of messages and depositions from fox news hosts, senior executives and employees as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. these documents show the depth of the contempt many at fox news had for the truth and frankly for their own viewers. prime time host laura ingraham blasted the fox news decision desk for something that every other normal reputable news organization in the country values, for being accurate. from the new york times, quote, ms. ingraham said the work of the decision desk was an inside job intended to sabotage conservative hosts like her, quote, we are all officially working for an organization that hates us she fumed. the messages show that host sean hannity responded to that, quote, why would anyone defend that call, referring to the decision desk s highly accurate and early election night projection that president joe biden would go on to win arizona. no, sean and laura were not alone. from the washington post reporting on these new filings, quote
election result. it s a pressure campaign that came incredibly and alarmingly close to actually working. it could have completely changed the game for trump and his allies on january 6th if and only if it had succeeded. washington post is out with stunning new details on efforts by doj official jeffrey clark to essentially take over the justice department, efforts which culminated in a january 3rd meeting previously reported on by the post, the new york times and other outlets inside the oval office between clark, the man who would become the acting a.g. and his deputy richard donahue and of course one donald j. trump from the post reporting. clark had outlined a plan. in a letter he wanted to send to the leaders of key states that joe biden won. it said the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns about the vote and that the state should consider sending a separate slate of electors supporting donald j. trump for congress to approve. in fact, clark
demonstrating exactly what happened based on more than 1,000 interviews, more than 100 subpoenas, more than a million documents all in search of the truth, and we laid it out for the american people to see, and they couldn t lay a glove on any of it. tucker carlson just showed his exact colors when he was exposed by dominion voting systems in court. he knew that courtney powell, he knew rudy giuliani, he knew donald trump were completely lying about the election. they were ridiculing them, they were making fun of them behind the scenes, but then they went out on tv and they spread the lies. and thousand they re spreading the lies again. and it is scandalous, and it s dangerous. that s where we begin with some of our favorite reporters and friends, joining us at the table, new york times political reporter jeremy peters. he s been covering the lawsuit between fox news and dominion for the new york times. nick con fi sor ree is a new york times political and investigative reporte
national correspondent for politico and an msnbc contributor, and with me at the table, nick con fi sor ree, an msnbc political analyst, betsy i want to dive into some of the reporting. the production of what they re doing, which is really writing to taped testimony is so intricate, and theirs goes on for two hours. the delay is understandable, but this piece and you ve done some reporting on this, the jeffrey clark plot, and there s some great new reporting in the post that brings us even further inside the room, this doj piece is central to the whole thing. this is that innermost ring that congressman raskin talked about, donald trump s plan to have the election results cast as invalid or corrupt by doj, and then in the words of donald trump has taken in notes by mr. donohue, me and our allies will do the rest. i don t know that people realize just how perilous this