knew he lost the 2020 election and that their scheme to overturn the results was illegal. and yet, they attempted it anyway. president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night. and instead, followed the chorus recommended by apparently inebriated rudy giuliani. to just claim he won. and insist that the vote counting stop. to falsely claim everything was fraudulent. and there are an lies the true nature of these hearings. to truly hold trump and his fellow coup plotters accountable. the committee has already uncovered evidence that trump may have committed serious federal crimes. but it s up to the justice department to bring criminal charges. as neil cocktail argues in the opinion page of the new york times today, attorney general merrick garland could bring a charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states even if trump truly believed in what he was saying. and it wasn t just democracy at stake, but lives as well. vice president mike pence fa
vaults has a great column writing obnoxious judge lieu ticks visual testimony but his written testimony. and just the starkness in the warning that he s delivering to the country. folks should read that. jennifer, let s talk about new mexico. because there are county commissioners there who are refusing to certify election results because they don t trust voting machines. now, things to a court order, the results have been certified. but how alarming is it that the commissioners took that action in the first place? it s shocking. and addition to the threat to democracy, think about the party that would interest they are democracy to them. think about all those republican voters. what are they thinking? one of the people who are campaigning who are giving money to these candidates thinking? it s really a mess psychosis or a mass sort of revolt against