i believe that story around right on january 23rd, right after inauguration of 2021. and the justice department inspector general came up with a statement just a day or two later, saying that the ig is initiating an investigation into whether any former or current doj official engaged in an improper attempt to have a department seat to alter the outcome of the 2020 election. that s michael horowitz, the doj inspector general. now, that announcement came at a really interesting time. it was right after inauguration. there was no confirmed attorney general. there was no confirmed u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. and that place saw horrible events come in, and take a really firm stand, and initiate investigation, that one might think would also be done with the u.s. attorney s office at the time. but he went on a limb, and he made this announcement really early on. my colleagues, they re now reporting that in eastman s own court documents, he says that the phone seizure happene
public. he was maybe the only hostile witness so far that we expected, he ended up not testifying, because his wife went into labor, but, i asked some close to him, why doesn t he plead the fifth? the answer was, because he did not think he did anything that was criminal. so, he won t incriminate himself, he would just come out and talk. so, pleading the fifth, you know, it makes it clear, it does not make it clear that they did commit a crime but it makes clear that they are worried that they possibly did. we should reiterate the point, that jeffrey clark wouldn t talk to the committee, but he went on fox tonight, and he was allowed to spew his lies. that is a safe space for these lies. and, that is why these hearings are going on, because nobody is being shunned in the maga world for these lies but they are encouraged and still have safe spaces. they are being embraced,
more conservative than liz cheney. she s a cheney. it s about an autocratic move oriented around a strong man and if you don t recognize that and submit to it, then you ll be purged. straight out of the soviet union. yus just about a year ago, s did survive a push to remove her. mccarthy defended her at the time. watch this. liz cheney, our conference chair, who just got a resounding shot in the arm it s an example this republican party is a big tent. everyone s invited in. today liz cheney is out of leadership, censured by the rnc and mccarthy is backing her primary opponent. this is what he said on fox tonight. wyoming deserves to have a representative who will deliver
can be adjudicated. and, bret, a doj official tells fox tonight that a.g. garland will appear before this very same committee next month to take questions. and that same official is telling us also that several career prosecutors have looked over this case more than once and decided that federal charges just would not be successful. bret? bret: aishah hasnie live on capitol hill. aishah, thanks. up next,how date that that could shed light on the origins of the coronavirus disappeared from the national institutes of health archive. you will be surprised to hear who made that request. first, here s what some of our fox affiliates are tonight. houston, 98,000 customers are still without power as the remnants of hurricane nicholas move into louisiana. the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression. it is dumping heavy rain across the area still recovering from hurricane ida. fox 9 in minneapolis where the minnesota supreme court has overturned a third degree murder
electoral votes in the most expensive media markets. north carolina is not likely to be the tiebreaker in terms of being the state that determines the presidency, but it is one of the states that tells you which direction the trends are headin heading. we have some breaking news in the district nine congressional race. the state elections board held an emergency meeting this evening after republicans complained that there was some confusion about the location of one of the polling sites in union county. initially the party had asked for an extension of voting hours until 9:15 but after some discussion, the proposal was dropped and all polls in north carolina will close on time at 7:30. bret: jonathan serrie live in monroe north carolina. thank you. we will have complete results here on fox tonight. prime minister boris johnson overseas succeeded in his plan to suspend britton s rebellious parliament for five weeks. it s part of a strategy to