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bowers would later get a call from another trump attorney, john eastman-- john eastman: we know there was fraud-- jake tapper: --whom the january 6 committee sees as a key player in this grand plan to undo the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election. rusty bowers: the ask was that we would throw out the electors. and i said, has it ever been done? he said, no. i said, you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and just throw them out the window because i want to and that's responsible on my part? i said, ok, thank you. we're not doing that. jake tapper: bowers kept his caucus on the sidelines, but in the arizona senate, republicans there yielded to pressure from team trump and voted to conduct an audit of the results in arizona's largest county. rusty bowers: when they got the cyber ninjas, i thought, i'll watch. this will be interesting. i don't want to be close to that. jake tapper: you might remember the ninjas. the company was run by a trump supporter. they employed ultraviolet lights which could supposedly identify ballots from china. rusty bowers: they came ou
bowers would later get a call from another trump attorney, john eastman-- john eastman: we know there was fraud-- jake tapper: --whom the january 6 committee sees as a key player in this grand plan to undo the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election. rusty bowers: the ask was that we would throw out the electors. and i said, has it ever been done? he said, no. i said, you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and just throw them out the window because i want to and that's...
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his wife has actively been involved in communication, pressing john eastman, pressing -- at the time.and also continues to maintain that the 2020 election was stolen despite a complete lack of evidence thereof. our hope is that clarence thomas has shown that he's willing to recuse himself from a case. this is one of the most direct implications that he has with respect to one of any of the cases that's come before the court. >> do you worry that he might not because you've written the letter? you have called for his impeachment before, you've been very tough on clarence thomas? >> we have called for him to recuse himself in all cases related to january six. he has in the past, frankly, this truly is not even about partisan point scoring. it's about, this is about the integrity of the court. and to not recuse oneself from a case where one is so, where the justice's deeply involved would have larger ramifications not just for clarence thomas but for the supreme court overall. >> do you worry that it sets a bad precedent for justice has to recuse himself based on something that his wife
his wife has actively been involved in communication, pressing john eastman, pressing -- at the time.and also continues to maintain that the 2020 election was stolen despite a complete lack of evidence thereof. our hope is that clarence thomas has shown that he's willing to recuse himself from a case. this is one of the most direct implications that he has with respect to one of any of the cases that's come before the court. >> do you worry that he might not because you've written the...
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he did recuse himself in the case regarding john eastman, never really explaining why he recused himself. >> yes, and his wife, you know, one of the -- one of the documents that donald trump actually tried to prevent from coming to the january 6th committee were documents that showed ginny thomas in communication with john eastman. clarence thomas did not really elaborate as to why he recused himself but he recused himself in the case with respect to john eastman. his wife had actively been involved in communication with him pressing john eastman and press mark meadows, donald trump's chief of staff at the time and also continues to maintain that the 2020 election was stolen despite a complete lack of evidence thereof, and so, you know, i think our hope is that clarence thomas has shown that he is willing to recuse himself from a case. this is one of the most direct implications that he has with respect to, you know, perhaps -- one of any of the cases that's coming before the court. >> do you worry that he might not just because you have written this letter? you have called for his impea
he did recuse himself in the case regarding john eastman, never really explaining why he recused himself. >> yes, and his wife, you know, one of the -- one of the documents that donald trump actually tried to prevent from coming to the january 6th committee were documents that showed ginny thomas in communication with john eastman. clarence thomas did not really elaborate as to why he recused himself but he recused himself in the case with respect to john eastman. his wife had actively...
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and trump fully endorses eastman's plan. >> well, john eastman was one of my law clerks...at he had given. >> judge j. michael luttig is one of the leading conservative legal thinkers in the country. he's served in administrations of president ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. >> judge luttig had a kind of moral authority within the conservative community. a guy himself who had been short-listed for the supreme court. was on a first-name basis with members of the supreme court. >> judge luttig, i had the incredible honor of serving as one of your law clerks. another person who did was john eastman. and you've written that dr. eastman's theory is, in your words, "incorrect at every turn." >> mr. eastman said to the president that there was both legal as well as historical precedent for the vice president to overturn the election. this is constitutional mischief. i would have laid my body across the road before i would have let the vice president overturn the 2020 election. i diagrammed his, uh, his, his legal analysis, from beginning to end and concluded that we was wrong
and trump fully endorses eastman's plan. >> well, john eastman was one of my law clerks...at he had given. >> judge j. michael luttig is one of the leading conservative legal thinkers in the country. he's served in administrations of president ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. >> judge luttig had a kind of moral authority within the conservative community. a guy himself who had been short-listed for the supreme court. was on a first-name basis with members of the supreme...
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there was a case in which the january 6 committee attempted to get documents from john eastman. some of those the documents included emails between eastman and jenni thomas, clarence thomas his wife. clarence thomas did recuse himself in that case. there is a federal law that requires a judge recuse themselves when there might be some reasonable question as to the appearance of impartiality. that includes instances where for example they might reasonably believe that their spouse could be a material witness in the case and again, jenni thomas is someone who had medications with someone like mark meadows about efforts to reserve reverse the results of the election, had medications with john eastman and someone who was at the january 6th rally add trump's speech. it certainly is a case that there is a colorful argument here that she could be someone who might be a material witness as it relates to the department of justice case against trump. there is a argument for clarence thomas's recusal based on all of that. there are some signs that we have seen that potentially clarence tho
there was a case in which the january 6 committee attempted to get documents from john eastman. some of those the documents included emails between eastman and jenni thomas, clarence thomas his wife. clarence thomas did recuse himself in that case. there is a federal law that requires a judge recuse themselves when there might be some reasonable question as to the appearance of impartiality. that includes instances where for example they might reasonably believe that their spouse could be a...
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after that though justice thomas recused himself from john eastman's case related to his attorney client privilege claims over his e-mail. so justice thomas has now set a precedence himself where he acknowledges and recognizes that he should recuse himself from any case relating to january 6. that would include this case and that would include any other case including the criminal case and whether or not donald trump has absolute immunity. justice thomas cannot sit for any other cases based on his own acknowledgment and concession that he must recuse from january 6 related questions. >> as you pointed out, ultimately the decision will lie with the court and with the justices themselves had. they police themselves in november when they announced a code of efforts. you pointed out it lacks teeth and maintains the status quo. and so is your demand similar? i mean does it essentially lack any muscle here had? >> it does. even when you say the justices and the courts. it's clarence thomas himself who will make this decision without any oversight or enforcement from anybody else. he makes the
after that though justice thomas recused himself from john eastman's case related to his attorney client privilege claims over his e-mail. so justice thomas has now set a precedence himself where he acknowledges and recognizes that he should recuse himself from any case relating to january 6. that would include this case and that would include any other case including the criminal case and whether or not donald trump has absolute immunity. justice thomas cannot sit for any other cases based on...
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after that, though, justice thomas did recuse himself from john eastman's case related to his attorney-client privilege claims over his emails. so justice thomas has now set a precedent himself where he acknowledges and recognizes that he should recuse himself from any case relating to january 6th. that would include this case. and that would include any other case, including the criminal case and whether or not donald trump has absolute immunity. justice thomas cannot sit for any of those cases based on his own acknowledgement and concession that he must recuse from january 6th-related cases. >> as you point out, ultimately the decision lies with the court, the decision lies with the justices themselves. they police themselves. back in november when chief justice roberts announced this code of ethics for the court, you pointed out that it lacks teeth. and basically maintains the status quo. because there's no enforcement mechanism. so is your demand similar? does it essentially lack any muscle here? >> it does. and even when you say the justices and the court -- it's not. it's clarence thoma
after that, though, justice thomas did recuse himself from john eastman's case related to his attorney-client privilege claims over his emails. so justice thomas has now set a precedent himself where he acknowledges and recognizes that he should recuse himself from any case relating to january 6th. that would include this case. and that would include any other case, including the criminal case and whether or not donald trump has absolute immunity. justice thomas cannot sit for any of those...
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trump and his lawyer john eastman have contradicted what the current lawyers are arguing. saying he was only personally addressing any election issues when they tried to overthrow biden's win. we don't know if the judges will buy this new argument. i want you to understand as we track all these and those calendars, if this appeals court does what it looks like it's going to do, and give jack smith another win, there's only one more thing that could slow this whole thing down and that's if the supreme court intervenes. if they do nothing and say, hey, we're not getting involved, if they just leave it the way it is and those judges do what they sound like they'll do, donald trump will go on trial in washington for the coup. that's the legal news. i want to share something a little more fun with you right now. some of this may be familiar. i had the opportunity to sit down with a lot of special artists. jon batiste joined us, jon bon jovi, samantha b. they have one thing in common, it's what we call mavericks. ♪ oh yeah ♪ >> i'll tell you everything. i'm an open-faced sandwic
trump and his lawyer john eastman have contradicted what the current lawyers are arguing. saying he was only personally addressing any election issues when they tried to overthrow biden's win. we don't know if the judges will buy this new argument. i want you to understand as we track all these and those calendars, if this appeals court does what it looks like it's going to do, and give jack smith another win, there's only one more thing that could slow this whole thing down and that's if the...
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he told judge luttig that attorney john eastman was insisting to president trump that pence had the constitutional authority to block the certification of electors and overturn the election in favor of trump. luttig can hardly believe what he was hearing. he was respected eastman as a constitutional scholar, but he told his phone on the phone, look, you can tell the vice president that i said he has no such authority at all. by early the next morning, the situation had escalated. luttig received another urgent call from the outside counsel, who this time, ask not just for advice, but to intervene. he said quote, judge, can you help the vice president? we need you to say something publicly. we need to get your voice out to the country. luttig was willing to help, but he didn't quite know how. he was retired, he couldn't think -- he didn't think he had much of a platform. how would he get his message to the message? you remember thinking, i don't even have a fax machine. then he remembered that he opened an account on social media website called twitter a few months before, but he barely use the sit
he told judge luttig that attorney john eastman was insisting to president trump that pence had the constitutional authority to block the certification of electors and overturn the election in favor of trump. luttig can hardly believe what he was hearing. he was respected eastman as a constitutional scholar, but he told his phone on the phone, look, you can tell the vice president that i said he has no such authority at all. by early the next morning, the situation had escalated. luttig...
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eastman's communications related to january 6th.is an open and shut case, the appearance of a conflict of interest, if not an actual conflict of interest. but it is precedent that he has set himself. so if he now does not recuse from this case he will clearly be picking and choosing which cases related to january six he wants to rule on and which he doesn't thinkers sufficiently important for him to insist on ruling upon. it just underscores how important it is for the supreme court, and if the supreme court doesn't do it, for congress itself to implement new ethics rules on the supreme court so that it is not just up to clarence thomas to make this decision himself. >> i want to turn to your other labor's of the day, of the oversight committee. on the democrats on the committee issued a report today titled white house for sale, our princes prime ministers and premiers paid of president trump. there's been a lot of reporting on this today, of china being the biggest payer of donald trump. over $5 million. and as i understand this re
eastman's communications related to january 6th.is an open and shut case, the appearance of a conflict of interest, if not an actual conflict of interest. but it is precedent that he has set himself. so if he now does not recuse from this case he will clearly be picking and choosing which cases related to january six he wants to rule on and which he doesn't thinkers sufficiently important for him to insist on ruling upon. it just underscores how important it is for the supreme court, and if the...
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. >> we should note that justice thomas did recuse himself from john eastman's case.er know what happens with this trump case. thank you very much, ali vitali and gabe gutierrez, appreciate you both. >>> colorado's not the only legal battleground for the former president who has a packed january of courtroom appearances ahead of him. so on tuesday trump's set to appear in federal court for an appeals court hearing on presidential immunity in his federal election interference case. then on thursday you can see there closing arguments begin in the new york civil fraud trial against trump and his company and the week after that, it's the second defamation trial brought by e. jean carroll. joining us now is "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig and former federal prosecutor michael zeldin. so nice to see you both. happy friday. michael, let me start with you and the big hearing on tuesday. trump expected to attend the appeals court arguments on the question of presidential immunity. again, this is the d.c. election interference case, and this is just after
. >> we should note that justice thomas did recuse himself from john eastman's case.er know what happens with this trump case. thank you very much, ali vitali and gabe gutierrez, appreciate you both. >>> colorado's not the only legal battleground for the former president who has a packed january of courtroom appearances ahead of him. so on tuesday trump's set to appear in federal court for an appeals court hearing on presidential immunity in his federal election interference...
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eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution.y violate federal statute. there might be something there. and we'll have to wait and. see >> lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show. day michael steele, you're sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court's decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas, we are the state republican leadership prepares for battle with the doj over its extreme new law targeting immigrants. eting immigrants i know what it's like to perform through pain. if you're like me, one of the millions suffering from pain caused by migraine, nurtec odt may help. it's the only medication that can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks. treat and prevent, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. relief is possible. talk to a doctor about nurtec odt. i'm a
eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution.y violate federal statute. there might be something there. and we'll have to wait and. see >> lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show. day michael steele, you're sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court's decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas, we are the state republican...
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eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution.i did not willfully, flagrantly violate federal statutes. there might be something there. and we'll have to wait and see. >> lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show day. michael steele, you're sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court's decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas, where the state republican leadership prepares for battle with the doj over its extreme new law targeting immigrants. about nurtec odt. >> woman: what's my safelite story? about nurtec odt. i'm a photographer. and when i'm driving, i see inspiration right through my glass. so when my windshield cracked, it had to be fixed right. i scheduled with safelite autoglass. their experts replaced my windshield and recalibrated my car's advanced safety system. ♪ acoustic rock music ♪ >> woman: safelite is the one i trust. they focus on safety so i can focus on this view. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair
eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution.i did not willfully, flagrantly violate federal statutes. there might be something there. and we'll have to wait and see. >> lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show day. michael steele, you're sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court's decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas,...
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eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution.llfully, flagrantly violate federal statutes. there might be something there. and we'll have to wait and see. >> lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show day. michael steele, you're sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court's decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas, where the state republican leadership prepares for battle with the doj over its extreme new law targeting immigrants. that's great. i know, i've bee telling everyone. baby: liberty. oh! baby: liberty. how many people did you tell? only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: ♪ liberty. ♪ shingles. the rash can feel like pulsing, electric shocks and last for weeks. a pain so intense, you could miss out on family time. the virus that causes shingles is likely already inside of you. 50 years or older? ask your doctor about shingles. with powerful, easy-to-use tools, power e*tra
eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution.llfully, flagrantly violate federal statutes. there might be something there. and we'll have to wait and see. >> lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show day. michael steele, you're sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court's decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas, where the...
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rudy giuliani, jenna ellis, jeffrey clark, john eastman, kenneth chesebro, and sidney powell, to just doing donald trump's bidding means you end up getting indicted, you lose your law license, you end up owing money. you end up having to hire lawyers to defend you in civil, criminal, and administrative cases. and after all is said and done, after you've suffered the humiliation and the shame of being branded a, quote, trump lawyer, and you've suffered the repeated courtroom losses, well, that's when trump throws you under the bus. take michael cohen. the former personal attorney and fixer for donald trump. he was convicted for things he says trump told him to do and in return, he routinely received death threats, hatred, and vitriol. say what you want to say about michael cohen, but last i checked, donald trump has not served a single day in jail versus michael, who was sentenced to three years in federal prison. lawyers are a weapon of choice for donald trump and without his stable of enabling lawyers, trump would not have anyone to give him the cover he so desperately needs for all
rudy giuliani, jenna ellis, jeffrey clark, john eastman, kenneth chesebro, and sidney powell, to just doing donald trump's bidding means you end up getting indicted, you lose your law license, you end up owing money. you end up having to hire lawyers to defend you in civil, criminal, and administrative cases. and after all is said and done, after you've suffered the humiliation and the shame of being branded a, quote, trump lawyer, and you've suffered the repeated courtroom losses, well, that's...
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eastman wrote, seeks to intervene in his personal capacity as a candidate for re-election.tradiction could cause headaches for trump and his current lawyers as they now press appellate courts to accept an aggreimmunity theory. somehow accounts as a political attack though they were nakedly political. and joining us, tim, before we get into the merits of trump's new argument. explain why the distinction matters. acting as president, versus acting as a candidate? >> right. really matters. the supreme court ultimately are in the d.c. circuit and potentially the supreme court has to evaluate whether or not the president during the acts that are alleged as criminal in the special counsel's case were conducted pursuant to his responsibility as president. an argument if they were part of his official duties he has immunity. that is unsettled, even but the acts done at pursuant to the president of the united states or as a special counsel done in his capacity as a candidate, a private citizen, outside of the zone of his responsibilities as president. so it's understandable that now
eastman wrote, seeks to intervene in his personal capacity as a candidate for re-election.tradiction could cause headaches for trump and his current lawyers as they now press appellate courts to accept an aggreimmunity theory. somehow accounts as a political attack though they were nakedly political. and joining us, tim, before we get into the merits of trump's new argument. explain why the distinction matters. acting as president, versus acting as a candidate? >> right. really matters....
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, no, it was elijah white and john gordon behind him.so hopefully you learned some new things. do we have time for a couple questions? we have to go, sorry about that, anyway, the books are out there. feel free to see me, have a great day.>> thank you very much.>>> if you are enjoying american history tv, sign up for the newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the weekly schedule of upcoming programs like lectures in history, the presidency, and more. sign up for the american history tv newsletter today and be sure to watch american history tv every saturday or anytime online at c- span.org/history.>>> c-span shop is c-span's
, no, it was elijah white and john gordon behind him.so hopefully you learned some new things. do we have time for a couple questions? we have to go, sorry about that, anyway, the books are out there. feel free to see me, have a great day.>> thank you very much.>>> if you are enjoying american history tv, sign up for the newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the weekly schedule of upcoming programs like lectures in history, the presidency, and more. sign up for...
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, no, it was elijah white and john gordon behind him. so hopefully you learned some new things. do we have time for a couple questions? we have to go, sorry about that, anyway, the books are out there. feel free to see me, have a great day.>> thank you very much.>>> if you are enjoying american history tv, sign up for the newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the weekly schedule of upcoming programs like lectures in history, the presidency, and more. sign up for the american history tv newsletter today and be sure to watch american history tv every saturday or anytime online at c- span.org/history.>>> c-span shop is c-span's online store, browse apparel, books, home decorations and accessories, it is something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations, shop now or anytime at cspanshop.org. >>> we have the professor of philosophy at colby college and until she pivoted, most of her scholarship was on the 19th century german philosopher, hegel, she has two books on hegel, tonight she will
, no, it was elijah white and john gordon behind him. so hopefully you learned some new things. do we have time for a couple questions? we have to go, sorry about that, anyway, the books are out there. feel free to see me, have a great day.>> thank you very much.>>> if you are enjoying american history tv, sign up for the newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the weekly schedule of upcoming programs like lectures in history, the presidency, and more. sign up for...