because if you remember back in 2019 in 2020, it was the biden democrats that were complaining about efforts to start an investigationla. bidenhe now they re caught doing the same thing, trying to push an investigationn ofth their political rival, the opposition leader of the party likelyeiei to face in 2020 four or so. you have02 this4. document inou particular that actually proves your point. tell us what s in the documenthi . yeah, this is a letter from the acting national archives of america to president trump s lawyer on around mayde 10th. it lays out the entire role of the biden white house, the general counsel s office was involved. it authorized the release of documents toit the fbi. that s what starts the criminal probe and then authorize telling the trump attorneys they willelli be able to usein executive privilege and also telling the fbi you can take these can records without an executive privilege fight, go use them so they not only start the ignition point they facilitate
there s certain methods you cannot take into your own hands, so we kind of walk through these federal crimes and very importantly, georgia as well, to show that this is actually how the law works. it s not going to be that hard for prosecutors. so, help me get this squared up. if everyone is telling you know. don t do it. can t do it, and you do it anyway, does that not kind of throw the whole argument at the door? so that is would need to be proved. the corruptly obstructing congress by pressuring mike pence. all that we need to proven instances that the president knew that it was illegal. we now have dynamite testimony from greg jacob, the general counsel, vice president pence saying trump was told by his own council he then says on january 4th to president trump, it s not legal. and he goes ahead with it
how the law works. it s not going to be that hard for prosecutors. so, help me get this squared up. if everyone is telling you know. don t do it. can t do it, and you do it anyway, does that not kind of throw the whole argument at the door? so that is would need to be proved. the corruptly obstructing congress by pressuring mike pence. all that we need to proven instances that the president knew that it was illegal. we now have dynamite testimony from greg jacob, the general counsel, vice president pence saying trump was told by his own council he then says on january 4th to president trump, it s not legal. and he goes ahead with it anyway. we also have an email between jacob and eastman on the afternoon of january 6th and which jacob cystic eastman saying did you advise the president that pence did not have this authority? eastman replies, he was so
those. so you were involved in the response in those, but you don t want to take more credit? that s right. let me start at the beginning given that in particular. can you tell me how you ended up at the fbi? let s start at the beginning in terms of how your career started and why you ended up in the position you re in? sure. i have always wanted to be in public service as young as 14. i kind of knew this is where i was going, and i was lucky enough to join the justice department through the attorney general s honors program. so i was a federal prosecutor for six years, but those jobs had me on the road a lot. and so i was tired of it after six years of kind of constant travel, and i knew somebody at the fbi who said come join the general counsel s office. and so i did. in terms of the general counsel s office and the responsibilities you had there ultimately becoming special counsel to andy mccabe how did that sort of trajectory go? it s kind of like all good
post-intelligence reforms. but i can t say i played an investigative role in either one of those. so you were involved in the response to those incidents but you don t want to take more credit than you deserve for having been involved in those that s right. okay. let me start at the sort of beginning. given that in particular. can you tell me how you ended up at the fbi? let s start at the beginning in terms of how your career started and why you ended up in the position you re in? sure. i have always wanted to be in public service as young as 14. i kind of knew this is where i was going, and i was lucky enough to join the justice department through the attorney general honors program. so i was a federal prosecutor for six years. but those jobs at main justice have you on the road a lot. and so i was tired of it after six years of kind of constant travel, and i knew somebody at the fbi who said come join the general counsel s office. and so i did. in terms of the general co