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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 6/23/22

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today’s focus: Trump’s election pressure on the DOJ

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0:00.0

A tense Oval Office meeting, three days before the attack on the Capitol, will play a major

0:06.9

role in today's fifth hearing into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

0:12.3

We have a good idea of what the former Justice Department officials who attended that meeting

0:16.3

will say when they testify later this afternoon.

0:20.2

Plus, the school district police chief blamed for the botched response in the Uvalde

0:24.6

School massacre now placed on administrative leave.

0:28.4

We'll have the latest.

0:29.8

And stunning underwater photos of an American swimmer being rescued by her coach

0:35.8

after fainting during a competition.

0:38.8

Anita Alvarez, thankfully, is doing all right, but it was certainly a big scare.

0:43.0

We'll tell you what her coach is saying.

0:53.4

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, June 23rd.

0:57.5

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for being with us.

1:00.0

The January 6th committee is set to hold its fifth hearing this afternoon, and it will be the

1:04.7

final one this month. It will focus on Donald Trump's efforts to get the Justice Department

1:09.7

to help him overturn the 2020

1:11.6

election. It has been reported that when then acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen

1:16.7

resisted Trump's pressure, the former president came close to replacing him with mid-level

1:23.1

DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, who had repeatedly pushed to help advance the big lie.

1:29.2

Today, we're going to hear testimony from the former acting AG, who was nearly replaced,

1:34.1

as well as his deputy at that time, Richard Donahue, and assistant AG for the Office of Legal

1:40.5

Counsel, Steve Engel. The three witnesses were all part of an extraordinary Oval Office

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