Do i tend to try the 19 defendants, yes. The calendar is getting quite crowded. You see some of the lawyers on whose advice she this is disgraceful and abuse of power by angry democrats who decided the rule of law its much bigger than watergate. It goes to the foundation of democracy. This is very different and much more serious and much more troubling. If you are just waking up this morning, were glad youre with us. Youre waking up to significant, historic news. Its true. Donald trump has been indicted again, this on Felony Charges for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the State Of Georgia and has 18 codefendants have also been charged. Including some of the prominent names, mark meadows, rudy giuliani. Theyre all facing rico, Racketeering Charges. Fulton County District attorney fani willis ordered trump and his alleged coconspirators to surrender voluntarily by next friday and turn themselves in. Rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the def
side. the truth is what we as a country moving forward, will we continue to operate the truth? do we continue to be the place where the truth matters or will we fall to the lies where we succumb to the biggest lie of them all? you know the big lie i am talking about, that s the lie of the stolen election of the big fraud. it is not hyperbole to say the january 6th hearing that s hours away of what comes out of them will be an indication of whether we can keep our fragile democracy right now. it is hanging by a thread whether we can keep it or not. are you paying attention? you should. tomorrow we ll listen to testimonies, live, from three republicans who know exactly how far the former president was willing to go to overturn our free and fair election. all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have because we won the state. it is outrageous. this is not just about what happened more than a year ago. it is about what s happening
politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from these election officials? well, this is part of a methodical approach by this committee to lay out what happened after the election. it included not only former president trump when they went into court but after they were thrown out of court for all these failed legal efforts, they put pressure on these state lawm
eastern time. the committee saying tomorrow s hearings will focus on former president trump pressuring state officials to overturn election results and pushing to advance phony slates of electors. a lot to discuss with doug jones, charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and political analyst, the national politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from thes
names, mark meadows, rudy giuliani. they re all facing rico, racketeering charges. fulton county district attorney fani willis ordered trump and his alleged coconspirators to surrender voluntarily by next friday and turn themselves in. rather than abide by georgia s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia s presidential election result. prosecutors laid out the sweeping conspiracy in a 98-page indictment. it included trump pressuring state officials to find votes after he lost to joe biden. the creation of fake electors to falsely declare trump the winner in georgia. to look for voter fraud. this is trump s fourth criminal indictment. just a little more than four months. when you add up all of the