Legal status under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The president s decision to release this illegal memo now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020 census. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people who have not yet responded to the census. The president s latest attack on immigrants could sew fear and confusion in communities across the country, and could lead many people to decide not to participate. This will hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented, and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president s memo will drain valuable resources from the Census Bureau, which is already struggling to administer the 2020 census in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. And it will further divide our country at a time when we need unity. Of course, this is not the first time that President Trump has attempted to politicize the census. For more than two
and find some accommodation route to testify, he is going to cite potentially a letter from donald trump according to the brand-new washington post reporting, and as you may recall, he is awaiting a federal criminal trial that could land him in prison. it is a big deal that mister bannon now is i according to the post some sort of accommodation. we are going to get to that story in a few minutes. we are tracking one element. as for the white house lawyer, mister pat cipollone, he went hours and hours, a .5 hours total. in fact, we are told that it just wrapped up within the last few moments here, pat cipollone arrived before 8:30 am, he is visible in the passenger seat caught by cameras there, he was escorted to a conference room to provide this testimony. there were some shouted questions from the reporters today, this was a dramatic theme when you consider just how long this was, he did not respond to the press, mister pat cipollone matters because he is someone who has bee
a memo outlining the nonsensical theory that the vice president could decide the outcome of the election at the joint session of congress on january 6th. you will see portions of this memo on the screen. in the 1st line, he wrote, quote, 7 states and transmitted dual slaves of electors to the president of the senate. but doctor eastman goes on to rely on those so called dual slates of electors to say that vice president pence could simply declare president from the winner of the 2020 election. mister jacob were there in fact dual slates of electors from 7 states. no, there were none. and just a few days after that, dr. eastman wrote another memo, this one quote war gaming out several scenarios. he knew the outcome he wanted and he saw a way to go forward. if he simply pretended that fe, collectors were real, you will see that memo up on the screen now. hear, dr. eastman says the vice president can reject the biden. the electors from the states that he calls quote disputed. un
a draft letter to the president from october 2020. in this letter, an idea was proposed that the vice president could determine which electors the count at the joint session of congress. but the person writing and blue vis rates that argument. the person who wrote the comments and blue wrote, quote, the 12th amendment only says that the president of the senate opens the ballads in the joint session and then in the passive voice, the vote shall then be counted. the comments in blue further state? no. where does it suggest that the president of the senate gets to make the determination on his own judge looting? does it surprise you that the author of those comments in blue was in fact, johnny s been yes, he does, congressman oh, but let me watching this unfold. let me try to unpack what was at the root of what i have called the blue print to overturn the 2020 election. and it is this and i had foreshadowed this answer in my earlier testimony. to congresswoman cheney mystery eas
hearings, you will hear 1st hand at the senior leadership of the department of justice threatened to resign at the white house council threatened to resign and how they confronted donald trump and jeff clark in the oval office. the men involved, including acting attorney general, jeff rosen, and acting deputy attorney general. richard donahue were appointed by president trump. these men honored their oath of office, they did their duty and you will hear from them in our hearings. by contrast, jeff clark has invoked his 5th amendment privilege against self incrimination and refuse to testify. representative scott perry who is also involved in trying to get clark appointed as attorney general has refused to testify. here. as you will see, representative parry contacted the white house in the weeks after january 6th to seek a presidential pardon multiple other republican congressman also sought presidential pardons for their roles and attempting to overturn the 2020 election. in