good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. today was a very, very busy day on the hill. the fifth january 6th hearing, and we saw even more revelations of just how far former president donald trump was willing to go to stay in office. front and center. how the former president attempted to strong-arm officials and his own justice department to overturn the 2020 election. the riveting testimony came from trump s former acting attorney general, jeff rosen, his deputy, richard donoghue and ha council stephen engel. how often did president trump contact you or the department to push allegations of election fraud. so, between december 23rd and january 3rd, president either called me or met with me virtually every day. on december 13th, an organization called the allied security group issued a report that alleged that the dominion voting machines in that county had a secret 68% error rate. he was adamant that the report must be accurate, that proof that he in fact won
on december 13th, an organization called the allied security group issued a report that alleged that the dominion voting machines in that county had a secret 68% error rate. he was adamant that the report must be accurate, that proof that the election was defective. that he in fact won the election, and that the department should be using that report to basically, tell the american people that the results were not trustworthy. one of just asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me in the republican congressman. the committee also exposed how a low level doj guy, jeffrey clark, was instrumental in trump s plan. clark and another trump loyalist were behind a draft letter to state officials down in georgia, calling joe biden s win into question. this letter claims that the u.s. department of justice s investigations have, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states. the departmen
are paying diesel. the president wants to suspend that through september. he needs congressional approval to get it done, however. members of both parties are a bit skeptical. dana: jason chaffetz echoed concerns of republicans who say it won t address the real issue. it s a pure gimmick and does not solve the problem at all. it really doesn t. we have a supply problem and the president has no plan other than to go to the saudis, cut some gas tax, tap into the strategic petroleum reserve, all of which are bad ideas. produce the energy at home and they can solve the problem. that s not what he is doing. bill: what is he doing? peter doocy joins us from the north lawn leading the coverage today. good morning. even if this gas tax holiday gets passed by congress, it is unclear this morning exactly how much help people are going to get. markets don t respond to gimmicks. the administration it is an unserious solution to a serious problem and they are just not takin
would be a whooping 553 days away from the white house in his first and probably only term. that s more than any other president in the modern era. this is as millions of americans are now suffering from a dire baby formula shortage, an ongoing supply chain crisis, looming stag flailings, all 50 states record high gas prices and the nationwide average is nearing $5 a gallon and good luck getting diesel below eight bucks a gallon. 25% of americans are now delaying retirement because of joe s inflation. two-thirds of americans are now living paycheck to paycheck. 2 out of every 3 americans. you think things are bad now buckle up because the fed is now poised to raise interest rates again, this time a full point which will cause property values most people s biggest investment to plummet and send this country straight into a deep recession. if you are on a fixed income, if you re in the poor, middle class, all suffering miserably because of biden s new green deal socialism, and,