We remember last month when the house oversight committee had handwritten notes by a. G. Richard donahue between trump and d. O. J. Officials. That pressured the officials to declare the 2020 election corrupt. Quote to leave the rest to him and his congressional allies. Chair of the judiciary committee senator dick durbin on cnn today, detailing the sevenhour meeting with rosen. He was being asked by the white house, the leadership of the white house, to meet with certain people who had wild, bizarre theories why the election wasn t valid. He refused to do it. I don t think history will be kind to mr. Rosen. When he was initially appointed, i didn t think that was the case. As we learn more about trump s attempts to hold on to power, remember what he and others called themselves, the party of law and order. That s what republicans want these days. Rubin writes, they pine for a strongman that can wield the power of the state against the maga base. They want a dictatorship, not those tha
the public. reporter: they talked to ivanka trump, whose comments seemed to contradict what she told the committee under oath about whether she believed the election was stolen. plus, easing the sting of gas prices. at the white house next hour president biden will call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. but is this proposal likely to hit a dead end in congress? speaker pelosi called it good pr just a few months ago. also on capitol hill, a major breakthrough in gun legislation with a senate vote coming as soon as friday. this is the most significant anti-gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. the senate action comes as new details about the uvalde school shooting massacre sparked new outrage. new testimony that the shooter could have been taken down in a matter of minutes, just adding to the devastation of victims families. i just don t get how you can hear these kids, you know, crying and asking for help, but you re
every legal recommend dip is exhausted, a tone different than she reported in her interview before the january 6th panel. and the temperature yesterday underscored how ugly and scary it was to be an elections worker or public official who either came under donald trump s scrutiny or refused to bow to his pressure to overturn the results. arizona house speaker republican rusty bowers described the hoards of people, some with weapon, who would show up at his home. and pole workers shea moss and her mother ruby freeman gave gut wrenching accounts of the threats so unrelenting that they were forced into hiding. yes, a lot of threats wishing death upon me, telling me that i ll be in jail with my mother and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. there is no where i feel safe, nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you, the president of the united states is supposed to represent every american, not to target one. wi
It is the fifth hearing. the committee says trump was trying to corrupt the department so it would do his bidding and help overturn the 2020 election. witnesses will include former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, former acting deputy a.g. richard donahue and former assistant a.j. steve engel. a documentary filmmaker will also speak to the committee tomorrow deposed separately. the committee says they have hours of video alex holder shot of donald trump, his family and his inner circle on or around january 6th. the video has not yet been seen publicly. it s reported that ivanka told the film crew that people were questioning the sanctity of our elections and that her father should continue to fight until