john lauro is one of donald trump s now attorneys, he was on fox news last night and i want to play for you what he says that donald trump was asking mike pence to do about the election and the electoral votes. listen. ultimately what president trump said is let s go with option d, let s just halt, let s just pause the voting and allow the state legislatures to take one last look and make a determination as to as to whether or not the elections were handled fairly. that s constitutional law. that s not an issue of criminal activity. is that what happened? it s a very disingenuous summation of what happened, kate, because the reality was that after the electoral college met on december 14th and confirm joe biden as the victor, then the pressure campaign turned to mike pence. and throughout that the effort all along was to say just reject the states in question, simply
jurist presiding over this case. katie, speaking of trump s attorneys there s what they say in the courtroom and there is what they say on cable news. i want to play something for you that trump s attorney john lauro said on fox news last night defending what his client donald j. trump tried to do on january 6th. but ultimately what president trump said is let s go with option d, let s just halt, let s just pause the voting and allow the state legislatures to take one last look and make a determination as to the as to whether or not the elections were handled fairly. that s constitutional law. that s not an issue of criminal activity. and here is a bit of what prosecutors allege in the indictment, this is from a january 4th meeting, quote, the defendant and co-conspirator 2 then asked the vice president to either unilaterally reject the legitimate electors from the seven targeted state or send the question of which state was legitimate to the targeted state s legislatures.
long. laurie, who do you think is loser of the week? feel free to add to the list. improvise going with option d, feel free to add someone we may have forgotten to kick things off this week. i ll stick with eric adams. i don t know why he went after low-level workers or low-skilled workers. he s a former police officer. you don t have to be a genius to be a new york city cop. you just have to get a 2.0 gpa. if you got an f in women s studies and an a in boxing, you could be a cop. low-skilled workers could be insulted by what he said. besides, i think serving food is a skill. i can t even make a foot long ham sandwich, and the recipe is in the name of the food. i was going to say i used to work at subway when i was at high school. eric adams thinks it s a low skilled job but truth is, it s a great beginning for a lot of people and important job.