NEW: Pat PHILBIN broke three years of public silence today, describing the chaotic final days of the Trump White House and his last-ditch effort to convince Jeff Clark to back down. Details: politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
PHILBIN described a phone call with Clark on Jan. 3 — hours before a fateful confrontation in the Oval Office — in which he warned Clark that his preferred outcome would wreak havoc across the country. politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
When Philbin warned that it would cause riots across the country, Clark replied, per Philbin, that "that's what the Insurrection Act is for." That exchange was captured in special counsel Jack Smith's indictment: politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
PHILBIN said the mass resignation threat at DOJ and the WH that caused Trump to back down was partially his idea. He noted that during his stint in the George W. Bush administration, a mass resignation threat influenced Bush on warrantless wiretapping. politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
PHILBIN has spoken to both the Jan. 6 committee and the grand jury that indicted Trump, but he's not addressed that time period publicly until today, when he testified remotely at Clark's disciplinary proceedings. politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
@kyledcheney Can you imagine that the only reason Trump backed down was the threat of mass resignations; not because he knew it was not the right thing to do.
@kyledcheney Trump will make sure that this time, his government is filled ONLY with cronies. There will not be a single man or woman with integrity among them.
@kyledcheney Trump can do absolutely anything he wants whenever he wants and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it. It’s just incredible.
@kyledcheney What's the evidence for it being a "significant factor" rather than the "decisive factor"? Everything I've seen has indicated that the decision *was complete* and it was only this resignation threat which caused him to undo the decision that had been made.
@kyledcheney @kyledcheney coverage of Clark's legal ethics will interest those who looked - years before J6 - into the same laws that 'all came true'. Can't be often that whistleblowers report foreign gov officials as 'spying' on complainants to DNC gerrymander expert.