may not explode inflation in the way joe manchin has been claiming it is, but it is probably not going to bring it down very much. the one thing that white house officials have told me they d really like every single democrat to be saying between now and the midterms is, here are the things that i am doing to make prices cheaper for you. to make your cost of living cheaper every single day. they know inflation is a priority. there s just not much the white house can do about it. they don t have many tools to tackle that one. republican congressman scott perry says he won t cooperate with the committee investigating the attack on the capitol. perry has evidence connecting him to efforts to install, as attorney general, former trump justice department official jeffrey clark, who aided attempts to overturn the election. in a tweet yesterday, perry called the committee, the january 6th committee, illegitimate. how precious. good lord. there are a lot of
republicans in the senate, bob kosta, who would disagree with him. talk about where the committee is going. as we near the end of the year and the january 6th anniversary, the areas that interest you most, given your reporting. exhaustive reporting on this and the lead up to january 6th, what are some of the pieces that you think of the puzzle you think they need to complete? this is a really important story. with all respect to house members, sometimes these names can blend together. it s hard to recognize someone. who is scott perry, the congressman from pennsylvania? he really does matter. he is one of the key players in the summer and in the fall of 2020 who is pushing and pressuring the department of justice to elevate someone named jeffrey clark, to start claiming voter fraud took place in the 2020 election. to maybe even install jeffrey clark as the acting attorney general. this was picked up as an interesting, provocative idea by
appreciate it. thank you, lawrence. former senator claire mccaskill has something to say about the investigations of donald trump and jeffrey clark had been up to and she will join us next. he takes robitussin naturals powered by 100% drug-free ingredients. are you gonna leaf me hanging? soothe your cough naturally. want your clothes to smell freshly washed all day without heavy perfumes? now they can! with downy light in-wash freshness boosters. just pour a capful of beads into your washing machine before each load. to give your laundry a light scent that lasts longer than detergent alone, with no heavy perfumes or dyes. finally, a light scent that lasts all day! new downy light, available in four naturally-inspired scents.
contempt process. the republican vice chair of the committee, liz cheney, said this. if mr. clark he believes that answering questions about his discussions with president trump and others in november and december of 2020 and january of 2021 could incriminate him, and he therefore wishes to invoke privilege on that basis, the committee would certainly consider that. we will not finalize this contempt process if mr. clark generally cures his failure to some play with the subpoena this saturday. it is important to know, however, that mr. clark is not excused from testifying simply because president trump is trying to hide behind inapplicable claims of executive privilege. the committee then voted unanimously to refer jeffrey clark to the justice department for prosecution of criminal content of congress.
congressman adam schiff, added that the 11th hour, miss clark has agreed to appear before committee once again. this time to assert a fifth amendment privilege against self incrimination. mr. clark makes the assertion that answering particular questions about the scheme to overturn the election would tend to incriminate him, that is a weighty matter, and the committee will soberly assess whether that privilege has been properly invoked. joining us now is democratic congressman adam schiff of california. he s a chairman of the house intelligence committee and he s a member of the january 6th select committee. congresswoman schiff, the fifth amendment invoking the fifth amendment means that you personally believe, as you invoke it, that you did commit or may have committed the crime. and answering this question might bring you closer to prosecution and conviction for committing that crime. but people sometimes hide