trump has denied wrong doing and a spokesperson for the trump organization says the allegations are baseless. this as ivanka trump has become the first family member the january 6th select committee is asking to talk to. they sent an 8 page letter detailing why they want ivanka to meet with the committee voluntarily. she s one of the few who can reflect on trump s state of mind, and why it took so long to release a video message instructing rioters to leave the capitol. they want ivanka to divulge what she heard when trump talked with vp mike pence by phone the morning of january 6th, and they want her to fill in details about how fox hosts and other officials urged trump to stop the stolen election talk after january 6th. ivanka trump is a critical figure because she was there in the morning. we believe she was there when trump was still trying to twist mike pence s arm. the committee chair bennie thompson telling cnn the panel
challenges prevailed but in the other five states, documents said the pro trump electors were the rightful electors. so what s your reaction to this plot? as it should be. it s an outrageous, effort and frankly, it s not surprising. i have long believed through the investigation of the january 6th committee that they were going to find any number of completely fraudulent, ineffective, inaccurate plans that were all about overturning the election. and i m pleased to see that new mexico both in terms of how our secretary of state manages elections and assures that they re free and fair, and that the attorney general is very clear about accountability for those electors who were engaging in fraudulent electoral efforts to congress. and i hope that we re one of the
there is no credible evidence anywhere including here. biden won the election, biden is the president, and any effort to discredit that is illegal, fraudulent, very dangerous activity, and the folks involved in that should be accountable, including the republican party who it appears currently and as this unfolds, were part of that effort for the trump presidency and campaign. all right. let me now turn to covid. schools across the u.s. struggling to find teachers, substitutes, as omicron continues to take its toll, and in your state, a new program is streamlining the process to allow state workers and national guard members easier access to actually work as substitute teachers. a new and you governor are one of the first to take part in the program. talk to me about the importance of this, why you feel like you
the national archives says it has turned over all the records that former president trump tried but failed to keep away from the january 6th select committee. according to a politico report one of the documents includes a draft of an executive order from mid december that trump never issued. that order would have directed the pentagon to seize voting machines as part of the former president s bid to overturn the election. laura coats is a cnn senior analyst, former federal prosecutor and the author of that new book just pursuit, a black prosecutor s fight for fairness so good to see you. congratulations on the book. i m going to ask you about that in a minute. thank you sglr. yes, fantastic, let s talk about this draft executive order, that considered using the u.s. military to seize voting machines. i mean, this is how democracy works, would that be a federal violation, and if so, how does
states in this context that shows that there will be repercussions for folks who are engaging in illegal activity related to the election. and then why do you feel so comfortable now? what specifically is being done in your state to ensure that electors will carry out the will of the citizens? a couple of things, one, we are a state that proudly identifies and uses our secretary of state in the context of she s one of the lead election protection experts in the country. secretary of state maggie oliver. i feel like new mexico is at the forefront of knowing what the risks are and what they aren t. two, we are already expanding voter protections and assuring that our own audits, whether those are forensic or in the context of what occurs at those elections in realtime as people are casting their ballots, and i think, again, look, we ve known