Were in the clear. The video showing stone talk about the elector scheme in the early days of november, 2020, hence at more daubs to be connected. That is the context for the massive reaction to the tape first aired right here on the beat last night. The reaction coming from across the Media Landscape to write here on msnbc. Trump ally, roger stone, dictating an outline of that plot to his assistant. Exclusive, new evidence obtained by my colleague shows, could have some explaining to do. He is laying out the fraudulent electors scheme. It is amazing there hasnt been any indictments. It is impossible logic, how he could use this to not go against the trump. He is discussing this plot when trump isnt even officially the loser. There are a number of people just like roger stone having that same idea at the same time. The footages from danish filmmaker, Christopher Gould branson, shot for his documentary, a storm foretold. It shows longterm gop strategist and trump ally, roger stone, on n
the next election to try to make sure your side is a better chance next time the people sell their differences at the ballot box. . you cannot turn violent and you cannot try to achieve desires through harassment or intimidation. and a real leader who sees that going down that path, approaching that line has a responsibility to say stop. we gave it our boost. we came up short. we try again next time. because we settle our differences at the ballot box. on december 14th, 2020, the presidential election was officially over. electoral college had cast his vote, joe biden was the president elect of the united states. by that point, many of donald trump s supporters were already convinced that the election had been stolen. because that s where donald trump had been telling them. so with donald trump was acquired to do in that moment, but would have been required of any american leader was to say we did our best and we came up short. he went the opposite way. he seized on the anger
jamie raskin: the chat focused on various pro trump events in november and december of 2020 as well as january 6th. on january 6th, stone was guarded by two oath keepers who have since been criminally indicted for seditious conspiracy. one of them later pleaded guilty and according to the department of justice, admitted that the oath keepers were ready to use lethal force if necessary against anyone who tried to remove president trump from the white house, including the national guard . jake tapper: members of the committee say roger stone s connection to the proud boys goes back years and showed him taking the oath required for the first level of initiation into the group. roger stone: hi, i m roger stone. i m a western chauvinist, and i refuse to apologize for creating the modern world. jake tapper: there are some missing pieces in the public record such as what, if anything, did donald trump or anyone inside the white house know about the organizing by the far right militias?
against the federal government. they pleaded not guilty. but late last year the jury has reached a verdict in the seditious conspiracy trial for alleged leaders of the far right oath keepers. rhodes and another oath keeper were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. three others they were tried with were convicted on lesser charges. minuta s trial is underway. more than a dozen oath keepers and proud boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy. according to the committee, longtime trump ally roger stone had ties to these groups. jamie raskin: in the same time frame, stone communicated with both the proud boys and the oath keepers regularly. the committee obtained encrypted content from a group chat called friends of stone, fos, which included stone, rhodes, tarrio and ali alexander. jake tapper: tarrio is enrique tarrio, leader of the proud boys. jamie raskin: the chat focused on various pro trump events
proud boys. jamie raskin: the chat focused on various pro trump events in november and december of 2020 as well as january 6th. on january 6th, stone was guarded by two oath keepers who have since been criminally indicted for seditious conspiracy. one of them later pleaded guilty and according to the department of justice, admitted that the oath keepers were ready to use lethal force if necessary against anyone who tried to remove president trump from the white house, including the national guard . jake tapper: members of the committee say roger stone s connection to the proud boys goes back years and showed him taking the oath required for the first level of initiation into the group. roger stone: hi, i m roger stone. i m a western chauvinist, and i refuse to apologize for creating the modern world. jake tapper: there are some missing pieces in the public record such as what, if anything, did donald trump or anyone inside the white house know about the organizing by the far right mil