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region. we'll get a live report from kyiv. this afternoon the house january 6th committee will hold its fifth public hearing on what it has learned so far about the attack on the u.s. capitol. today's hearing will focus on how former president trump tried to use the justice department to help him overturn the results of the 2020 election but failed because of pushback and resignation threats, like this one from former acting deputy attorney general, richard donahue. >> the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rossen, with him, jeff clark. what do you do? i...

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Then it was about a specific effort to remove leadership and replace them with folks who might be more pliant and more willing to do so when that first effort failed. we'll see that broadly laid out here. we'll probably hear the name, scott perry, the republican congressman, who was teased in one of these first hearings who asked for a pardon. we know he was involved in the behind the scenes doj effort. that will be the picture the committee tries to paint today. >> shawn, it's very clearly that if people like jeffrey rosen, richard donaghue and richard engel had not stood up to trump, things ...

>> right now alex holder is meeting with the panel behind closed doors. all of this comes as multiple sources familiar with the matter tell "the washington post" and "the new york times," the justice department has issued at least four subpoenas in connection with the plot to send fake slates of electors to washington. nbc news has not independently confirmed these reports. with us now to talk about all of this, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake, and moderator of washington week on pbs and former special prosecutor shawn woo. garrett, you were able to talk to congressma...

Prominent leaders of the religious freedom movement introduced an organization they say will work to defend religious liberty and support political candidates at all levels of government who back the free practice of religion.