department if donald trump replaced rosen with jeffrey clark, that loyalist who was there to help him overturn the election. jeffrey clark, former justice department official, whose home was just searched by federal investigators. the committee says it s going to take us inside a heated oval office meeting on january 3rd when today s witnesses confronted trump over his threat to put clark in charge of the justice department until trump eventually backed down. playing a leading role in today s hearing, congressman adam kinzinger of illinois, one of only two republicans on the panel. all this comes after the select committee deposed filmmaker alex holder behind closed doors this morning about his documentary, which features never-before-seen interviews with trump and me members of his inner circle, both before and after january 6th. cnn has gotten first look at the documentary. we ve been sharing some of these key clips. as the committee is about to focus on jeffrey clark, let
members of the trump family, pitching this film to them, saying it would be a puff piece, that it would be favorable to the trump family. now, the sources we ve spoken with claimed they were assured they would have editorial control but the attorney for alex holder released a statement saying that no, that was not the case, that the trumps did not request and were not granted any editorial control over the series. to the contrary, alex holder said at the outset that he would have full editorial control. back to you. who s funding the documentary? this guy, jason greenblatt, was the one bringing this filmmaker into the trump orbit. i assume and holder s statement said, well, the trumps didn t have editorial control or have rights to it. who s paying for it? who s funding it? reporter: that is a really good question. we don t know. and i m trying to find out more about what the relationship is between jason greenblatt and this filmmaker. i ve reached out to jason greenblatt. i have
today. she referenced perry as one individual who sought a subpoena. perry has denied that. i just tried to ask perry about both the pardon ask as well as the news about jeffrey clark s home, he would not comment but we expect later this hour for the committee to get into some more detail. one of the key pieces of information they revealed here, that some republican members sought pardons. the question is why they did that and who those members are. all right, manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. let s talk about the context here. here s what the viewers need to pay attention to. so, after donald trump and his team failed to prove any fraud in dozens of courtrooms, they then shifted their attention and started trying to push legislators, state representatives, state senators and others to offer alternate states slates of fraudulent electors for trump. instead of legitimate electors for biden that those states
stop asking the military. you re going to leave. one question i ask our legal commentators is, this can t be legal, right? she said she thinks that the relevant law i just want to read this because it could become relevant in this hearing and beyond. 18 usc, conspiracy to defraud the united states. and in an explanatory note from a historical case, about what that might mean, it s interfere with or obstruct one of its lawful government functions by deceit, craft, or trickery or at least by means that are dishonest. that certainly sounds like it applies. we are getting closer to today s january 6th hearing on capitol hill. we re getting new reaction from filmmaker alex holder about his interview with the committee behind closed doors this morning. this is all ahead. our special coverage continues. we re going to squeeze in one quick break. stay with us.
i have watched her races. her form is superb. she was even faster than i because i was a quarter miler. putting what you have j on your body to match what you expected to do on the track. many women would have looked at her and said, whoa, - you know, she s brave. flo jo was really the star of the show. and what a show she put on at the us trials for the seoul olympics. florence griffithjoyner, or flo jo as she was known, went from track star to global star with a jaw dropping performance. on a sweltering hot day, she scorched to victory in her quarterfinal in a new world record time of 10.49 seconds. the stunned commentator said, that cannot be. no one can run that fast. you re hearing a person saying, but that can t be legal, - that can t be legal. and that record has looked unbreakable. ..until now.