comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter telling the washington post federal prosecutors have now turne
call to georgia s election officials in which trump demanded they find trump demanded they a very find a very specific number of votes. specific number of votes. watch. watch. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. that number would have been enough to declare trump the winner of georgia. two men on the other end of that phone call are expected to testify the fourth year in georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, and the top deputy, gabriel sterling, both men receiving death threats after being publicly attacked by trump and his allies. here s gabriel sterling in december 2020 speaking directly to donald trump. big stop inspiring people to big due acts of violence. someone will get hurt. some will get shot. someone will get killed. it s not right. bob just this week, we learned the day before the january 6th insurrection a man who is radicalized by trump s lies was given a private tour of the capital by geor
during pride month, where did this hate come from? i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we continue our look at extremism and radicalization through the lens of american radical, we began with a preview of the january six committee, we will take big to the afternoon, will focus on donald trump s attack the pressure officials to throw out joe biden s victory in casing states, one of the most brazen examples of that pressure was a call to georgia s election officials in which trump demanded they find a very specific number of votes. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. that number would have been enough to declare trump the winner of georgia. two men on the other end of that phone call are expected to testify the fourth year in georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, and the top deputy, gabriel sterling, both men receiving death threats after being publicly attacked by trump and his allies. here
opportunity to hear testimony about the events leading up to the insurrection, and donald trump s possible role in fomenting and pushing known election lies. known because even his family members and top republican aides were learning were adamant there simply was no there there. now, trump is not on any of these ballots. but the connective tissue is a platform that echoes his sentiments. but as much as the committee has tried to convey that what we saw on january 6th is a continued threat, the question is whether these hearings impact the voters at all. perhaps giving them any pause about electing a trump-backed candidate, assuming of course they even watched these hearings. and even still, the 2020 lies are casting a very big shadow over many of these 2022 races. particularly in south carolina, where the polls have now closed but votes are still being counted. so here s where that revenge part comes in again. you have two incumbent republican members of congress in this dee
state republican incumbent precisely following trump will find themselves on the menu. these are the first so-called trump s revenge primaries you can say. the january 6th committee hearing gotten underway, the first time since the broader electorate had the opportunity to hear testimonies about the event leading up to the insurrection and donald trump s possible role in fermenting and pushing known election lies. known because his family members and what aide were learning. trump is not on any of these ballots. the connective tissue is a platform that echoes his sentiment. as much as the committee tried to convey of what we saw on january 6th, is a continue threat. the question is whether hearings impact the voters at all? and even still the 2020 lies are casting a big shadow over many of these 2022 races. in south carolina, the polls are closed but votes are being counted. you got two incumbent republican members of congress in this deep red state. tom rice is one of ten re