.MaddowBlog: Two Republican lawyers close to the former president are pleading the Fifth as part of the Jan. 6 investigation, but important revelations continue to come to the fore.
soon after that given the nature of the Fifth Amendment,"Obviously, [Clark] is aware that something went on that is illegal."
By any fair measure, the conversation did not go well. Clark and his attorney refused to cooperate, and refused to say why he wouldn't cooperate. Eventually, during the scheduled Q&A, Clark and his lawyer literally got up and left before the deposition was over. It wasn't a short list. The committee's lawyers wanted to explore Clark's use of a personal email account, his direct communications with Trump, his direct communications with people close to Trump, etc. Toward the end of this exercise, the committee's chief investigative counsel"I also wanted to ask him about metadata in that draft letter that indicates some involvement with the White House Communications Agency and the drafting or preparation of that letter.
And as part of that effort, there's also now reason to believe the Trump White House had"some involvement" with"the drafting or preparation" of the controversial letter Clark wrote. As Rachel added on the show,"It's one thing to commit a crime, it's another thing to commit a crime in cahoots with the White House."
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