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i am stephanie ruhle. the january six committee is on the eve of revealing more crucial evidence about a key part of donald trump s plan to overturn the 2020 election. the panel s fifth hearing starts tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm eastern. it will focus on how trump himself pressured his own top justice officials to go along with his plan, and how they repeatedly resisted. trump also tried to install a loyalist to leave the department of justice, a man name jeffrey clark, who backed his false claims of fraud. former attorney general, jeffrey rosen, the man tried along with his former deputy, richard donahue, and another official, steven angle. we heard from donahue at yesterday s hearing. in a taped deposition, he told the story of a january 6th 2021 oval office meeting, where january 3rd, excuse me, oval office meeting, where he threatened to resign if trump made jeffrey clark attorney general. the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him with jeff r ....
Attorney general and sending out these letters. who knows what else he may have been a party to? it sounds like he did the right things, he tried to push trump to stop from some of his illegal impulses, but he could tell an awful lot. to the extent he is relying on executive privilege, we know that the supreme court has already said that the interest and investigating what happened on january 6th over outweighs any interest in protecting executive privilege in this instance. so that is a fig leave, he should come forward and do the right thing. executive privilege, no dice on this one. i want to change subjects for a really important one, jeff. tomorrow, the senate is set to hold a procedural vote on this gun safety bill. how likely is it to become law? it is expected to pass. we have heard from the congressman from connecticut, chris murphy, who really spearheaded the effort from the democratic side. the 14 republican so far who voted to advance legislation, he said that he expe ....
We want pads to polonium to come in, and cooperate in a robust way. there is no reason he shouldn t. here is why he won t want to. this is trump s boy, barb. yes. i think pat cipollone has a potential to be the john dean of this moment. he was there, he was a white house counsel, he knows what is happening, he was the one who uttered that phrase, the murder suicide pact. he was there, and he, as well, threatened to resign along with the justice department officials of trump persisted in replacing the attorney general and sending out these letters. who knows what else he may have been a party to? it sounds like he did the right things, he tried to push trump to stop from some of his illegal impulses, but he could tell an awful lot. to the extent he is relying on executive privilege, we know that the supreme court has already said that the interest and investigating what happened on january 6th over outweighs any interest in ....
0 mark shields gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the corruption campaign. the former guy s attempt to pack the justice department and his quest to legitimize his big lie. just how deep it ran on the eve of another major hearing. and it is hard to avoid america s deepening political divide. what can be done to bridge the gap? we will talk to someone with solutions for people over party. plus, biden s push for a gas tax holiday. is it coming, and will it help? and in the fight against inflation, are we headed for a recession? as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. that evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. the january six committee is on the eve of revealing more crucial evidence about a key part of donald trump s plan to overturn the 2020 election. the panel s fifth hearing starts tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm eastern. it will focus on how trump himself pressured his own top justice officials to go along with his pl ....