politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from these election officials? well, this is part of a methodical approach by this committee to lay out what happened after the election. it included not only former president trump when they went into court but after they were thrown out of court for all these failed legal efforts, they put pressure on these state lawm
eastern time. the committee saying tomorrow s hearings will focus on former president trump pressuring state officials to overturn election results and pushing to advance phony slates of electors. a lot to discuss with doug jones, charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and political analyst, the national politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from thes
after that first sign got torn down, they put up a second one, another one just like it. this was the second sign. what are all of those holes in it? well, people started shooting at it. by the time this one was taken down in 2016, it had 317 bullet holes in it. 317. in 2018, they put up yet another new one, a third one. this time it was a big sturdy one that they thought really could stand up to it. this time the sign was really heavy. it weighed 50 pounds. lasted barely a month before that one was full of bullet holes, too. in july of 2019, three fraternity brothers, three white fraternity brothers from ole miss, from the university of mississippi, which is actually kind of far from there, it s an hour and a half drive away, they posed in front of the shot up sign. holding rifles and a shotgun in the picture. so that third sign, it came down
lasted barely a month before that one was full of bullet holes to. and in july of 2019, three fraternity brothers, three white fraternity brothers from the university of mississippi, actually kind of far from there, our drive away. they posed in front of the shot sign. holding rifles and a shotgun in the picture. so that third sign it came down as well. so now, it is the fourth version of the sign that is up. and this one does not weigh 50 pounds, this one weighs 500 pounds. it is made of half inch thick ar 500 steel. which is what they make good armor plating from. it was a company in new york actually, the company called light bright neon studio in brooklyn new york that made the sign, pro bono. it made, it shifted, installed at their own expense. in this time, the fourth version of the sun, this time
this was the second sign. what are all of those holes in it? well, people started shooting at it. by the time this one was taken down in 2016, it had 317 bullet holes in it. 317.t. in 2018, they put up yet anothe new one, a third one. this time it was a big sturdy one that they thought really could stand up to it. this time the sign was really heavy. it weighed 50 pounds. lasted barely a month before that one was full of bullet holes, too. in july of 2019, three fraternity brothers, three whitb fraternity brothers from ole miss, from the university of mississippi, which is actually kind of far from there, it s an hour and a half drive away, they posed in front of the shot up sign. holding rifles and a shotgun in the picture. so that third sign, it came down as well. so now it is the fourth version