as they, say there is more. another plot, trump asked the justice department to declare the election corrupt. of, course the doj refused. perhaps the most famous of the alleged schemes, trump tries to bully his number two. then, vice president mike pence who reject, biden s electoral votes. he did this privately, he did this publicly. eventually making the vice president a target of the january 6th mob. now, look of all these, schemes you re likely asking yourself what laws were broken. what could jack smith bring charges on? or. four i m not going to speculate, since we do not yet know all of the evidence, in the testimony. but i ll tell you what is. clear it s clear that this case is far more complicated, and wide-ranging than the classified documents that we have recently seen.
welcome to a special edition of cnn primetime. i m laura coates, and look congress is returning. they are coming in hot. republican set to hold hearings on the perceived weaponization of the government. all the, while special counsel jack smith, he may be very closely to decide whether donald trump over his weaponization of the government. of, course the efforts to overturn the election. separately, tomorrow in georgia, selection begins for a grand jury that will also decide whether to indict him. in a, moment i will speak live with a key, witness and a special counsel investigation, former trump official can . here is your evenings cliffsnotes, or the coats, notes on the various alleged schemes that jack smith is likely to be considering. one, scheme trump considers a plan to use the military to seize voting machines. in, another military-related plots, allies floated the idea of even using martial law,
using troops to redo an election. he could also order, he could order the, within the winnings waits, if you wanted to he could take military capabilities, and he can place them in the states, and basically run an election in each of those. states could he? in another, scheme the trump campaign convinced fake electors in seven states that biden won closely. we ve got to see the electors. . yet another focal point. the pressure campaign. trump and his team call up officials, including. this remember this infamous exchange? so, look all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. that s one more than we have. , because we won the state.
candidate of choice, that can t be the only time that it s noted as weaponization. wouldn t you agree? i would agree vehemently, just as congressman raskin, objects to electoral votes, when it s donald trump winning the election in 2016. he thinks it s a form of insurrection when it happens and 2020, by other congressman doing the exact same thing that he did. you can go back to the bush v. gore election, in 2000 and c election after, election where republicans won, that democrats were making the kind of objections that have now been taken to a higher level by the democrats themselves. i would like us to say all americans get to the point where each of our states has such clean clear transparent elections, that we can all have confidence, even when we re on the losing side, that the outcome most righteous, and
that you have been an official and the government, you have been an attorney general and the state of virginia, among many other positions that you ve had as well. doesn t it seem odd to you that the notion that the government is weaponized, only if it is leading to an unfavorable result for, you or your candidate of choice, that can t be the only time that it s noted as weaponization. wouldn t you agree? i would agree vehemently, just as congressman raskin, objects to electoral votes, when it s donald trump winning the election in 2016. he thinks it s a form of insurrection when it happens and 2020, by other congressman doing the exact same thing that he did. you can go back to the bush v. gore election, in 2000 and c election after, election where republicans won, that democrats were making the kind of objections that have now been taken to a higher level by the democrats themselves. i would like us to say all americans get to the point where each of our states has such clean clear