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
said, you are going to have mass resignations, trump did then go to a different strategy. but it really did take people standing up to him, forcefully. frank, does that mean it s such a good point does that mean that we are going to see that happen again. right? we are seeing fake electors being subpoenaed. all different men and lower level people, prosecuted. think about all the actual rioters from january 6th, had gotten. but nobody has touched trump. is that his mo? think about the oath keepers. he is helping them find lawyers. sydney powell s group is paying for their lawyers. trump got devin nunez a big job. but he doesn t sign anything. because of that, are they never going to be able to get to him? this is a case of the knock offs as presidents and a teflon don. but stephanie, i ve got to tell you, with both the committee hearings and now simultaneously
frank, does that mean it s such a good point does that mean that we are going to see that happen again. right? we are seeing fake electors being subpoenaed. all different men and lower level people, prosecuted. think about all the actual rioters from january 6th, had gotten. but nobody has touched trump. is that his mo? think about the oath keepers. he is helping them find lawyers. sydney powell s group is paying for their lawyers. trump got devin nunez a big job. but he doesn t sign anything. because of that, are they never going to be able to get to him? this is a case of the knock offs as presidents and a teflon don. but stephanie, i ve got to tell you, with both the committee hearings and now simultaneously would appears to be warp speed rapid approach going into the overt phase of the criminal investigation at the doj, i do