Department top prosecutor resigning in protest after the attorney general told federal prosecutors they should examine allegation of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks. Biden is not ruling out possible legal action to force the administration to affirm bidens victory. John harwood and our mr. Evan perez, good evening to both of you. Evan, you have new reporting coming right now about this situation at bill barrs Justice Department. I am just getting what you wrote here. It is unbelievable. What do you know . Right, don, this is the top election crime prosecutor, resigns after bill barr issued a new policy memo. This is written very dense legally and a lot of what we are scratching our head what it meant. What it means is bill barr is telling prosecutors around the country that it is okay for them to go ahead and do over investigative like interviewing witnesses and looking into potential ballot fraud and irregularities. What this has the eff
The reality is joe biden won. He is our president elect. But this is a crisis, and there are forces trying to divide bidens election from Mitch Mcconnell and other members of his party to the attorney general william barr. The latest tonight the Justice Department top prosecutor resigning in protest after the attorney general told federal prosecutors they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks. Biden transition officials telling cnn theyre not ruling out possible legal action to force the administration to affirm bidens victory. I want to bring in now cnns White House Correspondent john harwood and cnn senior justice correspondent mr. Evan perez. Good evening to both of you. Evan, you have new reporting coming to you right now about the situation at bill barrs Justice Department. Im just getting what you wrote here. It seems its unbelievable. What do you know . Right, don, this is the top election crimes prosecutor.
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A day before our first pandemic thanksgiving, hopefully our last, and were staring into the teeth of maybe the most brutal winter we will ever face. And there were two contrasting images on display, one that represented the promise of National Leadership, and one that totally represented the absence of National Leadership that we have at the moment. President elect biden is finally formally engaged in the transition process, preparing to take over as head of the state of a nation in crisis, asking for people to stay home this thanksgiving, while offering comfort and prudent Public Health advice. While the actual sitting president of the United States for another 56 days is calling on a speakerphone to a dimly lit Wyndham Hotel in gettysburg, pennsylvania for what was essentially a glorified Conspiracy Convention like they have for flat earthers and people who believe the moon landing was fake. The president calling in on speakerphone to rant,
Its calling on the fbi to do and expedite its investigation into the financial, personal, and political ties of donald trp and the trump administration. As his opponents are spreading falsehoods about his involvements with russia, trump would focus on a different competitor, china. At his luxurious maralago resort in florida, the new leader of the free world would host the man plotting to put china back on top. Newly named dictator for life xi jinping. We are not having dessert. Had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that youve ever seen and he is enjoying it. President trump was showering the chinese dictator with luxury delivering a stunning message. I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded. Was that plan . How did that come about . Right there, you were saying reminder with a superpower in the world is. And i said mr. President , let me explain something to you, this is your dessert. Weve just fired 59 missiles. Informing that the United
More than 1400 deaths reported just today. Tonight, nearly 96 of the u. S. Population is living under orders to stay at home or shelter in place. That works out to nearly 315 million americans out of a population of 328 million. But eight states are still resisting imposing stayathome orders, despite Anthony Fauci advising that all states should do so. President trumps refusing tonight to issue a national stayathome order, saying hell leave it up to the individual governors. And we had this bit of breaking news late on a friday night. Under cover of a coronavirus, the president settling scores with a perceived enemy from his impeachment. A source on capitol hill telling cnn moments ago that the president has removed Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, the official who told congress about the anonymous whistleblower complaint that sparked the house impeachment proceedings against trump. I want to get right to cnn White House Correspondent john harwood and cnn just