Coconspirator best known for being detained without pants helped him do it. Step on out. Here come this way. Can i put pence on . First sir, youve got to clear the house. And why the people who prosecuted the impeachment of donald trump agree with the attorneys defending donald trump that the federal trial of donald trump should be televised. Lets have cameras in the courtroom so that all americans can see what is happening in our criminal Justice System. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Well, for donald trump, the stakes at the next president ial election are clear. We all know them. He is running for his freedom. They put and even finer point on it, hes running for his life. The ex president now faces 78 criminal accounts across three jurisdictions and a combined 641 years in prison. At age 77, if hes convicted of any offenses, just one, he could spend the rest of his natural life behind bars. The stakes for the country are equally dire. Don
unremarkable. he went to law school, worked for a court appeal after lawsuit, work for a law firm, headed the justice department environmental division for george w. bush administration, served as an adviser for mitt romney s 2012 presidential campaign, a prominent member of the federal society, the conservative legal group that stocks at the judicial branch with conservative judges. he was before working for donald j trump before 2020, quintessential republican washington lawyer, but jeffrey clark is also a key figure who wanted to take over the department of justice in 2020, and he wanted to throw the way at the doj behind trump s coup by sending letters to swing states who thought then that the election was not trustworthy, and that the state should send their own electors electing donald trump. when justice department officials, his bosses, would not bend to trump s will, trump
why there s an insurrection act. that is what i submit to you as the most chilling mind in the entire indictment. jeffrey clark, wanted to use the military to use force, their guns, bullets in the streets on the american people so as to install a dictatorship under donald j trump according to prosecutors. to be clear, the insurrection act is an 18 a seven law that allows the military to stop an uprising. that s the big combination at the entire conspiracy, the fantasy that jeffrey clark has. clark and others wanted when i read that part in the indictment, i thought of the infamous line about the finality of evil. as i looked at this middle age lawyers, his boxes and glasses, fantasizing about what those big bad troops would do it with their guns, how they would shove a dictatorship down the throats of the american people, he would think that the revelations of his role in the
remember this one? it s hard to forget, former trump justice department official, jack-seat bought jeffrey boxer clark is under last year, in the fbi subpoena search warrant of his home. you see of donald trump s attempt to steal the election. mr. clark, who we are pretty sure is a coconspirator number four and trump s indictment, played a pivotal role in that scheme. here in the body cam footage, he looks well, comical and a bit pathetic. can you step outside with me? we have a search warrant, and we need you to step outside for me. can i call my? lawyer come outside for us. let s step aside. real quick, we had to clear your house. can i put pence on. they got to clear the house. as soon as we cleared the house, you can talk to your lawyer and you can get pence. on the scene is somewhat because if you look at jeffrey clark s bio anytime before 2020, it would be entirely
tried to install trump in a mini coup at the doj as the acting attorney general in a bid to power, so clark send the letter out and have the doj help with the coup. and clark s starting role to subvert american democracy is detailed in the indictment. clark is not named, but he sure does match the description of coconspirator for. when clark was confronted with the ramifications of trying to steal the election, things took a turn according to the indictment. on page 30, federal prosecutors described the moment three days before the attempted coup, quote, on the afternoon of january 3rd, clark spoke with the deputy white house counsel, tried to dissuade clark from assuming the role of acting attorney general. the deputy white house counsel related to collect that had there not been an outcome determined fraud in the election, and that if trump remain in office nonetheless, there would be rights in every major city in the u.s.. clark responded, well, that s