Greatest represented democracy in Human History and thats us and happy halloween. And thats hardball for now. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in why in the world the fbi would decide to jump into an election with no evidence of any wrongdoing with just days to go. Fbi director james comey under fire. Ten days to go . I think its disgraceful. Criticism coming from across the political spectrum. I think this is probably not the right thing for comey to do. But is the fbi decision actually impacting voters . Well breakdown the state of the race with over 23 million votes already cast. Jew usa rom lock her up to jew sa if in a donald trump
close to the election. A second source later confirmed that same story to the huffington post. Now, this all comes as comey faces growing backlash for his decision three days ago to announce the bureau had discovered a new trove of emails belonging to top clinton aide huma abedin discovered during an investigation of abedins estr
chief at the justice department. clark back channelled with the white house to help push baseless fraud conspiracies and even attempted a leadership coup at the justice department according to documents and testimony from former justice department officials. cnn s senior legal analyst and former federal and prosecutor elie honig joins me to answer your legal questions. he s also the art of hatchet man, how bill barr broke the justice code and corrupted the justice department. elie, one viewer asks what are the potential legal ramifications for trump and others who tried to use the justice department to overturn the election. sure lowly there must be some l ramifications. it s clear there was a coup attempt by jeffrey clark and beyond by donald trump and others. when it comes to actual consequences, they have been yen sufficient so far. we ve got congress doing an inquiry, doing a good job and
congressman who worked furiously behind the scene to stop the will of american voters. a little-known pennsylvania congressman who publicly parroted claims of election fraud. we want the ballots and the votes that are counted to be legal. was privately helping former president donald trump s efforts. congressman scott perry connected trump with jeffrey clark, an environmental law chief at the justice department and he helped push baseless fraud conspiracies and even attempted a leadership coup at the justice department according to documents and testimony from former justice department officials. perry had a friendly relationship with trump. a wonderful man who represents this area, scott perry. it s unclear how he knew clark, but the three men were united in the embrace of election conspiracies. i don t understand if there s criminal activity present, fraud, that s criminal activity, why we don t look at that. in a batch of e-mails perry passes along documents to the
even introducing trump to the man who would try and fail to topple the leadership at the justice department in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. so who exactly is republican congressman scott perry? sarah murray is outfront. reporter: a little known pennsylvania congressman who publicly parroted claims of election fraud. we want the ballots and votes that are counted to be league. reporter: was privately helping donald trump s efforts to overturn the election. scott perry has acknowledged he introduced trump to jeffrey clark, an environmental law chief at the justice department. he worked with the white house to push baseless fraud claims and attempted a leadership coup to oust jeffrey rosen and take the job himself. according to documents and testimony from former justice department officials. perry had a friendly relationship with trump. a wonderful man who represents this area, scott perry. reporter: it s unclear how he knew clark, but the three men were united i
off this conversation in real terms with the bipartisan senators on tax reform. gary cohn and steve mnuchin meeting on the hill today with mitch mcconnell and others to have this conversation. peter alexander, thank you very much. the wall street journal editorial board is calling on mark med koadows to run for spe of the house. writing if the freedom caucus is upset enough to condemn nate a leadership coup, let s get it on now. congress is entering a critical few months. force a debate and vote while there s still time to save the day. it s time for mr. meadows to step into the spotlight and take responsibility. the honorable act would be to announce an immediate challenge to mr. ryan surrounded by his supporters and the breitbart staff. lay out the strategy for passing tax reform, for raising the debt limit, and for passing the