How one man's defiance against Trump prompted a so-called DOJ 'murder-suicide pact'

Everything about those early days of 2021 was bizarre. [View in browser]( [Image]( June 23, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [How one man's defiance against Trump prompted a so-called DOJ 'murder-suicide pact']( by Barbara McQuade Today, the Jan. 6 committee reconvenes for Day 5 of a series of hearings that have already offered an impressive amount of insight into the Capitol riot, Trump's behavior preceding it and ongoing threats to American democracy. We turn this afternoon to a bizarre meeting that occurred on Jan. 3, 2021, and which in all likelihood prevented dozens if not hundreds of DOJ lawyers from resigning en masse, [explains Barbara McQuade](. Indeed, the role of the Department of Justice in preventing Trump's "big lie" is the theme of today, with expected witnesses including former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and two other former Justice Department officials who attended the Oval Office meeting, Richard Donoghue and Steve Engel. "The testimony of Rosen, Donoghue and Engel on Thursday promises to show a president willing to abuse the Justice Department, in the words of Donoghue, 'for improper ends,'" [notes McQuade](. "This testimony is important because it shows — again — the lengths to which Trump would go to win the election. It also helps establish the corrupt intent needed to make a criminal referral to the same department Trump tried to decapitate." Read Barbara McQuade's [full analysis](//link.msnbc.com/click/28149062.95371/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9wZW5jZS1kZWZpZWQtdHJ1bXAtamFuLTYtZG9lc24tdC1tYWtlLWhpbS1oZXJvLW4xMjk2MzY5P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwNjIzJnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Cc0997d19//link.msnbc.com/click/28149062.95371/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9wZW5jZS1kZWZpZWQtdHJ1bXAtamFuLTYtZG9lc24tdC1tYWtlLWhpbS1oZXJvLW4xMjk2MzY5P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwNjIzJnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Ec0997d19//link.msnbc.com/click/28149062.95371/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi9wZW5jZS1kZWZpZWQtdHJ1bXAtamFuLTYtZG9lc24tdC1tYWtlLWhpbS1oZXJvLW4xMjk2MzY5P2NpZD1lbWxfbWRhXzIwMjIwNjIzJnVzZXJfZW1haWw9ZDdkYzc0NTE3Mjk3YjM5NzFhYTE0ZDZmMzMxMTM1YTA4NzhmOGY2NDBmYTFhMTAxOWYxNTdiNjVjMWI1ZGQxZA/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Gc0997d19 in your Thursday [MSNBC Daily](, and follow MSNBC’s [live bloggers]( as they preview the hearing starting at 1 p.m. ET, with real-time analysis beginning at 3 p.m. TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [Hayes Brown]( [Republican Rusty Bowers was America's newest hero. 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Hearing coverage from MSNBC is also available on Peacock.     For nearly the past year, Canadian journalist Connie Walker has been working on an investigation into her father's experience at St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Canada. The story is told as part of "Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's," a series available exclusively on Spotify. Her investigation began when she heard a story about her late father who was a police officer in the '70s. He had pulled over a swerving driver who, when approaching the window, he recognized as a priest who he believed had abused him at residential school. Walker's father then pulled the priest out of the car and beat him up on the side of the road. Over the years, thousands of students have come forward about their experiences at residential schools. Walker joins WITHpod to discuss the process of telling this deeply personal story of intergenerational trauma, her motivation for bringing issues affecting indigenous people to light and how this dark part of Canada's past hasn't been completely reconciled. The Canadian government has apologized and set aside millions in reparations, along with a new child education and welfare system in response to abuse. [Listen now.]( Trigger warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual and physical abuse.   [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)