representative rick. he helped organize a bus tour for donald trump supporters to travel from pennsylvania to washington to attend trump s rally protesting the election results. as rioters stormed the capitol, he says he had already left the grounds saying in a statement that he was not involved in any violence and peacefully followed capitol police orders to not cross any police lines. this is no game for us. reporter: but he has been supportive of bogus election fraud claims. here he is just weeks after the november election. with then trump lawyer rudy giuliani that joined lawmakers in pennsylvania. he spoke at that state senate election hearing that amplified base baseless conspiracy theories. we re here to find out what happened in that election. reporter: what happened? joe biden won pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes. there was no wide spread fraud found in pennsylvania and all of
we as americans decide our elections. we don t want foreign interference in those elections. in the reason we don t want foreign interference in those elections is because we are a self determining democracy. if i could just read one quotation to you that i think is helpful in understanding this. it is somebody who is pointing to what he calls a straightforward principle. it is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in and thus may be excluded from activities of democratic self-government. and the person who wrote those words is now justice brett kavanaugh in upholding the constitutionality of a federal statute that denies foreign citizens the right to participate in our elections by spending money on election hearing, or by giving money to tax. they have long been forbidden to give contributions to candidates. and the reason is because that
was a complete thirst for total control. i went in and out of zim to cover the worst crisis under his rule. in 2008, when the level of violence into the election hearing, it was absolutely terrible to behold. there was no difference between the leader of the opposition being beaten up at a police station and a reporter being beaten up doing his job. it was a frightening time for a reporter. there were other aspects of mugabe that i quite admire. as a liberation war hero, he didn t have any equals. he was a bookish man, educated, and to become a leader of the zimbabwe national liberation struggle which is incredible. and there s another thing to add to this, it s that there came a time that rather than just being president mugabe who is doing great things. making education for all possible, there was some kind of
no comment. reporter: at the board of election hearing, harris insisted he saw no red flags, but his own son testified that he warned his father that dowless was shady. i love my dad and i love my mom. i certainly have no vendetta against them. no family scores to settle. okay? i think that they made mistakes in this process. reporter: his testimony bringing his father to tears. today, harris admitted his son was right, but said at the time, he didn t take him seriously. i m his dad, and i know he s a little judgmental and has a little taste of arrogance. reporter: and then, this surprising twist. i ve experienced two strokes from which i m still recovering. and i struggled this morning with both recall and confusion. reporter: harris then calling for north carolina voters to get a do-over. and late tonight, the board of elections voted unanimously to
because emanuel has such a persuasive reputation. it s even the butt of jokes. do i lack even basic social skills? absolutely. reporter: and the tenant even threatened to run against emanuel for the mayor s job. now at an often bizarre election hearing, his candidacy is being challenged by no less than 25 opponents. have you ever been a member of the communist party? i m just joking. i m just joking. reporter: known as a hard-nosed pit bull, emanuel remained composed. even jovial. this is better than a commercial, isn t it? yes. it s actually cheaper. they re making rahm emanuel look sympathetic which i thought wub difficult to do. reporter: challengers pointed to his tax returns where a d.c.