effort to steal the election in 2020 face criminal convictions, they re growing calls against criminal charges against elected officials were trying to stop the lawful transfer of power this year, specifically in arizona. to republican members in the coaches county board of supervisors defied state law monday, refusing to certify the counties midterm election results. states former attorney general and the former republican maricopa attorney said in a lot of the prosecutor should consider criminal charges adding that they take no pleasure in making this prosecution recommendation. for me a county wrote, this craziness has to stop. the county is now being sued by arizona secretary stop state, the lone democrat on the board voted to certify was blunt about the fallout. anytime you break the law
supervisors defied state law monday, refusing to certify the counties midterm election results. states former attorney general and the former republican maricopa attorney said in a lot of the prosecutor should consider criminal charges adding that they take no pleasure in making this prosecution recommendation. for me a county wrote, this craziness has to stop. the county is now being sued by arizona secretary stop state, the lone democrat on the board voted to certify was blunt about the fallout. anytime you break the law there should be consequences and now we are in the throes of consequences. we in cochise county, being sued will have to find a lawyer to represent us and we won t be represented by the county attorney because the county attorney told us early on when you break the law i can t represent you. marc elias, the voting rights litigation expert, and
individual thinks that the prosecution shouldn t have taken place at all, that the sentencing recommendation of impartial prosecutors should not have been made, and now that decision has been undone. and whether or not it was the tweet, the president s public statement that caused that decision to change or whether it was simply that his political allies in the justice department, the attorney general and the new u.s. a.g. that was put in place to preside over the d.c. attorney s office saw the prosecution recommendation, and the sentencing recommendation and changed it and undid it. either way, they have undermined the public s confidence that the justice department is doing its work in an apolitical way. and now the question is what is the judge going to do, right? because this is a recommendation, and this is not going to mean that this is what the sentencing will be, and we
government s recommendation is when we say low end of the gu e guidelines it is low end without incarceration in regard to other recommendations. and the judge asking if he has any points for accepting responsibility, and he has accepted responsibility in court today under oath in front of judge contreras. and ken, hang on a second, because pete williams is also joining us now. pete w we a pete, we are a little bit confused as to where the judge is taking this, and understand that there is a brief recess in the court proceeding as well. he seems to be taking a much harder line with both the prosecution recommendation for no incarceration and with the defense. pete? the judge has given michael flynn three chances, andrea, and this is a rattlesnake judge