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had to cancel everything for getting covid and she is so freaking impressive every time i speak with her, i can t stand it. i just kept thinking about what she said, the lowering of the our of elected officials. we need to raise the bar. it should be there making people s lives better, not just that they are not breaking the law. and to be clear eyed about what this is, what public service is and what heroism is, and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very very smart person and i m looking forward to her being act in office at some point. she has not ruled that out. politics is in her blood, that s what she said. thanks. thanks for joining us, i do apologize for not being here in this chair this time last week, i was out sick, i finally got covid, i think i m one of the last people in the country who have never had it before but i finally tested positive for weekend a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped make it an easier bout. i rested ....
Capitol police officers said led to all the confusion on january 6th. wolf? ryan nobles, thank you very much. let s get more on all of this. joining us now, cnn s jake tapper, the anchor of the lead. thanks very much for doing this, and thanks for your reporting. we ll do about it in a moment. but this obstruction that s going on by jeffrey clark, it seems to be write out of the trump playbook. that s exactly right. you have nothing to hide, why not answer questions. it seems very clear that other trump justice department officials, including former acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen and others, have answered questions. why not answer questions? when you work for the government, this isn t an opportunity to advance yourself. these are acts for the american people. now, obviously, there is such a thing as executive privilege and obviously, there s such a thing as not wanting to share everything you do. but if jeffrey clark had nothing to hide, why not answer the questions. a ....
Committee chairman bennie thompson said clark did not answer any questions. my understanding is he did not cooperate. and we will look forward after our meeting this afternoon as to next steps. i have as chair the ability to rule on some of the issues that were raised. reporter: one of those steps could be a criminal contempt referral of congress. clark is a key figure in the january 6th probe. a trump loyalist, who peddled false claims about election fraud within the department, with the goal of getting the v agency to investigate the claims. clark had a lot to do with this plan and he was apparently making a play to become the attorney general. reporter: clark s efforts were rebuffed by the two men running the doj at the time. acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen and his deputy, richard donohue. both men had already sat before the committee for lengthy interviews. ....
Undermine. is merrick garland, the attorney general, working fast enough to make sure that these witnesses actually testify. steve bannon, now jeffrey clark, for example. i think there is a legitimate question, as to whether anyone in the biden administration or anyone in congress, including democrats and republicans, is as aware and acting with the sense of urgency that they need to act to make sure that it never happens again, that we come that close to democracy being completely undermined. whether it has to do with merrick garland holding individuals in criminal contempt of congress or whether it has to do with working across the aisle to have some sort of bipartisan protection for votes, sfrfor voters. i think that you could argue that no one in power is acting with the urgency that they need to. and what s really interesting, some of these republicans you spoke to breaking their silence in your documentary tonight, and we ll hear from them really for the first time. this is ....
Out a statement in just the past few minutes that reads in part, it s astounding that someone who recently held a position of public trust to uphold the constitution would now hide behind vague claims of privilege by a former president, refuse to answer questions about an attack on our democracy, and continue to an assault on the rule of law. as prescribed by the house rules, i consider mr. clark s claim of privilege and rejected it. he has a very short time to reconsider and cooperate fully. and the question tonight, wolf, will the committee take the step of criminal contempt against jeffrey clark? for weeks, the january 6th select committee has been trying to talk to this man. good morning. i m jeff clark. i m the head of the civil division. reporter: jeffrey clark, a former trump-era department of justice official, was seen in this exclusive video friday morning entering a house office building to answer questions from the committee. the meeting did not last long. ....