election result. it s a pressure campaign that came incredibly and alarmingly close to actually working. it could have completely changed the game for trump and his allies on january 6th if and only if it had succeeded. washington post is out with stunning new details on efforts by doj official jeffrey clark to essentially take over the justice department, efforts which culminated in a january 3rd meeting previously reported on by the post, the new york times and other outlets inside the oval office between clark, the man who would become the acting a.g. and his deputy richard donahue and of course one donald j. trump from the post reporting. clark had outlined a plan. in a letter he wanted to send to the leaders of key states that joe biden won. it said the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns about the vote and that the state should consider sending a separate slate of electors supporting donald j. trump for congress to approve. in fact, clark
of justice kavanaugh. on capitol hill this morning, house speaker nancy pelosi reacting to the senate vote. senate republicans lined up in lockstep behind mitch mcconnell and donald trump to vote to rip away the constitutional right to health freedom for american women across the country. this hour, i will speak with president obama s former attorney general eric holder about the supreme court, voting rights and the attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trump defense secretary mark esper joining me to talk about the astounding revelations about the former commander in chief. with covid cases rising, president biden mourning the loss of 1 million lives to the virus. 1 million covid deaths. 1 million empty chairs around the family dinner table. around the world, many more millions have died. millions of children have been orphaned. we must honor those we have lost by doing everything we can to prevent as many deaths as possible. we start with the fight for abortion ri
clark was an assistant attorney general. as, by the way, it was rudy giuliani and main justice. i think for all of us in this panel who were part of a really notable clause that we took very seriously, we took our oaths of office very seriously, it is both sad and disheartening, as barb said, and it s also, though, appropriate, because when you are in law enforcement, the idea that somebody would not take their oath of office, their obligation to the public, seriously is something that i think is very hard to understand and grapple with, because it is so contrary to the day in and day out experience that you have and the loyalty and trust and
substantive allegations in the indictment concern on unquestionably political activity and less if not covered by supremacy clause immunity, the charges would be barred by the first amendment. however, the defendant does not cite or even acknowledge the hatch act, the federal statute that expressly forbid such political activity for executive branch employees acting or they need to act under their official authority. having admitted that all of his pertinent identity is political, the defendant has acknowledged that all of the activity falls outside the scope of his duties and his color of office because he could never, as chief of staff, engage in such political activity without violating a federal statute. we have a lot of legal ground to cover tonight, leading off
that. this is a really risky gambit for the defense to do. if fani willis has her ducks in a row, this is what trials are for. if the defendant is entitled to a speedy trial, then it really is, as barb said, game on. and the jury will decide and it s fani willis s burden to prove this matter. but it is risky on the part of the defense to do this. so this afternoon, rudolph giuliani became the, as far as i know, the very first former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york to be arrested, first in history. in the bond agreement that he reached, that he signed with district attorney willis, has some interesting aspects to it. it says, this is similar language to what we have heard with others, the defendant shall perform no act to intimidate in a person or codefendant in this case or otherwise obstruct the administration of justice.