Having just lost an election, essentially saying, i don t want the outcome of this election. therefore, seizing using the military, all of the ballots and the contested states to order a recount, truly on qualifies as exceptional. according to reporting, there were enough people around there who were trying to outdo each other for who had the most dubious legal advice. what was happening with donald trump? was he trying to find the answer he want to that would keep him as president? did he really believe there was fraud? what was all this recounts and seizing the machines do? a bunch of different questions there. so many different answers. [inaudible] present trump believe there was fraud. it s hard to get in the guise psyche. i ve talked to people that says at times, when he spoke to the president, they felt he was in on the joke. new, basically, that electrified hadn t occurred. he went on a case believing there was fraud to other people. i don t think he was willing, however, to
Believes there was fraud. it s hard to get in the guise psyche. i ve talked to people that says at times, when he spoke to the president, they felt he was in on the joke. new, basically, that electrified hadn t occurred. he went on a case believing there was fraud to other people. i don t think he was willing, however, to go to every conceivable means, for every team trump was interested in looking at the justice, seizing the machines, then the department of homeland security. the military option was one that seem to bother him. patrick byrne, the overstock ceo said, he had a conversation with rudy giuliani. giuliani had told burn why he had advised trump to not go with the military option. he said, we will end up in prison when we do that. robert, we can t do justice in a match of port reporting you do in that fantastic piece. i do recommend to our viewers that you read. it robert draper is a contributing writer for the new york times magazine. coming up next, a major update on a