spend six hours with a grand jury on wednesday. not clear what was said in those closed-door meetings. next, we ve got the republican senator, lindsey graham of south carolina. like giuliani, a lawyer by training. a federal judge doesn t eyed lindsey graham slides them to escape a subpoena. and now senator graham is on track to appear in a closed-door session before that s very same green jury in atlanta on tuesday. da willis is investigating a pair of postelection phone calls that senator graham made to georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger. raffensperger said graham pressed him about whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots which raffensperger so interpreted as some very legally cast votes. senator graham s lawyer say he was well within his rights to discuss election processes with raffensperger and that he made those calls in his then role as chair of the senate judiciary committee. georgia s republican governor
of another crisis, he has been a president of the covid crisis and the ukraine crisis, and that has all helped him to be re elected and now helped him to be re elected and now he has the face another crisis, a democratic process, of very low turnout, for france, in france we usually like to avert for the mother of all the election processes, so it is really that kind of challenge that will be central and pivotal to his success. there will be no honeymoon, no honeymoon for him with the voters, so the work starts now, not tomorrow, just now. and the voters, so the work starts now, not tomorrow, just now. the voters, so the work starts now, not tomorrow, just now. not tomorrow, ust now. and in fact in six weeks- not tomorrow, just now. and in fact in six weeks time not tomorrow, just now. and in fact in six weeks time he not tomorrow, just now. and in fact in six weeks time he faces - not tomorrow, just now. and in fact in six weeks time he faces another| in six weeks time he
so give us a sense of where things stand now. well, look, where things stand is that unfortunately we have had the transformation of the big lie into now legislation and actions by republican state legislatures throughout the country. so the reason why we need to be litigating in 19 states, 36 cases is because in state after state after state rather than competing on a level playing field, rather than competing on a playing field of ideas, republicans are trying to rig the election processes and rules to gain an advantage in the rule book that they can t gain through the playing field of ideas. you know, mark, we re learning tonight how trump allies sent in fake electoral college certificates after the 2020 election to the national archives declaring that trump won seven states he actually lost. they had no impact on the
states, 36 cases in 19 states. so give us a sense of where things stand now. well, look, where things stand is that unfortunately we have had the transformation of the big lie into now legislation and actions by republican state legislatures throughout the country. so the reason why we need to be litigating in 19 states, 36 cases is because in state after state after state rather than competing on a level playing field, rather than competing on a playing field of ideas, republicans are trying to rig the election processes and rules to gain an advantage in the rule book that they can t gain through the playing field of ideas. you know, mark, we re learning tonight how trump allies sent in fake electoral college certificates after the 2020 election to the national
have to make clear to putin that he s going to pay a price. look, putin, as we know, in the last number of years has had his way. he s gone into georgia. he s gone into crimea. he s gone into syria. he s gone into libya. he s conducted cyber attacks against the united states of america in terms of our election processes. and he hasn t paid a price. he hasn t paid a price. on the issue now is that president biden and nato have made clear that he is going to pay a price. and for that reason, i think that it s extremely important that both the united states and our nato allies are prepared to take action should russia decide to invade. that is absolutely essential. in terms of sending a message, not just to putin but to the rest of the world about the strength of the united states and nato.