2021. the contents of which we reported on last week. on the tape lindsay graham predicts a backlash against donald trump and the entire stop the steal movement in light of the horrific violence on january 6th. take a listen. we ll actually come out of this thing stronger. moments like this reset. people will calm down. people will say i don t want to be associated with that. this is a group within a group. what this does, there will be a rallying effect for a while in the country that says we re better than this. biden will help that, right? totally. he ll be maybe the best person to have, right? i mean, how mad can you get at joe biden? joe biden will be the best person to have. of course, lindsay graham s prediction there that there would be a post-january 6th moment of national unity, one that would include the republicans, at least didn t come close to happening because of, frankly, lindsay graham. instead of turning the disgraced ex-president and allies into p
you know, he plays the tv game and he went too far here. that really didn t help, talking about that primarying liz. he created a sense of revenge. graham saying trump went too far. really? and created a sense of revenge. he s saying trump has responsibility for those terrorists that attacked and tried to overthrow the country as the january 6th committee preps public hearings with videotape testimony. today new emails from trump lawyer john eastman, the mastermind of the coup. he circulated that memo, a sort of coup playbook. he urged gop lawmakers in pennsylvania to, quote, retabulate the state s popular vote and throw out tens of thousands of absentee ballots. eastman writing the strategy would, quote, help provide some cover for republicans who would place joe biden s electors with a slate of trump electors. senator mike lee texted trump s chief of staff mark meadows on november 23rd. quote, john eastman has some really interesting research on this. the good news is tha
County, georgia. And it is a doozy. The first codefendant in Donald Trumps Election Interference case, that rico case that charged a Criminal Enterprise, has flipped. Scott hall is in atlanta an athletearea Bail Bondsman. Hes accused of being involved in the plan to steal sensitive Election Data in Coffey County. He faces seven charges in the fulton case. And now again we just learned hes taking a plea deal. Lets bring in Greg Blue Stein with the Atlanta Journal constitution and former Acting Assistants Attorney General for National Security mary mccord. The Reverend Al Sharpton joins our coverage, as well. Greg, i feel like this attempt to steal sensitive Election Data in Coffey County never garnered the National Attention that it deserved considering how essential it was to trumps plot to overturn his defeated georgia. But take us inside first the significance of a guilty plea, and second his role in that Criminal Enterprise charged by d. A. Fannie willis. Youre right, scott hall was
and others called ron mcdaniels to seek the organizations help to coordinate the alleged fake electors scheme. it would end up involving pro trump electors in georgia, as well as six other states. they are arizona, michigan, nevada, new mexico, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. and then on december 11th, the supreme court rejects the lawsuit seeking to invalidate williams of balance members of the electoral college, they meet and they actually award georgia s 16 electoral votes to joe biden. around the same time, a group of 16 trump supporters, well, they re meeting at the georgia state capital and they re signing fake certificates, falsely proclaiming that donald trump is the winner of georgia s electoral votes. and that s not the case. those fake certificates are sent to the national archives, and thankfully, they are eventually rejected. december 23rd, trump calls
on december 5th, trump calls georgia governor brian kemp, and urges him to order a special legislative session to overturn biden s victory. georgia s governor, brian kemp, rejects that. on december 6th, trump calls individual legislators hoping to, quote, find elected georgians willing to step across a constitutional line on his behalf. and then, on december 7th, brad raffensperger recertify s biden s win following a recount requested by trump s campaign. the final tally shows that biden won by 11,779 votes. and that s an important number to remember. because the very next day, on the eight, trump and others call rnc chair ronna mcdaniel to seek the organizations help to coordinate the alleged fake electors scheme. they would end up involving pro trump electors in georgia as well as six other states. they are arizona, michigan, nevada, new mexico,