will democrats will restore it despite the decision. thank you, velshi. glenn moore, dropping some janet jackson lyrics on velshi. which we appreciate it. dan, 30 seconds on, that s where they have a republican candidate, who something have gone too far, the republicans have actually moved over to support josh the bureau a large number to help it would. he is a clear lead in the moment. why is that not happening wisconsin? i think two michaels has started a different kind of needle, trying to present himself as a kind of every man job creator as well. he s presenting himself as a little less extreme though, as you mention, he s talked about decertifying and so. on wisconsin is very evenly divided. i think one thing that s important to remember is a lot of this goes back to scott walker s attack on labor unions in the labor movements, it s lost above 50% of his union
that were aimed at voter suppression making it harder to vote. and now we re seeing legal challenges in court aimed at who counts ballots and whose ballots count. and we need to be prepared for this next phase. arizona is a state on my radar because everyone running on the republican side is an election denier who is committed to going back and decertifying president biden s 2020 win. tell me what we do as a democracy about that and what other states are alarmed by and watching. yeah, so nicolle, the number one most litigated state as of today or this year is the state of arizona. while everyone is paying attention to gas prices and inflation and all those things that are really, really
people to vote. we re making a thing that is already too hard even harder to do. and then you layer on top of that the big lie. it has taken over arizona republican politics. you have people running for governor who are still talking about this, decertifying president biden s win in the state. what happens to our democracy, not just in your state but the entire country if more of these election-deniers continue to get elected. right. it s dangerous. we re seeing this in arizona. the frontrunner for republican nomination for governor has repeatedly said she would not have certify the 2020 election and refused to say whether or not she ll certify the 2024 election results if she s elected and joining the chorus calling for recertification which we both know is not a thing that actually happens. but but we prevailed in 2020 because there are checks and balances and if we eliminate nose checks and balances by
no mention of that here. in 2024, would you be willing to put the country in a position, potentially, of a constitutional crisis by not certifying arizona s results? in 2024? reporter: if you were governor, that would come down to you. let s just take it slow here and get through decertifying. i think we need to decertify our election right now. i don t want to look into hypotheticals. reporter: but still, next year s governor s races with ripple effects for the 2024 presidential election. let me ask you, vaughn. would you certify a crooked, corrupt election? would you certify a crooked, corrupt election? just to make peace. yes, no? that s not how i operate. i do what s right. reporter: nicole, just to make peace. those were kari lake s words. just to make peace. vaughn, it led to the opposite of peace. it led to a deadly insurrection. i mean, what what is she
decertifying the election results ten months after he lost. former president donald trump is taking legal action against his niece and three new york times reporters filing a $100 million lawsuit trump says mary trump conspired with the times to get his tax return for a pulitzer prize winning story about his apparent losses and tax avoidance. the suit alleges the times pushed mary trump to smuggle records out of her attorney s office. mary trump has responded to the lawsuit saying, quote, i think he is a loser and he is going to throw anything against the wall he can. joining me now is trump s former personal attorney, michael cohen, author of the new york times best seller disloyal and host of the podcast mea culpa with michael cohen, which is certainly one to tune in to. let s settle in here. i ve got a bunch of questions for you. we re going to take some time and go through them. first question comes from mediaite, which says that trump admits in his suit against his nie