against the secretary of state currently in charge of elections, katie hobbs. another is dug, running for governor in pennsylvania against democratic attorney general and pennsylvania josh schapiro. he is a trump pick when the primary season and said if he wins, he will choose the secretary of state but the power to make corrections to elections. this time, more than ever before, state elections will matter because of these elections deniers when these positions, they will be empowered to decide the fate of the election in 202a. we will have lots of coverage on the us midterms and rates from bbc news of the next few days and don t change the channel, you know where to go for the latest. lawrence douglas is a professor of law at amherst college, massachusetts, and author of will he go? trump and the looming election meltdown in 2020 . so what are his predictions
or should declare very soon, that he is standing again as a candidate for the presidency. earlier i spoke to lawrence douglas, a professor of law at amherst college in massachusetts, and author of will he go?: trump and the looming election meltdown in 2020. i asked him if he was surprised at mr trump s refusal to answer questions. actually, it does not particularly surprise me. i mean, it is true that in the past he has said that only members of the mob invoke the fifth amendment but we also know that trump can be both quite sly, that is, i think there are good tactical reasons for why he would take the fifth in this case, that is, to avoid any possible criminal exposure in a possible parallel investigation that the manhattan da is looking into his business practices. and of course, we also know that he has this tried and true tactic when he is on the defensive, just to go on the offence so he immediately calls
mr trump s deposition comes just days after the fbi carried out an unprecedented search at his florida home, as part of a separate investigation. lawrence douglas is a professor of law at amherst college in massachusetts, and author of will he go? trump and the looming election meltdown in 2020, he joins us now from sunderland, massachusetts. thank you very much forjoining us. donald trump is a man normally happy to defend himself, often vociferously, it doesn t surprise you he has chosen to remain silent? it does not particularly surprised me. it is true in the past he has that only members of the mob can evoke the faith amendment but we also know that donald trump can be both quite sly, and there are tactical reasons for why he takes the
aul author of the seven steps from democracy to dictatorship. and also richard hasen, author of election meltdown. jay, you think ah uthoritariani cannot happen here. why do you say that? no democracy is immune to fas fascism. and no party can just dismiss it. this is not just the united states, including great britain, we are seeing the same thing. there are global patterns to this slide to fascism orauthori.