Significant, this evidence linking members of trumps legal team, to the breach of a Voting System there. Jessica, these Text Messages add to a growing body of evidence that links Donald Trumps legal team to this Voting System breach here in georgia that happened on january 7th, 2021. More specifically, it links them to this effort to secure written invitation from a local election official there, essentially allowing them, in their minds, to speenter the Election Office and no election official is allowed to let anyone have access to Voting Systems. But trumps team and lawyers were trying to convince this election official to provide a letter of invitation. And these Text Messages show us how they were involved in the planning, and how down from Rudy Giuliani to sidney powell, how they were kept in the loop on the state level as they worked to secure this Written Letter of invitation, and ultimately access to the Voting System there is in coffee county. This is 200 miles south of downt
It s in georgia where they would allow it to likely be televised. what is important to keep in mind about the differences with this case versus the federal case? fundamentally, there can be no pardon in this case. a federal case, the president can issue a pardon. in this case, it s the governor. if you are convicted in georgia, you cannot apply for a pardon until after five years from the end of your sentence. and so that s a big difference. and then television makes a very big difference. we saw the failure of television in the o.j. simpson case with judge ito controlling nothing in that courtroom. that s going to make a big difference how the lawyers behave and how the perception of the audience is. you really want to convince not just the 12 jurors, you want a guilty verdict, but you want to talk to america, that this is a r ri righteous prosecution, that this