coast. we have a new special report for you right now, focusing on the specific plans for the bloodless coup during the postelection period after trump lost in 2020, as president elect biden prepar to take power, few people knew then how this coup plot wa working. the new report details a comprehensive effort, much o it unseen by an unknown to the general public to overturn the votes. the idea was to do it throug politicians, not violence. and that trump would attempt t stay in power in a way tha might have worked. had enough officials gone alon with the plot. winning candidates don t nee to change results when the have a victory trump and his team had a loss. this report is new testimony from trump s campaign manage or - as the ap called the race fo biden, i think some surroundin the president looking for thes different avenues to pursue. that s when he remembered th first time the concept o having to overturn - came up. a white house aide was pushing a truly bananas plan
right? you could argue the doj brings these charges and then the - there s a double effect there. but it s also possible that th voters will reject trump without the justice department involvement. and maybe in the same way we have come to see the pardon of nixon as statesman s like. that will end up seeming like great root for our democracy i feel like it is so hard to tell i think you raise a nuanc question - which might be beyond the scop of the night special we can revisit it. my brief response would be, one, nixon and trump, as debris reminded, us were committing power crimes if those crimes are easier rather than harder they do subvert or distort the democracy itself it s like saying in russia, oh at some point, who indeed win first election, sort, of originally at what point you say th system itself is what is being pressed by crime the second point is the potu