saying there was anything wrong that happened on january 6th. but you re right, the record is out there in public. it s not just those words. it s not just the words of people like alex jones and steve bannon on january 5th. it s the entire drum beat leading up to that day. donald trump was trying to do use all means necessary, trying to threaten the secretary of state in georgia, all on tape. bringing in legislative leaders in those states, especially the legislative leaders in michigan were brought into the oval office skand instructed to overturn the results in michigan. set a new batch of electoral votes. his efforts to work with jeffrey clarke, to use the power of the justice department to overturn the election. the efforts that are revealed in my book to get the pentagon involved in chasing down crazy conspiracy theories. this was a multi-prong effort. much of it is out there in the public.
highs. and a former trump justice department official who pushed bogus election fraud claims stonewalls the january 6th select committee. jeffrey clarke refusing to answer questions for 90 minutes. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we re standing by a house infrastructure vote promised by house speaker nancy pelosi tonight after weeks and weeks of false starts and infighting. final passage of the bipartisan bill would be a huge and hard-fought victory for president biden. but there is still uncertainty hanging over the vote and there is more work to do on the other the broader piece of the biden agenda. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly and our congressional correspondent, jessica dean, are working this
jeffrey clarke was a justice department official at the time of the insurrection. he pushed baseless election fraud claims and floated plans to give certain states backing to undermine the vote results. his testimony next week could be pivotal for democrats, as they try to uncover what former president trump, republicans in congress, and his advisers did and said behind closed doors about overturning the election before january 6th. as cnn s marshall cohn reporters, investigators are also looking to follow the money trail behind the attack. nearly ten months after the january 6th insurrection, the investigation continues, both in congress and in the courts. house democrats are moving full speed ahead with their select committee. they re zeroing in on the money trail, the finances behind those stop the steal rallies that fuelled the big lie last year and all the way up to january 6th. and the house of representatives in a bipartisan vote held trump
executive privilege in that letter from his attorney. even though, by the way, the white house has denied former president trump s request to assert executive privilege. do we know if pa tell is going to appear, and where does this go from here? sure. let s take those one at a time. we don t have word on whether cash is showing up for his deposition today. we know ban season not going to show up today. he cites the executive privilege claim made by former president trump. the committee and white house does not accept that. according to bannon s lawyer, he s not going to testify until they reach an agreement with the former president to drop it or fete a court ruling that agrees with them that the executive privilege issued doesn t apply here. now, where does the committee go next? they issued that subpoena yesterday for jeffrey clarke, a senior doj official around november, december leading up to that insurrection who is known according to sworn testimony obtained by the senate judic
remember, there s a patchwork to have gun laws at states and local tis leading up to his airport checkpoints, and what s so interesting is that the u.s. attorney s office in the western district of pennsylvania is now asking local sheriffs to take away the conceal/carry permits of those who violate these rules. victor and alisyn? pete muntean for us there at reagan national. thank you. we have some breaking news now. the january 6th select committee is expected to issue another subpoena for another trump ally. this time, it s former doj official, jeffrey clarke. ryan nobles is joining us now with more. ryan, first, be sure to detail why jeffrey clark is so important to this investigation. yeah, well, there s no doubt about that, victor. jeff clark was a key trump loyal ally in the justice department in the days between the november election and then what happened on january 6th. and he is thought to have been one of the key vigilance of peddling the false narrative of possible