regarding the grant termination. does that violate policy? it was inappropriate for him to go doing that for a grantee as a conflict of interest, among other things. on march 29, 2021, dr. morens edited a letter that dr. das yak was sending to nih. does that violate policy? yes. he provided him with advice regarding how to mislead nih on eco health s late progress report. does that violate policy? it was wrong and inappropriate and violated policy. on december 7th, 2021, dr. morens wrote to the chair of eco health s board of directors to quote put in a word, end quote, for the doctor. does that violate policy? should not have done that. that was wrong. it violates policy. i m not sure of a specific policy. i imagine it does. he should not have been doing that. in addition to all those
he called on the university to release the names of students who signed a pro palestinian a statement in order to get them blacklisted from future jobs, stating not of the companies which he controls will hire a student who had signed the statement and nor should others. ackman is active on x, formerly twitter. according to the guardian, in the past month alone, he s tweeted about gay, harvard, or both more than 100 times to his 1.3 million followers. on december 7th, atlanta just a doctor gay was a diversity higher. he said in part, quote, i learn from someone with first person knowledge of the harvard president searched at the committee would not consider a candidate who didn t meet the dei office criteria. he added, shrinking the pool of candidates based on required race, gender, and or sexual orientation criteria is not the right approach to identifying the best leaders for our most prestigious universities. it s also not good for those who find themselves in a role which they woul
which this case and this argument was built. first, let me just get your reaction to this historic win. i know you ve been working on this case for years, it actually dates back to 2011 when your law firm petitioned i believe the montana supreme court to rule that the state has a duty to address climate change. what does it feel like to have seen a victory that set a precedent for such an urgent cause? thanks for having me on, ayman, it s been an amazing week. we ve been working for 13 years to secure a ruling like this. we have brought about 20 plus cases, and this is the first one to actually go to trial, to be able to present expert testimony to have the youth plane to take the stand, and ultimately to get a really incredible ruling from judge seely in montana. are you at all worried about the state s promise to appeal this case? i mean, this would then ultimately send it to the state supreme court, and what confidence do you have that legislators in a deep red
on december 5th, trump calls georgia governor brian kemp, and urges him to order a special legislative session to overturn biden s victory. georgia s governor, brian kemp, rejects that. on december 6th, trump calls individual legislators hoping to, quote, find elected georgians willing to step across a constitutional line on his behalf. and then, on december 7th, brad raffensperger recertify s biden s win following a recount requested by trump s campaign. the final tally shows that biden won by 11,779 votes. and that s an important number to remember. because the very next day, on the eight, trump and others call rnc chair ronna mcdaniel to seek the organizations help to coordinate the alleged fake electors scheme. they would end up involving pro trump electors in georgia as well as six other states. they are arizona, michigan, nevada, new mexico,
the very next day donald trump say this, made a knowingly false statement that in michigan a vote dump came in unexpectedly saying, quote, this, nobody knows anything about it. it is corrupt. detroit is corrupt. on december 7th, the indictment says, despite still having established no fraud in michigan, co-conspirator one, who we know is rudy giuliani, sent a text intended for the michigan senate majority leader saying so i need you to pass a joint resolution for michigan legislature that states that the election is in dispute. ultimately that michigan senate majority leader declined. it is one piece of a large and messy puzzle. we ll get into the co-conspirators jack smith says helped him along the way and the former president s strongest defense now. we want to begin with the reporting and then what happens next. joining me now, ryan reilly, from outside the courthouse in