didn t think maybe this piece of a story that i knew was important. but now that you guys are i do see this plays in here. but yeah, i mean, look, she is going to go down in history as people can forget the names of every one of us on the committee, they will not forget her name. and she doesn t want that. she doesn t want to be out in the public spotlight, but she has a commitment to truth. will we hear from witnesses that you did not know about, the stories you did not hear, because of the hearing so far? yes. yes. there will be there is there will be way more information, and stay tuned. cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony this week, just the latest example of the bravery american women have shown in the face of violence and lies. in a cnn.com piece this week, my colleague writes a quintet of courageous american women are defending american democracy in its darkest hour. effectively delivering a warning about the rage and tyranny that
change in the department leadership. reporter: committee members today also revealing more information about the gop lawmakers who sought a pardon, including scott perry who played a central role pushing for clark to be elevated in the justice department. eric hersh man saying he believs matt gaetz also was seeking a pardon. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could design. i remember from the beginning of time up until today. he had mentioned nixon and i said nixon s pardon was never nearly that wood. broad. only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you ve committed a crime. reporter: in addition to perry and gaetz, other republican members apparently also asked for pardons, that includes louie gohmert, mo brooks, andy biggs and marjorie taylor greene. greene has denied the testimony that the committee showed was
s secondhand testimony saying that they had heard that greene had asked for a pardon through the white house counsel s office. she s denied that. others though have confirmed it including mo brooks, the congressman from alabama who said that he had asked for a pardon, a blanket pardon, for all republicans who sought to challenge the election results, overturn the election results, because he said that he was concerned that democrats coming this would weaponize the justice department against their political enemies. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. thanks very much, manu. the january 6 committee has met behind closed doors with the british filmmaker who documented the final week of the trump presidency. the three part series will be released this summer by discovery plus which provided us with this clip. have a look. can we talk for a minute about january 6? yeah. well, it was a sad day, but it
i said that he is not even competent to serve. reporter: clark even writing this draft letter to georgia and other states where trump lost falsely claiming there was voter fraud and calling on them to convene special legislative sessions. when he finished discussing what he planned on doing, i said good [ bleep ] excuse me, sorry, congratulations, you just committed your first act as attorney general would be committing a felony. reporter: clark testified to the committee behind closed doors in february, but he took the fifth more than 100 times. executive privilege again just restated for the abundance of caution. reporter: trump only backed down when the top officials all threatened to resign in protest. and then the other ags began to chime in in turn and essentially said that they would leave, they would resign en masse if the president made that
allies put forward fake electors to try to help trump overturn the results. the great reporter: among those subpoenaed david shaffer sources tell cnn. the electors plot a recurring theme in the house select committee s january 6 hearings. we ve seen how president trump worked with and directed the republican national committee and others to organize an effort to create fake electoral slates. and later to transmit those materially false documents to federal officials. reporter: congressional investigators laying out how the former president roped the national committee into his plan. what did the president say? essentially he turned the call over to mr. eastman who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors. reporter: all while trump and his allies tried to convince swing state republicans to plant the electors for joe biden and make way for trump.