sent from congress from alabama to mark meadows sitting up that meeting. the subject line is white house meeting december 21st regarding january 6th, in his email, congressman brooks explained that he had not asked anyone to join him in the, quote, january 6th effort, because in his views, quote, only citizens could exert the necessary influence on senators and congressman to join this fight against massive voter fraud and election theft. at this point you may also recall testimony giving an hour earlier hearing by acting attorney general, richard donahue, who said that the president asked the department of justice to, quote, just say that the election was and leave the rest to me and republican congressman. according to white house visitor logs obtained by the committee, members of congress present at the white house on december 21st included congressman brian biden, andy biggs, matt gates, louis
come from, where i m at with this now is there s clearly enough predication for doj to have opened a case if they have not that includes donald j. trump s name in the subject line of the case. do we have a successful indictment and prosecution and conviction? i m not there yet, but we ve got a solid predication to open a case on the former president. right. matthew, what trump has in common, you know, with people like stuart rhodes in addition to the penchant for violence is their sense of entitlement. it doesn t matter what the election said, doesn t matter that we could prove any fraud. this is stuart rhodes on december 12th, and this is him giving a speech about what donald trump needs to do meaning in his mind use the insurrection act to stay president and here he is, stuart rhodes. he needs to know from you that you are with him, that he does not do it now while he s commander in cheap, we ll have to do it ourselves later in a
members of congress who amplified his unsupported assertions that the election had been stolen. in the weeks after the election, the white house coordinated closely with president trump s allies and congress to disseminate his false claims and encourage members of the public to fight the outcome on january 6th. we know that the president met with various members to discuss january 6th well before the joint session. the president s private schedule for december 21, 2020, shows a private meeting with republican members of congress. we know that vice president pence, chief of staff mark meadows, and rudy giuliani also attended that meeting. we obtained an email that was sent from congressman mo brooks of alabama to mark meadows setting up that meeting. the subject line is, white house meeting december 21st, regarding january 6th. in his email, congressman brooks explained that he had not asked anyone to join him in the january 6th effort.
i totally agree with that. i think claire would also agree because she s a former prosecutor with the understanding that prosecutors must show evidence of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. it s quite clear that this mountain of evidence absolutely predicates the opening of an investigation with donald j. trump s name in the title of it. that is my absolute opinion that we have clearly enough for doj to open that investigation and clearly put the former president s name in the subject line. that i ve got. now, with regard to the dotted lines becoming solid lines that point to the president in a way that is beyond a reasonable doubt, or at least would convince a grand jury to indict, we still have to look at this notion that the president will likely say, you know, i thought there was fraud. i didn t buy into all the official people and now there s a litany of them, right? who told from the attorney general of the united states to the white house counsel who said it s not there, it s no
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