by all accounts jeffrey clark was on the same page as the president on this stuff and why the presidentted him to be installed to take over the whole department. according to the "times" report tonight "mr. clark mentioned jeffrey rosen and the deputy attorney general rich donohue that he spent a lot of time reading on the internet. a comment that alarmed them because they inferred that he believed the unfounded conspiracy theories that he somehow believed mr. trump had somehow won the election. clark said he wanted to holds a press conference announcing investigating serious accusations of election fraud. mr. rosen and the deputy general mr. donahue rejected that proposal. jeffrey clark also drafted a letter that he wanted attorney general rosen to send to georgia state legislators, which wrongly said that the justice department was investigating accusations of voter fraud in their state and they should move to void joe biden's win in that state. that was also rejected, but yet despite all of this, jeffrey clark was apparently unswayed. he met with president trump the weekend before co

reporting uncovered are that donald trump conspired with an acting assistant attorney general jeffrey clark to force the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen to sign a letter that would then be sent to the georgia legislature telling them falsely that the justice department was investigating serious election fraud in the presidential election in georgia. jeffrey rosen refused to sign that letter and then jeffrey clark met secretly with president trump and then, "informed mr. rosen midday on sunday that the president intended to replace him with mr. clark who could then try to stop congress from certifying the electoral college results. he said that mr. rosen could stay on as his deputy attorney general leaving mr. rosen speechless. even as mr. clark's pronouncement was sinking in, stunning news broke out of georgia. state officials had recorded an hour-long call published by the "washington post" during which mr. trump pressured them to manufacture enough votes to declare him the victor." other news organizations have now confirmed katie benner's reporting. jeffrey clark issued a written s

and if congress doesn't subpoena jeffrey clark and if a grand jury doesn't subpoena jeffrey clark right now to investigate this, i would be surprised. >> all right. nbc's mariana sotomayor and glenn kirshner, thank you for your time. >>> president biden working this weekend. what can you tell us about a call between president biden and the president of mexico? >> reporter: these are the first four calls to hold with tradition. president biden speaking with justin trudeau but also with the leader of mexico yesterday. of course a conversation that ranged and touched on a lot of different topics, on everything ranging from immigration, something the two leaders said they need to work together to address after many changes, of course, from trump era policies in the last four years, and then also a discussion of combatting the covid-19 pandemic. in the white house release and readout of the calls, they gave a couple more details about issues that the two leaders will likely discuss in the future, such as trade of course, and this is something similarly that president biden talked to prime mi

and jeffrey clark was secretly meeting with trump and that cascaded to days before that insurrection at the capitol when trump had to be convinced not to fire jeffrey rosen. he didn't. but this is all coming out now about this big plot that trump tried to replace him so he could

jeffrey clark his des vising ways to cast doubt on the election results and bolster trump's continuing legal battles. it was a plan that ultimately did not come to pass, but would have sent shockwaves through the department. sources characterize it this way -- nearly touching off a crisis at the country's premier law enforcement institution. the other report out this weekend, "wall street journal" finding donald trump's attempt to find the department of justice invalidate joe biden's victory wen even further. after the texas tbs case was dismissed on december 11th mr. trump began pushing the justice department to file its own lawsuits again the states directly in the supreme court. frustrated his wishes weren't being implemented, trump at one point planned to bypass the attorney general and telephone the acting solicitor general directly. one of trump's outside lawyers sent over a draft legal brief he wished the department to file with the supreme court. now the justice department's inspector general, michael or oy wits, has announced he will investigate any former or current doj offic

clark has been up to and they discuss what they're going to do if in the coming hours the president fires jeffreyen and replaces him with mr. clark. they decide the only option is to leave and that was powerful information. in this meeting with the president that happened a couple of hours later, other officials including the head of olc, they were able to tell the president, listen, if you do this plan, it's going to blow up this way, kind this kind of chaos at the justice department. nobody else is going to pay attention to the jeff clark letter to georgia, they will be paying attention to the fact that you have created a saturday massacre and that was one of the compelling arguments to mr. trump. >> okay. one last part of this, a little bit more of the puzzle. there's this crazy thing that happens, right, which is that the u.s. attorney in atlanta abruptly resigns amidst all of this. and everybody thinks, well, that's weird. it looks like there's something afoot here. and we've been getting more and more reporting on it. it seems that resignation which was essentially because he refused to --

former president donald trump and doj lawyer jeffrey clark apparently plotted to oust the acting attorney, jeffrey rosen, according to reporting from "the new york times" and the "washington post." the plan would see rosen replaced by clark, who would then use the doj's powers to pressure georgia's state lawmakers into overturning its own election results, in further pursuit of those baseless claims of election fraud. top doj officials reportedly said they would collectively resign, if that plan went ahead, which, apparently, persuaded trump to drop it. jeffrey clark has denied the allegations. for more on all of this, i'm bringing in the msnbc political contributor and former republican florida congressman david jolly and democratic strategist bernard whitman. gentlemen, thank you. good morning and welcome. >> good morning. >> never a dull day. david, are republicans going to be under more pressure at this point now to try to hold trump accountable, now with this report that's out? >> yeah, look, i think more evidence could still come out. and there's no surprise in this story, right? we

accept when they steal and rig and rob. >> reporter: the president was fixated on georgia and jeffrey clark was ready to rally with trump behind the scenes. a clark reportedly drafted a letter to georgia state legislatures that incorrectly said that doj was investigating accusations of voter fraud in the state and that georgia officials should invalidate biden's win. top doj officials told clark he was wrong and rejected clark's request that doj hold a press conference, announcing an investigation into voter fraud, according to the times. clark then met with trump the weekend of january 2nd. and after the meeting, clark informed rosen trump was going to fire the acting attorney general and clark would take over, according to the times. clark denied calculating a plan to oust rosen to "the times" and said his conversations with the president were above board. "all of my official communications were consistent with law." there was a candid discussion of options and pros and cons with the president. it is unfortunate that those who were part of a privileged legal conversation would comment in

replace him with jeffrey clark. a doj lawyer, who reportedly told trump he had a plan to cast doubt on the election results, and could put pressure on politicians in georgia to overturn the election. which is something acting-attorney general rosen refused to do. as the reporting lays out, mr. trump's decision came, only after mr. rosen and mr. clark made their competing cases to him, in a bizarre, white house meeting. the two officials, compared with an episode of mr. trump's reality show, "the apprentice." albeit, one that could prompt a constitutional crisis. ultimately, trump decided to keep rosen in place. leader schumer responded just a short time ago. calling for the justice department inspector general to launch an investigation, with the senate-impeachment trial on the horizon. it is a lot to get to. joining me now, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney in the northern district of alabama. she is also an msnbc contributor. joyce, good to see you, always. your reaction to this news that president trump had a pla

we are hearing a statement, now, from jeffrey clark, who denies this. and says there was no plan to do this. but there is no pushback, yet, from donald trump as a private citizen. we haven't heard his reaction to this story, but it is just another striking example of how desperate this president was while he was still in office, to cling to power. even though, of course, there was absolutely no evidence, even from his top department of justice attorney general back then, bill barr, of any kind of voter fraud, as we have been saying for weeks. kendis and lindsey. >> this did not happen but there is dueling reporting and matching reporting from both "the new york times" and "the washington post." heidi, to you and that building you are standing near right there. there was news out of it from the impeachment front. the house now set to deliver the article of impeachment, come monday. what happens after that? >> ken dis, we are now getting a little bit more about the mechanics about how this will all work. at 7:00 p.m., exactly, on monday, the house impeach

and particularly how this congressman knew that jeffrey clark was perhaps sharing the same inclinationsone of the biggest mysteries. we don't know how mr. clark and congressman perry met. it was described by sources close to several meetings at the white house, he have one of several people who came into the white house in a manner considered unusual in past presidencies as mr. trump became more desperate. you sort of saw a wide and new set of faces coming through the doors of the oval office to talk to the president. that's how it was presented to us. we do know how he met jeffrey clark. after meeting jeffrey clark, understanding he was more amenable to anybody else at the department, he was quickly introduced to the president. >> paul butler, where do we begin with this? as it pertains to the potential impeachment or for factors that might be very, very implicating for senate republicans to consider, what stands out to you out of everything we have seen in the final days of the trump administration as it pertains to impeachment. >> where do we begin, mika? they will say he didn't inci

when david cipollone was asked if he believed jeffrey rosen or jeffrey clark should be called as witnesses not say. we do know the doj inspector general has opened an investigation into whether trump officials improperly pressured the former u.s. attorney in georgia to investigate the election. pak abruptly resigned and said at the time it was due to unforeseen circumstances. i have reached out to him, but he is declining to comment. pop by, jim, democrats will really now have to decide how to tackle these new threads that are emerging. it will amplify their calls to convict the president and subsequent efforts perhaps to bar him from future office a. lot developing, programs, in these next two weeks. >> multiple attempts here. multiple by this president at the state and federal level, such a detailing of it, thanks very much. >>> well, the gop divide as some lawmakers are pushing to remove representative liz cheney from leadership because she was among the ten republican house member who's voted to impeach former president trump for inciting a riot on capitol hill. one of the republicans

his name is jeffrey clark. he was a cookie cutter lawyer.n he tried to harbor secret authoritarian instincts and he tried tcapitalize them. we need to make sure the other jeffrey clarks, those helping steven millers but that are anonymous have to answer for their record. so when they find another job the hiring manager at a corporation can say did you support family separation? did you support insurrection in the capitol? because our company doesn't stand for those values. >> what will you do if a company hires one of these people that you're targeting? do you start a lobbying a against these corporations? what do you do? >> well we think the last four years really relied heavily on the president's failure to feel any kind of shame. we do't think most of corporate america has that approach. so we think highlighting the facts and evidence, making sure that companies and their employees have the facts about what someone did when they held the public trust will be a major step forward in accountability. that hiring moment is an accountability m

jeffrey clark head of the civil division at the time department of justice was back-channeling with president trump. having a meeting at the white house talking about ways the justice definite could intervene in the final hours of the last gasp of the president's race. the second inspector general's report, investigation that's going on into the election. n now, this matters now, because, of course, impeachment trial is just getting under way in the next two weeks or so. anything the department of justice inspector general will has the freedom to weigh in and look into bizarre meetings that almost led to a saturday night massacre at the department of justice when all of these top officials in the department were threatening to resign if jeffrey rosen, the acting attorney general, would have been dismissed by the president. >> and you mentioned the house will deliver the single article of impeachment to the senate. what pressure at this point in time does what we're seeing at the doj put on republicans? any? would this change any minds looking to whether to convict or not? >> brianna, hard to

what we're hearing is that, you know, there was essentially an attempted coup buy this attorney, jeffrey clark, to replace the acting attorney, jeffrey rosen, because he would not go along with trump conspiracies. and i think what's even scarier about this scenario is that it was a lawmaker who was involved in introducing jeffrey clark to trump, and letting him know that he was open to supporting these conspiracy theories. and open to basically finding the evidence. and this is a pattern that we saw with the trump administration. that trump was willing to create evidence, anything that would support his narrative of electoral injustice. and so, the folks who stormed the capitol thought they were the patriots, but in reality, the patriots were the doj officials who stood up, they got together and they said that we will resign en masse if this happens. and so ultimately, when president donald trump was presented with that scenario, all of these doj officials resigning, he decided that it was a bad look. and he didn't go forward with it. but imagine if they didn't have the courage to stand up and

according to "the times" jeffrey clark defaulted to the false claims of election fraud and nearly convinced him to remove rosen. clark declined to comment. here to talk about it the form ehrmann in charge of the cyber securi security. when you first read this reporting between the former president and this department of justice official to overturn the results of the election, i'm wondering what you thought. did you imagine you would see a day when something like this might occur in a white house and a department of justice? >> well, thanks for having me. good to see you again. i don't have any information independent of that reporting that would suggest it's true or false. in reading it, though, it was fairly shocking and if it's true as reported, i actually think the most surprising aspect is not that it was contemplated but the fact that the president didn't follow through with it. that's based on all the other shocking things that the president attempted of course with january 6th. but it does fit a pattern of behavior and attempts to use the federal executive branch and various agencie

the unassuming lawyer who worked on the plan, jeffrey clark, had been devising ways to cast doubt on the election results and to bolster mr. trump's continuing legal battles and the pressure on georgia politicians. because mr. rosen had refused the president's entreaties to carry out those plans, mr. trump was about to decide whether to fire mr. rosen and replace him with mr. clark. the department officials convened on a conference call, then asked each other, what will you do if mr. rosen is dismissed? the answer was unanimous. they would resign. for hours they anxiously messaged and called one another as they awaited mr. rosen's fate. and from there, the story only gets more dramatic. leading off our discussion tonight is katie benner, justice department reporter for "the new york times." thank you very much for joining us tonight with this important article. i have read nothing like it. we have all read everything that has been reported from inside the trump presidency these final days, especially with the justice department activity, is beyond anything we have read before. tell u

general jeffrey rosen and also the person president trump was thinking of replacing him with, jeffrey clark? >> well, jonathan, the striking thing is that with every day, there is another revelation about just how deep president trump himself was involved in this unprecedented and completely inappropriate action in the modern era to try and interrupt and overthrow the results of an election for president of the united states. i think those of us who were in the chamber on that memorable wednesday night, january 6th, initially didn't realize how big the mob was, how violent they were, how aggressively they were storming the capitol. it was only later that we saw it on television or got caught up with our offices or our families that we realized what had been going on outside the capitol. and in the days and weeks that have followed, we have learned more and more details about the ways in which they brutally assaulted capitol police, in the ways in which they were organized and encouraged by president trump. and now these more striking details about trump's desperate efforts in his last days

president discussed removing the acting attorney general jeffery rosen and replacing him with jeffrey clark, a now former doj attorney sympathetic to trump's cause. “the times” says it was all part of an elaborate scheme to throw out president joe biden's victory in georgia. the department of justice is declining to comment on the report, and clark, when reached by abc news asserted the "times" account contains inaccuracies, but did not specify. rosen served as acting ag through the end of trump's term. tonight senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling on the doj to investigate after that "the new york times" report. we'll see if democrats choose to add rosen or clark to their witness list. when asked for comment, trump's team did not specifically respond to those allegations in that report. tom? >> andrew, thank you for that. >>> let's turn to weather. the bone-chilling cold settling in for millions in the northeast. slick conditions on the road in utah as snow falls across the rockies and midwest. those systems will become more organized as they push east. let's get to abc's senior

they are reporting the president's justice department attorney jeffrey clark had allegedly formulatedhe plan to oust the attorney general jeffrey rosen. to put clark in that position, that way, they could use the doj power to force georgia state lawmakers to overturn the presidential election in that state. we know that was a priority for president trump. clark is denying all of it, but i wanted to ask you, what evidence is there, or what evidence is needed to assert that this actually happened. and what is the potential consequence of it? >> well, the evidence is standard reporting. "the new york times" doing its usual good job. stalking to four high. >> referee: ranking officials privy to the conversations. i have mentioned thatmatched by washington post." it's as close to the truth as we're likely to get. when asked about it there were no direct denials that the substance was incorrect. what will appears to have happened a number of proposals were brought to the then president donald trump's desk. he was very interested in the idea of putting direct legal pressure through the depar

headline this morning is that president trump, former president trump and doj other than jeffrey clarkllegedly formulated some plan to oust the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen, to put clark in that position and then use the doj power to try to influence the georgia -- the georgia election, actually forcing lawmakers in that state to overturn the members that came in. what do you know? >> it's really a shocking story. a great scoop by my colleague katie benner. and it's just a reminder that even though president trump out of office now, there's much more we're going to learn in the coming days and weeks ahead about this period between the election and president biden's inauguration. and as much as this was such a tumultuous period, this is just another episode, you can think about how much worse that tumult could have been. had there been essentially mass resignations at the justice department, just think of the chaos that would have brought, what was already quite a chaotic process. >> so, i want to talk about the time line for the impeachment. we know that the articles are going

lawyer, jeffrey clark in another desperate attempt to overturn the election? it's clear we will find out more and more about this attempt to steal the election from president biden as time goes on. >> yeah. and all of it will be appalling, none of it will be shocking. i mean, it's evidence upon evidence of what was going on. this particular plot went on at the very same time he was calling the secretary of state in georgia and trying to strong arm him into finding the votes that he needed to overturn the result in georgia. so, i mean, i don't know how much evidence you need. the president was willing to subjugate the rule of law and do anything to overturn this election. i honestly don't believe the senate will convict him, but i sure hope that they contemplate this mounting evidence before they vote party ahead of country. >> yeah. mark, listen, among d.o.j. officials, there was a pact if the act, a.g. jeffrey rosen was dismissed, they would all resign. so trump kept rosen because he was worried about the mass resignations. let me read something from you here

investigation into this "new york times" report that a then attorney from the justice department jeffrey clarklanning and nearly convinced then president trump to fire his attorney general, then his attorney general jeffrey rosen and replace him with clark. why? well, according to "the new york times" report, rosen allegedly refused to simply force georgia's state lawmakers to overturn the results of the presidential election out of their state. now, justice department officials got wind of this and reportedly had a conference call and decided, well, if rosen goes, we all go. if rosen fires, they would all resign en masse. the report goes on to say they didn't do that because then president trump backed down. well, schumer tweeting this out saying unconscionable. would conspire to subvert the people's will. must launch an investigation into this attempted sedition now and the senate will move forward with trump's impeachment trial. the most important line of that tweet, ana, is the last one. it simply suggests that they may put this into, encapsulate this into the senate trial, the hearing and

investigation into what happened between then president trump and a justice department attorney jeffrey clarkaccording to "the new york times" report that clark nearly convinced trump to fire his then attorney general jeffrey rosen. why? because rosen had refused to force georgia's state lawmakers to overturn the presidential election results out of their state and when justice department officials got wind of this plot of what they were trying allegedly to do, these justice department officials held a conference call and essentially agreed that if rosen goes, if he's fired, they're all going to go and all going to resign en masse. allegedly, rump gtrump got wind this and backed down on the plans. schumer now in this tweet is saying, unconscionable, a trump department leader with conspire subvert the people's will, the snpt finspector general must moe forward and the senate move forward with the impeachment trial. ana, what's interesting about that tweet is the very last sentence mentioning the impeachment trial. this could be something that they include in their case against the president ma

. >> the man who allegedly worked on the plan, lawyer jeffrey clark. the report claims trump mulled ovary placing him and replace him with clark because rosen refused his request to use the doj to overturn the election. he decided against firing him after justice officials threatened mass resignations. trump declined to comment. it may impact the impeachment trial. democrats could call rosen and clark as witnesses. >> it will be soon, i don't think it will be long, but we must do it. that's our responsibility, to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> house speaker pelosi will send over the article of impeachment monday, according to the constitution, senate trial begins at 1:00 p.m. the next day. senators will be sworn in as jurors tuesday, but both sides are going to have given two weeks to prepare, something minority leader mitch mcconnell lobbied for. the senate can use time to work on other business like biden's cabinet nominations. two have been confirmed, or the economic rescue package. the dragnet continues to close. the n

comes after the new york sometimes first reported that a little known justice department official, jeffrey clark, secretly plotted with president trump about ousting the acting attorney general and using the department to pressure georgia lawmakers to overturn the state's results. while it was another stunning sign of how far trump tried to go to change the election, he never followed through fearing mass resignations. >> reporter: cnn spoke exclusively with president biden and asked about the impeachment trial and he said it could affect his agenda but he said if they don't it could be worse. he views this as something that, quote, has to happen. if he was asked if he thought 17 republicans would vote, he said no. he said it's changed a lot but it hasn't changed that much. he thinks if president trump had six months left in his term, some kind of period he wasn't out of office like what we're about to see with this trial, something u.s. history has never seen before with a former president going to trial, president biden said if he was in office then maybe that would lead to the republicans to

and jeffrey clark was secretly meeting with trump and that cascaded to days before that insurrection trump had to be convinced not to fire jeffrey rosen. he didn't. but this is all coming out now about this big plot that trump tried to replace him so he could get what he wanted when it came to the election. >> and you mentioned dominion. they are one of the biggest victims of the president's conspiracy theory and they filed this enormous defamation lawsuit against rudy giuliani. >> for $1.3 billion, with a "b", and it is all comes down to the conspiracy theory that the president or former president trump and rudy giuliani had been repeatedly railing about. they said that dominion, the maker of this elections equipment, they said they were somehow working in conjunction with the venezuelan government to change votes. that is completely false. dominion sued sidney powell and now suing rudy giuliani. they're terming it this big lie that giuliani has been propagating. so this is what they said in their lawsuit this morning. they said just as giuliani and his allies intended the big lie we

the man who reportedly worked on the plan, lawyer jeffrey clark, at times reported trump allegedly mauledk because he refused to carry out the alleged scheme. according to times, trump decided against firing rongji after top officials threatened mass resignations. saying they contained inaccuracies and the communications were consistent with the law. trump declined to comment according to report. the latest report could have an impact on the former president's upcoming impeachment trial. both rosen and clark could be called as witnesses. abc news, washington, d.c. >>> coming up, after democrats took control last week, senator's amy klobuchar and rand paul will discuss how congress plans to balance biden's priorities with the impeachment drooil trial. you can watch more at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7. >>> new this morning, a new poll by president biden is held in high regard according to an abc news poll, he has 69% for his response to the pandemic and 57% of americans are confident in his unity for the country. >>> the cast of grownish talks about how they are tackling serious i

. >> during the meeting rosen and doj lawyer jeffrey clark made competing cases apprentice style.p backed down after he was told top justice department officials had all vowed to resign together if rosen was fired. there's more. here's more. >> reporter: christine and laura, the former president put pressure on the department of justice to file a lawsuit with the supreme court to try and get them to overturn the election. the journal citing multiple officials say that the attorney general at the time, bill barr, and two top officials at the doj resisted, said they had no standing, no reason to file this lawsuit. they said because the department of justice doesn't have any reason to take either biden's side or trump's side in the election they would not pursue the lawsuit. so it went nowhere. also the journal notes that one of the former presidents personal lawyers drafted a brief that they would hope that the department of justice would use but obviously this went nowhere. the top officials resisted these efforts so nothing was ever filed. christine, laura? >> simon, thank you so

election after "the new york times" first reported a little known justice department official jeffrey clark sekritly plotted with president trump about ousting the acting attorney general and using the department to pressure georgia lawmakers the overturn the state's results. while it was another stunning sign of how far trump tried to go to change the election, he never followed through fearing mass resignations. one thing that president trump's looming impeachment trial concerned the white house about is those cabinet nominees, con f confirmations. that's for janet yellen after mitch mcconnell said he would vote yes to confirm her. it looks like she can be confirmed any minute now. >> we'll watch that unfold. thank you very much. >>> we'll have more on former president trump's looming impeachment trial in the senate, the incoming chairman of the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner, he's standing by live. we have lots to discuss. so, i did something fun, for me. the elite box from adoreme.com. they send you personalized outfits to try at home. everything from bras and linger

the man who reportedly worked on the plan, jeffrey clark, reporting trump pulled over whether to fireark because rosen refused to carry out the alleged scheme. trump decided against firing rosen after officials threatened mass resignations. he says the communications were consistent with the law. trump declined to comment. the latest report could have an impact on the former president's upcoming impeachment trial. rosen and clark could be called as witnesses. >>> and coming up on this week after democrats took control of the senate last week, senators amy klobuchar and rand paul how they plan to balance biden's legislative priorities with the impending impeachment trial of donald trump. you can watch thist 8:00 this morning on abc 7, ahead, discussing social justice. the cast of grownish sits down with julian glover to talk about how they're tackling serious issues on the show. >>> and here is a live look outside this morning from our golden gate bridge camera. pretty quiet out on the road this sunday. 5:36. quiet. no rain at the moment. we'll talk to lisa again when we get back. adva

and, you know, john, we have tried to get in touch with jeffrey clark, this top doj official who it's alleged he had these meetings with the president. he hasn't gotten back to us, but he did deny all of this to the "new york times," saying that all of his communications were proper, that he was just going over the pros and cons with the president, but, of course, it's serious enough now that the inspector general will be looking into all of this trying to get to the bottom of what actually happened in this alleged plot to really overthrow the acting a.g. and put in somebody who was definitely on trump's side when it came to this election conspiracy. john? >> the specifics of this particular investigation are fascinating. and also you see right out of the box again more evidence of the change from trump to biden. inspector generals back to having the freedom to do their job, without worrying the white house will tamp down on them. >>> up next for us, former president trump floats the idea of starting a new party. is he serious, or is this just his way of warning republicans they will

rosen, then replace him with justice department official, and elton john if he went to law school, jeffrey clarkre's what happened: from the moment bill barr announced his resignation, the then-president pressured rosen to use the power of the justice department to interfere in the election. rosen refused. meanwhile, clark, sucking up to the president like a lamprey streetwalker, drafted a letter that he wanted rosen to send to georgia state legislators that wrongly said that the justice department was investigating accusations of voter fraud in their state, and that they should move to void biden's win there. and if that worked, they'd send georgians new stickers that said "i voted, but then some guy wrote a letter, so forget it." rosen, who owns a spine, refused to send the letter, but clark went straight to the president, who-- surprise! --loved the idea. so rosen got a call from clark telling him the president intended to replace rosen with clark, who could then try to stop congress from certifying the electoral college results. i don't know exactly how clark thought he was going to do that,

with an attorney named jeffrey clark. reason being mr. rosen would not support mr. trump's efforts to overturn the election. as for our current president, he spoke with britain's prime minister boris johnson this afternoon. johnson tweeted the two countries are looking forward to deepening their longstanding alliance. he praised president biden's decision to rejoin the world health organization and the paris climate accord. president biden has signed well over two dozen executive orders focusing on the pandemic, the climate crisis, immigration, and racial equity, and more. we're devoting each segment this hour to these topics and to what legislation might look like under the new administration. >>> let's start with the basics. what is an executive order? simply put, it's how the president uses his executive authority. it's a rule or an order that's issued to an executive agency within the government. and it has the force of law. all presidents issue executive orders. since george washington took office back in 1789, there have been nearly 14,000 of them. these are d

clark, jeffrey clark that was reported first by the "new york times" and confirmed by us came immediately after the strong pushback on having the federal government file a days in the supreme court against pennsylvania and the other states. >> all of these cases have been dismissed and some of trump's al ayes are still on the sunday talk shows today again talking about the baseless claims of election fraud. before we let you go. dick durbin calls it deeply troubling. he is asking the justice department to preserve and produce all relevant materials in the d.o.j.'s possession, custody, or control related to this plot. what happens next? >> you know, the trump administration is out. there is new administration there. so the trump administration does not have control of those documents. we weren't able to obtain them yet. presumably, this is -- i mean, we don't know what the house managers are going to -- at the impeachment trial what her going to say. presumably it would be about the background they want to give for mr. trump's motive or state of mind on march 6th when he encouraged support

comes after "the new york times" first reported that a little-known justice department official, jeffrey clark, secretly plotted with president trump about ousting the acting attorney general and using the department to pressure georgia lawmakers to overturn the state's results. while it was another stunning sign of how far trump tried to go to change the election, he never followed through, fearing mass resignations. now, wolf, the president may be about to add another member to his cabinet officially, because we believe janet yellen is on the cusp of being confirmed as the u.s. treasury secretary. that comes after senator mitch mcconnell said he would vote to confirm her. once she is confirmed, she will be the first female treasury secretary in american history. >> we'll let our viewers know as soon as that happens. we expect it to happen fairly soon. that will be an historic moment, indeed. kaitlan, thank you very, very much. >>> our chief political correspondent dana bash is with us. cnn chief political analyst gloria borger is with us, and ben ginsburg is also with us. gloria, we'll soon

it follows a new york times report accusing former assistant general attorney general rather jeffrey clark of discussing a plan with then president donald trump. according to the times the plan was to falsely suggest there have been widespread election fraud. the d o g says that it to probe will involve current and former department officials. it's been a fixture since disneyland opening day now big changes are in store for the iconic jungle cruise attraction. >>and we are awaiting the arrival of the biggest storm of the season less than 24 hours away we'll talk about it next. >>and next in sports steph curry and the warriors woke up in. >>beat up a bad team tonight sports director jason dumas >>the dubs are looking to get back on track tonight they came into tonight's matchup with minnesota having lost 2 in a row and 4 of their last 6 games. good thing for them. minnesota is exactly the type of team you want to face when you're trying to break a losing streak they're not very good. here is come on looney right here he got the start tonight. steve kerr decided to move james wiseman to the

revealed trump considered replacing acting attorney general jeffrey rosen with another doj official, jeffrey clark, who embraced trump's conspiracy theories about the election. in related news, dominion voting systems has sued trump's lawyer rudolph giuliani for $1.3 billion, accusing the former new york mayor of manufacturing and disseminating conspiracy theories about the company's voting machines. president joe biden said monday his administration would increase its covid-19 vaccination goal from 100 million shots in the first 100 days to 150 million shots. that's enough to vaccinate 75 million people, a little less than a quarter of the u.s. population. here in new york, health officials have delayed opening covid-19 mass vaccination sites at the yankees' and mets' baseball stadiums and on staten island due to supply shortages. in california, governor gavin newsom has lifted strict stay-at-home orders put in place in december. california's coronavirus cases are down from a massive surge over the holidays, but the state is still reporting over 25,000 new cases per day and many intensive care un

have that guy go in and interfere to try to overturn the elected gentleman, a gentleman named jeffrey clark. this is a lot. and it's before we even get to this moment. let me show a little bit of that. this is the kind of incitement we saw january 6th. >> and after this we're going to walk down and i will be there with you. we're going to walk down, we're going to walk down, anyone you want but i think right here we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> yeah! >> whew! >> they're probably not going to be cheering so much. >> this feels like an open-and-shut case to me. what does it feel like to you? >> it does. i think what both senator murphy and senator mccaskill said, completely true. the evidence here started long before the 6th though. the evidence of his motives and intense and actions go back to all of the months of lying about winning the election, about the election being fraudulent, about the democrats having done bad things, there is no evidence of any of that and the foreseeable consequences of his words on that day were that the cap

rosen reportedly had to argue against his own removal with the department lawyer jeffrey clark, beforerump, in a scenario akin to "the apprentice." trump -- in a scenario akin to "the apprentice." trump ultimately dropped the plan after justice department officials unanimously vowed to quit if acting attorney general rosen was fired. meanwhile, the wall street journal reports trump pushed the justice department to directly ask the supreme court to invalidate biden's victory. indigenous leaders, immigrant justice advocates and veterans held a national day of action in over a dozen u.s. cities yesterday urging president biden to take further steps to stop the construction of the u.s.-mexico border wall. this is stan rodriguez, a kumeyaay indigenous leader, speaking from the nation at the california-mexico border sunday. >> this is a national call to action. the border wall and the damage that has been done, not just to the environment but also cultural sites, religious sites that are important for our people. amy: in new york, over 1,400 essential workers at hunts point produce market --

president almost replaced the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen with a random doj lawyer named jeffrey clark. who was willing to not only advance baseless claims of widespread voter fraud, but wanted to use the power of america's justice department to intimidate and pressure georgia officials to bend to his wishes. this is in addition to the multiple calls that the failed former president made to georgia officials demanding that they change the results of the election, including the hour long phone call in which he demanded that the georgia secretary of state commit voter fraud and magically find 11,780 votes in his favor. the "new york times" adds that the failed former president couldn't understand why the justice department wasn't fighting harder for him and he had not fight evidence to support the ridiculous conspiracy theories that he and his bumbling team of personal attorneys had put forth. the "wall street journal" adds that he even demanded that the justice department ask the u.s. supreme court to invalidate the election for no other reason than that he is delusional, insecure and l

that floated replacement, jeffrey clark, denied he devised any plan to oust rosen. what does all of this suggest about the lengths through which donald trump was willing to go to hold on to power? >> to your very point, to the depth and desperation that this president, this failed former president was willing to go. i mean, the only thing that stopped clark from proceeding with donald trump in getting rid of the acting attorney general was the threat of mass resignations. and that i think frightened in donald trump perhaps oh, my goodness, maybe i'm going too far, what it brought to him is a reality if there's a mass resignation in the department of justice, it would overshadow his claim of fraud. so it's just further evidence of the depth and desperation and sadly of those who would help this failed president what he was trying to do. he was desperately trying to hold on to power by trying to throw out millions of citizens' votes. a despicable, low time in our country. that's why i feel a solemn duty as an impeachment manager to take this case to the senate and to

according to the "washington post," trump wanted to replace rosen with jeffrey clark, the head of doj'safter clark tried to press the acting a.g. to pursue baseless claims of voter fraud on the president's behalf. if installed, clark was to file a case with the supreme court to overturn the election, which rosen refused to do. sources also told the paper clark also wanted to wrongly inform georgia legislators the department was investigating fraud claims in their state and they should void the state's results. white house counsel pat cipollone was in the meeting with trump, rosen, and clark, and pushed back against changing a.g.s and against filing a supreme court case to overturn the election, an idea that had been floated by trump's outside attorneys. he warned of mass resignations at doj if the plan went through, according to people familiar with the meeting. just keeps on coming. >>> meanwhile, the fbi and justice department are in early discussions about not charging some of the rioters at the capitol insurrection. the "washington post" reports that doj officials are debating wheth