New york times first reported the very first story about jeffrey clark, in the fight over who would run the justice department, in order to with a plan to overturn the election. and that story, i believe, right on january 23rd, right after inauguration of 2021. and the justice department inspector general came up with a statement just a day or two later, saying that the ig is initiating an investigation into whether any former or current doj official engaged in an improper attempt to have a department seat to alter the outcome of the 2020 election. that s michael horowitz, the doj inspector general. now, that announcement came at a really interesting time. it was right after inauguration. there was no confirmed attorney general. there was no confirmed u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. and that place saw horrible events come in, and take a really firm stand, and initiate investigation, that one might think would also be done with the u.s. attorney s office at the time. but h
I believe that story around right on january 23rd, right after inauguration of 2021. and the justice department inspector general came up with a statement just a day or two later, saying that the ig is initiating an investigation into whether any former or current doj official engaged in an improper attempt to have a department seat to alter the outcome of the 2020 election. that s michael horowitz, the doj inspector general. now, that announcement came at a really interesting time. it was right after inauguration. there was no confirmed attorney general. there was no confirmed u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. and that place saw horrible events come in, and take a really firm stand, and initiate investigation, that one might think would also be done with the u.s. attorney s office at the time. but he went on a limb, and he made this announcement really early on. my colleagues, they re now reporting that in eastman s own court documents, he says that the phone seizure happene
On wednesday, the district of columbia renamed part of the street in front of the embassy of saudi arabia. it s now called jamal khashoggi way, that was sanctioned by crown prince mohamed bin salman. he vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah nation and refused to speak on the phone. next month, president biden will meet as part of what senior administration officials say is a reset in relations, to find out what s behind the about-face, let me bring in a professor at harvard s kennedy school of government. let s just talk about the country that biden is going to visit, because everything i have heard tells me that saudi arabia in the last few years has really experienced a kind of revolution.
on wednesday, the district of columbia renamed part of the street and part. murder, u.s. intelligence said, with sanction. biden condemned the journalist. and even refused to speak with nbs on the phone. next month, president biden will meet with them. to find out what s going on let me bring in. there, first, let s just talk about the country that biden is going to visit. everything i have heard tells me that saudi arabia in the last few years has really experienced a kind of revolution. i think that s exactly right, fareed. if i were to summarize the
I talked to a number of line prosecutes at the u.s. attorney s office, the district of columbia, and they are not sure either where or how they might proceed on this. the department of justice, merrick garland, and the office of legal counsel have to sit down and figure out how are they going to move forward bannon s prosecution, if at all. it could come as soon as days, and it could come as soon as years, so i think they have to look at the merits of the case first and then they will decide if they want to set new precedents on executive privilege in the bannon case. okay, back it up. days, i understand. you said years was an option here. how s that? it mainly stems from the fact that the department of justice is now looking at this as a criminal case. they don t care about whether the senate committee needs to finish its report by the end of this congress before the midterms. they re not constrained by that timetable. as far as the justice department is concerned, according to