january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i don t know it helps you, somehow? we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a point you made. about this whole question of, will the january 6th committee send criminal referrals to the justice department? the attorney general said i am watching the hearings i am watching every minute of them. if i don t watch them live i play them back later. and he said, at the same time, what he called the january 6th prosecutors are watching. every sentence has been referred to the justice department in realtime. i mean honestly, what we could do, just to make sure every tee s crossed in
candidate brian kelly. his initial appearance is scheduled for thursday at 1:00 pm, exactly the same time that the january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i don t know it helps you, somehow? we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a point you made. about this whole question of, will the january 6th committee send criminal referrals to the justice department? the attorney general said, i am watching the hearings, i am watching every minute of them. if i don t watch them live i play them back later. and he said, at the same time, what he called the january 6th prosecutors are watching. every sentence has been referred
with members of the white house counsel s office threatened to resign as a group, if donald trump installed an obscure justice department republican environmental lawyer as the new acting attorney general. that lawyer, jeffrey clark, was in the meeting in the oval office, promising the president that if he became acting attorney general, he would send a letter to elected officials in georgia and other states won by joe biden, telling them the lie, that the justice department had found fraud in the presidential election in that state. and urged those states to illegally submit a slate of trump electors to the electoral college. the best line in the meeting was delivered by acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue, who rushed to the meeting dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and crushed jeffrey clark. according to the washington post, donoghue told donald trump, quote, he s never been a criminal attorney. he s never conducted a criminal
this stuff. on the other hand, when i went into this and we tell him how crazy some of these allegations were, there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were. my opinion then in my opinion now is that the election was not stolen. professor tribe will tell us in a moment if being detached from reality is a viable criminal defense from donald trump. the washington post is reporting today new details of what was said in the dramatic meeting of the oval office on sunday, january 3rd, during which the then leadership of the justice department along with members of the white house counsel s office threatened to resign as a group, if donald trump installed an obscure justice department republican environmental lawyer as the new acting attorney general. that lawyer, jeffrey clark, was