all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret. harvard president claudine gay making it official announcing her decision with heavy hear
president gay while noting she would be making corrections to prior work. today the corporation praised her for remarkable resilience in the face of racist vitriol. supporters like the reverend al sharpton writing: this is an attack on every black woman in country who has put a crack in the glass ceiling. it is an assault on the health, strength and future of diversity, equity and inclusion. though gay stepped down a congressional investigation continues. we will uncover what will be the greatest scandal in higher education because the harvard corporation members themself are complicit in this cover-up of her plagiarism and, again, the most importantly, their failure to protect jewish students on campus. gay says she will remain a member of the harvard false. harvard provost allen garber will be the interim president. bret? bret: mollie, thank you. now to our other top story. former president trump s legal team appealing ruling keeping