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Despite this, president trump plotted with a lawyer named john eastman and others to overturn the outcome of the election on january 6th. to give you a sense of the gravity of these issues, here's a clip of one of president trump's own white house lawyers eric hirschman who talked to mr. eastman the day after january 6th. >> it was the day after. eastman -- i don't remember why he called me, or he texted me or he called me, wanted to talk with me, he said he couldn't reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, preserving something, potentially for appeal. and i...

And i said to him, are you out of your ef f'ing min. i told him, did go a get ef f'ing criminal defense lawyer, you are going to need it. >> this antiwasn't the opinion of some guy off the street. this was the opinion of a white house lawyer who had been involved in this whole process, joyce, what are you making of that conversation which we will hear the details of tomorrow? >> hirschman was right. that was the best legal advice anyone has ever gotten. andeseman asserted the fifth amendment right to avoid incriminating himself and said he wouldn't answer questions during his sit-down with the...

Controlling voting machines through thermostats. >> right. >> oh, my god. >> i wish i was making that up. but that was one of his arguments. >> and you have another example where -- who's the guy who said i don't want to hear two words from you -- >> eric hirschman. eric hirschman, former white house lawyer, by the way, this guy defended donald trump in impeachment. i want all of my friends and family members to know this is a friends and family plan and show, okay, these are all trumpers, and they were all until for donald trump. >> yeah. >> but after trump lost the election, admiral, he keep...

Election. cheney released a clip of testimony from eric hirschman, one of trump's white house lawyers, who described what eastman told him in the aftermath of the attack. >> i want to hear any other me. eventually he said orderly transition. i said good, john, now i'm going to give you the best free legal advice you're getting in your life. get a great fing criminal defense lawyer, you're going to need it and i hung up on him. >> eric hirschman talking to eastman. herman defended president trump in his first impeachment trial. tomorrow's hearing to include testimony from greg jacob and j. mich...

Know you have done something criminally wrong. but what we put together is there were concerns that there might be criminal exposure inside the trump orbit in real time. of course that's going they are going to extrapolate out further, greg with greg jacob who was with former vice president mike pence at the capitol on january 6th and traded colorful emails with eastman and how he thinks that eastman was one of the reasons to blame for why the vice president was huddled in a safe place. >> ali, i want to play eric hirschman, the white house lawyer, talking about his conversation with john east...