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insurrection. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in races at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority deposition the chair announces the committees approval to announce the good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government. of local election workers, up to his own vice president. opened hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we will tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted the federal agency, charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we have already covered part of mr. trump s effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr, tell the story and the committee about the baseless claims mr. trump wanted the justice d ....
alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york. the plus the january 6th committee. president trump ultimately wanted the department of justice to say the election was quote corrupt, and quote, leave the rest to me, and the republican congressmen. former president trump schemed to stay in power. claim election fraud. relying on internet rumors and baseless claims. my recollection, you said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. my guest this morning, committee member adam schiff. and president biden signs the first gun safety legislation in decades, even as the supreme court expands gun rights. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell, kimberly atkins for the boston globe, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake, and wall street journal columnist peggy noonan. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this ....
To fall below the percentage she needs to catch us no status change. in the other significant undecided race here incumbent democratic governor steve sisolak currently trails republican challenger sheriff joseph lombardo. former president trump said today that clark county s voting system is, quote corrupt. officials here dismissed that as outrageous and uninformed and pointed out that they heard the same claims from president trump and now republican senate candidate adam laxalt years ago and no evidence of widespread fraud or corruption was ever found. bret? bret: jonathan hunt live in las vegas. jonathan, thank you. and alicia thank you. georgians are gearing up for another four weeks of campaigning. the senate race between incumbent senator democrat raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker is headed for a december 6th run off and, with that will come the ....
Became keenly aware that with legal challenges exhausted and electoral votes certified, their only hope would be a last ditch scheme to prevent congress from certifying the win, the throwing the entire system into constitutional chaos. the president wanted the government to send it out into the election, to empower his followers and members of congress to take action. if the department could just lend its credibility to the conspiracies, people would have the justification they needed to spread at the big lie. so, president trump ultimately wanted the department of justice to say the election was quote corrupt, and quote, leave the rest to me, and that republican congressman. as you will hear today, the department s top leadership refused. younot surprisingly, president trump didn t take no for an answer. he didn t accept it from general attorney barr, and he wouldn t accept it from mr. ....
Alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york. the plus the january 6th committee. president trump ultimately wanted the department of justice to say the election was quote corrupt, and quote, leave the rest to me, and the republican congressmen. former president trump schemed to stay in power. claim election fraud. relying on internet rumors and baseless claims. my recollection, you said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. my guest this morning, committee member adam schiff. and president biden signs the first gun safety legislation in decades, even as the supreme court expands gun rights. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell, kimberly atkins for the boston globe, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake, and wall street journal columnist peggy noonan. welcome to sunday. ....