trump legal team s efforts to investigate or overturn electoral results. the newly-released text messages of course, complicate this narrative. so that s both of utah s biggest newspaper is now asking senator lee questions about this. his strategy is apparently to just ignore them and pretend they re not happening. one reporter did get a comment at the same event today, from utah s other republican senator, mitt romney. as you know i think it was a mistake to try to overturn the election after the part of president trump and those who are part of that effort. but the text i have seen from senator lee so far, didn t suggest that he was recommending anything that was illegal. you know things aren t going well for you when your allies, the people sticking up for you, are having to deny publicly to a gaggle of reporters that what you did was technically legal. [laughs] that s not a good turn. joining us now, political reporter from the salt lake, brian, who has been trying to get these
and i think with a lot of the voting public, or at least the gop base here. it just shows how hard he was fighting for donald trump. i really don t know how this is going to play out. i don t know if he s going to pay a price for lying about when he came into john eastman s orbit. and when they were discussing this plan to apparently send alternate electors which would make this entire scheme adhere to the constitution. and i often wonder, if those electors had shown up. would mike lee have gone along with this? i think he would have. because that s what he was hinging the entire thing on. salt lake tribune politics reporter, brian schott, thank you for your diligence and trying to get comments from the principal center of the story. and thank you for helping us understand tonight, i appreciate. it anytime. all right we ll be right back stay with us.
has been trying to get a response from senator lee. and at events across the state of utah. here he was yesterday. senator lee, why did you lie about your involvement in the trump white house? senator lee why won t you answer questions about this? that reporter, tweeted that video this morning. this is what it s like now for local reporters trying to get answers from utah s senior senator about his involvement in a plot to overturn the election. today utah s other big newspaper, published their own piece on senator leads text. this emerging fiasco for him. a reporter at the news says in a previous interview after the january 6th attack. he basically lied to him, mike lee, about his involvement in it. quote, during my regional conversation with lee, he stated that his investigations to false election claims, stemmed from curiosity. not any attempt to aid the
when he came into john eastman s orbit. and when they were discussing this plan to apparently send alternate electors which would make this entire scheme adhere to the constitution. and i often wonder, if those electors had shown up. would mike lee have gone along with this? i think he would have. because that s what he was hinging the entire thing on. salt lake tribune politics reporter, brian schott, thank you for your diligence and trying to get comments from the principal center of the story. and thank you for helping us understand tonight, i appreciate it. anytime. all right we ll be right back stay with us.
utah s other republican senator, mitt romney. as you know i think it was a mistake to try to overturn the election after the part of president trump and those who are part of that effort. but the texts i have seen from senator lee so far, didn t suggest that he was recommending anything that was illegal. you know things aren t going well for you when your allies, the people sticking up for you, are having to deny publicly to a gaggle of reporters that what you did was technically illegal. [laughs] that s not a good turn. joining us now, political reporter from the salt lake, brian, who has been trying to get these answers himself. mr. schott thank you for being here, it s nice to have you here. thank you for the opportunity. senator lee, his campaign has given statements defending his behavior after the election. and in the lead up to january 6th. has he personally addressed any of this controversy at all? has he put out a statement with