The most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lies. This election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, id say maybe a couple. 60 of our base does. Reporter Conspiracy Theories. That could have been mickey mouse. Im watching going this is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And then people just bought it whole cloth. Reporter lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes counted. They did not want your vote to count. Reporter potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts, wasnt supported by the constitution. Reporter extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about the eastman memo. Just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. Reporter and all too many in
this election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. if you ask how many republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, i d say maybe a couple but 60% of our base does. conspiracy theories. that could have been mickey mouse. watching. this is the craziest thing i ve ever seen and people bought it. lawsuits. they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. potentially illegal pressure campaigns. i just want to find 11,780 votes. what he was asking for wasn t supported by the facts, wasn t supported by the constitution. extraordinary scheming. let s talk about it. just breathtaking you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. and all too many in the republican party. do you believe this was a free and fair election? and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. we will never give up. we will never concede. stop the steal!
daughter of former vice president dick cheney. at the time she was number 3 in house republican leadership. the conference chair. it concerned me because we wanted to r.people to be able t votes republicans. i was kerntd about it from a constitutional perspective at all. those concerns clearly came later on. there are going to be millions of missing ballots rbi. reporter: cheney s constitutional concerns came about five weeks before election day. then president trump was asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power. win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful traveler of power after the election? we re going to have to see what happens. you know that. i ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots. and the ballots are a disaster. you tweeted a response to that. you wrote, the peaceful transfer of power is enshrined in our constitution and fundamental to the survival of our republic. america s leaders swear an oath to t
and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. we will never give up. we will never concede. stop the steal! stop the steal! it all might have worked if not for a few people in key places notably among them, brave republicans. in the moments of truth, you need the right people to pass the most difficult tests. we had just enough people on january 6th pass the test. pursuant to the constitution and the laws of the united states. do you think donald trump attempted to stage a coup? i don t know what you could call it other than a coup. i have real concerns about the future of this democracy. i m deeply afraid for our country. tonight, a cnn special report trumping democracy an american coup.
all. those concerns clearly came later on. millions of missing ballots reporter: cheney s constitutional concerns came about five weeks before election day. then president trump was asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power. rin, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferral of power after the election? well, we re going to have to see what happens. i ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster. you tweeted a response to that. you wrote, the peaceful power of transfer is fundamental to survival of our republic. american leader swear an oath to the constitution. we will uphold that both that suggests to me you were worried? i was. such a basic, fundamental thing. every president really responsible for safeguarding peaceful transfer of power. we re going to have to see what happened. so for president trump not to be willing to make that