It could easily be spread by vaccinated people. President biden is meeting with Nancy Pelosi to talk about Voting Rights as congressional democrats look to restart debate on that critical issue. And as the senate officially begins bipartisan Infrastructure Bill this is not stopping senators from wanting to get it through the chaum better. Were chomping at the Bit And Raring to go. We want to finish the bipartisan bill and then we want to put the Reconciliation Instruction Bill on the table. First group of afghans are now on american soil. Were going to speak with the former translator who already resettled in the United States. And were going to look at the debate over what to do with the site of a Condo Building near Mu Amy that collapsed last month killing 98 people. But we begin this hour with Nbc News Justice correspondent Pete Williams in washington. Walk us through this decision by the Justice Department and what means going forward. Well, what it means is that congress may final
Election was stolen from trump, and Senator Ron Johnson of wisconsin whom trump praised for getting to the bottom of things. The notes pointing to trumps perceived Coup Accomplices are now in the hands of those members peers in the House Oversight and reform committee, which is investigating trumps efforts to overturn his defeat. The extraordinary new window into conversations with top Justice Department officials and the expresident represent fresh Smoking Gun Evidence of Trumps Abuse of power and frantic efforts to cling to power at all costs. The notes illuminate a well worn theme of the trump presidency, the expresident s imperviousness to facts. The times writes this, the officials also told Trump The Justice Department had no evidence to support a lawsuit regarding the Election Results. We are not in a position based on the evidence, they said. We can only act on the actual evidence developed. Trump then cass at this gat cas. He said people are angry blaming the doj for inaction.
Detailed for the very first time what reads like a premeditat plan for a conspiracy and who would aid his coup attempt. the exchange unfolded during a phone call on december 27th in which trump pressed the acting attorney general at the time, jeffrey rosen, and his deputy, richard donahue, on voter fraud claims the department had disproved. donahue warned the department had no power to change the outcome of the election. trump replied he did not expect that. quote, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and to congressional allies. trump did not name the lawmakers but at other points during the call mentioned representative jim jordan of ohio whom he described as a fighter, scott perry of pennsylvania, who at the time promoted the idea the