a few of mr. giuliani s associates. the select committee interviewed several of the individual if they collectors as well as trump campaign staff, who helped agonize the effort. we were just kind of useful idiots, or ruse, at that point. a strong part of me really feels that it s just kind of as the road continued, as it was failure, failure, failure, that that got formulated is what we have on the table. let s just do it. and now after what we have told you today about the select committee investigation about the conclusion of the progression lawyers on the campaign staff, justin clark, matt morgan, and josh friendly, about their unwillingness to participate in the convening of these electors, how does that contribute to understanding of these issues? i m angry. i m angry. because i think in a sense, you know, no one really cared if,
boy they wish they hadn t taken part. the committee also turned up evidence that some of the fake electors asked the trump campaign to please cover their legal cost in case they were sued or arrested and charged with a crime for having participated in the scheme. we also learned today that the national republican party, rnc, helped with this part of the scheme. the republican party chair, ronna ramsey mcdonald, testified of the republican party helped put the fake slates of electors together. they help the trump campaign and this illegal effort. certainly, we also learned that the fake electors in michigan had a plan to hide out overnight, inside the michigan state capital, so they would be there in the morning, and able to sign their forged certificates inside the state capital, even if nobody wanted to let them in. even more bizarre louis. we learned that the trump campaign had trouble, physically getting, the forced
donald trump and his campaign tried to put pressure on them. when state executive officials refused to certify the winner of the states he lost, he applied more pressure. when state legislators refused to go back in the session and appoint trump electors, he amped up the pressure yet again. anyone who got in the way of donald trump s continued hold on power, after he lost the election was the subject of a dangerous and escalating campaign of pressure. this pressure campaign brought angry phone calls and texts, armed protests, intimidation, and all too often, threats of violence, and death. the point is this, donald trump did not care about the threats of violence. he did not condemn them. he made no effort to stop them. he went forward with his fake allegations anyway. one more point, i would urge all of those watching today to
beautiful. i made, two things. what s the testimony and the core representative to the 16 committee was donald trump on the phone with receive hours. brad raffensperger on the receiving end of the income, this is the committee s work to show donald trump, not swept up in a conspiracy, erecting a conspiracy to indifferent. he has had a question from you chris, congressman angular, about whether it was safe to see this as an effort to kill pence. when he said was is this indifference whether he lives or dies. this is indifference to one of these people live or die. it also begs the question, the reason he is there today is because of extraordinary reaction. to being asked an illegal plot. it makes me wonder i m really different things of all the accomplices donald trump described on the phone. justice department leaders who take over that department. with every other republican to? because there is only one, that did that. and it makes you realize, we have to depend on something as u
you believe everybody is on the same page with this? i do. we re getting into the agonize, don t organize phase of this. even some of the more strident voices in our party know we have to tout our accomplishments. yes, keep fighting, but make sure the american people know what we ve done. it s hard to break through, and we recognize how frustrating this time is for the american people. i ve had two young kids who had to be home at times because of covid exposure in the classroom. it s extremely difficult to still be in this pandemic. but we re going to get out of it and we re beating it because of what we ve done. the other side wants to take it in a very different direction. did barack obama have anything to say about the current president, president biden? of course he did. he talked about how much they have done. i think he referenced the aca fight and how it took some time for the american people to really understand what was in the affordable care act and how