election. once again in the spotlight, no one other than wisconsin s senator ron johnson. after the committee revealed on tuesday that one of his top staffers messaged an aide to vice president mike pence about johnson passing fake slates of trump electors for wisconsin and michigan to vice president mike pence by hand on january 6th. a pence aide promptly shut it down texting the johnson staffer this, quote. do not give that to him, end quote, but that attempted handoff still begs many questions like what did ron johnson know about the scheme to set up false electors which is under criminal investigation by the justice department. here s johnson on capitol hill dodging questions from reporters. how much did you know about what your chief of staff was doing with the alternate slates of electors? no, you re not. i can see your phone. i can see your screen. did you know what your chief of staff was doing? does your chief of staff still work for you, sir? can you expla
to the idea of replacing rosen with his man clark. quote, what do i have to lose, the president asked, according to donohue. mr. president, you have a great deal to lose, do you know hugh said, he responded. is this really how you want your administration to end? you re going to hurt the country. you re going to hurt the department. you re going to hurt yourself. with people grasping as straws on these desperate theories about election fraud. and is this really in anyone s best interest? donohue warned trump that putting clark in charge would be likely to lead to mass resignations at the justice department. donohue is one of three witnesses who will appear in person at the select committee s hearing tomorrow along with rosen and former doj assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel. that s a man named stephen engel. tomorrow on the pressure kpain that trump waged against the doj. former assistant u.s. attorney maya wiley, mark schmidt, new