bring in in a moment. but what's going on today is another set of break-throughs in this set of hearings, include people naming names. we're learning which specific republican lawmakers were literally asking for last-minute pardons for their own conduct. the focus today is how the committee laid out this new evidence of donald trump's efforts to get people installed and promoted within the department of justice to carry out a coup. three doj officials testifying about what they did, in...

our democracy. joining me now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. he's a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you so much for staying up late and being part of our special coverage tonight. let me broadly ask you sir if i can, your broad takeaways of this final hearing that we heard and overall the eight hearings that we witnessed? >> well thank you for having me a man. i think i was one of the last of the congressman out of the chambers on that day and remember the weapons that were drawn in the insurrection. i remember seeing them displayed...