leading in these polls, is because he s what republicans want. and if you go back to what happened on january 6th, it was an effort, an attempted coup, it involved all levels of the republican party. from the white house down to the attorney generals association, senators, congressman, their staff, noted donors, this wasn t a rogue action. it was a concerted, organized effort by the hierarchy in the republican party to overturn an election. i don t think you can call it anything else. and yet, you still see in this debate, where almost every candidate for president in the republican nomination says that they will support a man who attempted to overthrow the government of the united states if he wins the republican nomination. and i can t think of anything that s just more anti-american, and sadder, and shows the complete moral bankruptcy of this party i used to belong to. yeah. anti-american, anti-democratic, no doubt about it. jill, on monday, mark meadows is going to present his
important to focus on that. that this really isn t about donald trump, it s about what s happening to the republican party. the reason donald trump is leading in these polls, is because he s what republicans want. and if you go back to what happened on january 6th, it was an effort, an attempted coup, it involved all levels of the republican party. from the white house down to the attorney generals association, senators, congressman, their staff, noted donors, this wasn t a rogue action. it was a concerted, organized effort by the hierarchy in the republican party to overturn an election. i don t think you can call it anything else. and yet, you still see in this debate, where almost every candidate for president in the republican nomination says that they will support a man who attempted to overthrow the government of the united states if he wins the republican nomination. and i can t think of anything
it probably is. i didn t lose, we got the votes, they cheated. i have one affirmative statement to make. we won. laura: if organized effort to challenge ballot counting can result to conspiracy to subvert democracy, should george bush and al gore be slapped after the 2000 recount? what this full-court press against trump guarantees is during every election cycle for the foreseeable future, there will be some urging the party in power to seek indictments against leading candidate of the other party. it is excessive and i think it is also dangerous and criminalizes challenges to elections. there is no limiting principle in this document. we often, if not always have
that they conspired in, quote, an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of michigan voters in a presidential election. each of the 16 defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit forgery, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. and conspiracy to commit election law forgery, which carries a maximum sentence of five years. attorney general nessel said, quote, this remains an ongoing investigation, into the michigan department attorney general has not ruled out potential charges against additional defendants. joining us now is michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson. thank you very much for joining us again. fresh off of your recent appearance where we were discussing the fact the jack smith s investigators had interviewed, you had spoken to you about their investigation. that makes me wonder what you
president and vice president of the united states of america for the state of michigan. that was a lie. they were not the duly elected and qualified electors. each of the defendants knew it. today, michigan s attorney general dana nessel announced state felony charges against 16 fake electors that signed and submitted official documents claiming that donald trump won michigan s electoral votes in 2020. two of the defendants were republican party officials at the time, including the head of the republican party in michigan. attorney general nessel said that they conspired in, quote, an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of michigan voters in a presidential election. each of the 16 defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit forgery, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. and conspiracy to commit election law forgery, which carries a maximum sentence of five years.