The most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lies. This election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, id say maybe a couple. 60 of our base does. Reporter Conspiracy Theories. That could have been mickey mouse. Im watching going this is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And then people just bought it whole cloth. Reporter lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes counted. They did not want your vote to count. Reporter potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts, wasnt supported by the constitution. Reporter extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about the eastman memo. Just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. Reporter and all too many in
jeffrey clark. he, you may remember, is the environmental lawyer that the ex-president allegedly wanted to install as attorney general because, of course, he seemed willing to help trump overturn then-president-elect biden s victory. the footage shows authorities arriving at clark s doorstep two weeks ago and executing a search warrant on his virginia home. as you can see here, he answered the door in boxers and a dress shirt and was asked to wait outside while officers searched the house. the raid was part of the justice department s probe in the effort to overturn the 2020 election. it is not clear whether clark himself is the subject of a criminal investigation. clark, though, did plead the fifth more than 100 times before the january 6th committee. so, there s that. speaking of the january 6th committee, that brings us back to someone else about to sit down with the panel. former white house counsel pat cipollone allegedly threatened to resign in an oval office meeting th
this election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. if you ask how many republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, i d say maybe a couple but 60% of our base does. conspiracy theories. that could have been mickey mouse. watching. this is the craziest thing i ve ever seen and people bought it. lawsuits. they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. potentially illegal pressure campaigns. i just want to find 11,780 votes. what he was asking for wasn t supported by the facts, wasn t supported by the constitution. extraordinary scheming. let s talk about it. just breathtaking you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. and all too many in the republican party. do you believe this was a free and fair election? and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. we will never give up. we will never concede. stop the steal!
ukraine. jim? anderson, thanks so much. this is cnn tonight. i m jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin s commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol earlier.
the whole notion behind it was trump and his supporters saying don t worry about it, we re going to make it up. don t pay attention to the facts, don t pay attention to the law. we re just going to make it up and forge ahead. trump continued to press rosen on the call saying, quote, this was an illegal corrupt election. and according to acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue s notes from the conversation, trump told rosen the doj was failing to respond to reports of crime. rosen stood firm on this call saying that there s not much the justice department could do. trump also plotted with another justice department official, jeffrey clark, to oust the acting attorney general after rosen s repeated refusals to go along with trump s fraudulent allegations. but that scheme imploded at the dramatic white house showdown on january 3, 2021. this is a scene straight out of apprentice. trump has rosen and clark vie