(CNN)Donald Trump's latest hearing on Thursday, January 6th, was the selection committee. It shed considerable new light on the former president's attempt to weaponize. The Ministry of Justice in the last few months of his term as part of his plan to overthrow the 2020 elections and maintain power.
Hearings began just hours after federal agents attacked Jeffrey Clark's house, one of the key figures in the Justice Department involved in Trump's plan. He denied the fraud related to January 6th.
The main points of the hearing on Thursday are as follows.
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Trump White House lawyer Eric Hirschman said Clark. Repeatedly said that he "covered his head." During the meeting. He called Clark an "f --- ing a--hole" to the Commission and told him that his plan was illegal. He also said Clark's plan to send a letter to the fierce battle state was "nuts."
"You are an environmental lawyer. You go back to the office and call when there is an oil spill," Donohue said in his deposit and he told Clark in White. I explained that. House meeting.
Donohue said at the time that White House adviser Pat Cipollone called Clark's plan a "murder-suicide agreement."
Donohue himself described Clark's plans as "impossible" and "ridiculous."
"It will never happen," Donohue said of the plan. "And it will fail."
Thanks to the backlash from Rosen, Donohue, Helschmann, Siporon, and perhaps others, Trump put the country in an unknown sea and increased his chances. I didn't follow his plan. Successful attempt at Trump's coup.
Toned down hearings featured a vivid explanation of Trump's pressure campaign
Thursday's minutes behind the scenes at the Justice Department Testimony from three lawyers who explained the event was taken up. White House. It was a departure from a pre-Tuesday hearing, featuring an emotional testimony from electoral workers and including a jarring video montage of the genocide at the Capitol.
But even without rhetorical fireworks, the substance of the testimony was essential to understanding the breadth of Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. Former Justice Department officials explain what Trump saw and heard when he tried to get them involved to maintain power, and how he tried to kick them out when they refused to bid. did.
The material was sometimes crowded. Witnesses have rebuilt the White House meeting and the phone with Trump. They were asked to analyze handwritten notes about some of these interactions. This is more common in criminal trials and less common in parliamentary hearings.
Still, witnesses' steady testimony shed new light on what we have known for over a year. And the whole hearing evoked memories of the Nixon era. Because it was all about how the incumbent president tried to use the power of federal law enforcement to help his political movement.
Shocking assault on Clark's house prior to hearing
The attack by federal agents on Clark's northern Virginia home is in 2020 at hearing. It was done prior to the exposure of his behavior. The lawmakers were surprised, but for the first time in a while, it seemed that federal agents were paying attention to their public call to finally take some action.
The attack occurred on Wednesday, but was reported Thursday morning. It is unknown which government agency was behind the attack, and it was not disclosed what caused the search for his home or what the investigators were looking for.
Despite these unanswered questions, federal agents have explicitly taken steps to attack Clark's house against one of Trump's most prominent post-election plans. It is important that you have taken.
The Commission wanted to change Clark to a more common name on Thursday. He drew testimony from the Justice Department's top executives on how he tried to abuse law enforcement to help Trump overturn the 2020 outcome. The attack seems to have fulfilled that wish.