general bill barr. last week, that focus will shift to the effort to pressure state legislatures to unlawfully result reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election. scheduled to appear as a witness on tuesday s georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. in the early 2021, raffensperger was thrust into the spotlight with audio and phone call between him and then president trump was released. remember, during that call, trump asked raffensperger and other georgia election administration officials to find some more votes for him. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. so we re gonna do to get those? i only 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. the call was made just four days before the insurrection of the capital. a few weeks ago, raffensperger also appeared before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference conducted by trump, and his associ
knew he lost the 2020 election and that their scheme to overturn the results was illegal. and yet, they attempted it anyway. president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night. and instead, followed the chorus recommended by apparently inebriated rudy giuliani. to just claim he won. and insist that the vote counting stop. to falsely claim everything was fraudulent. and there are an lies the true nature of these hearings. to truly hold trump and his fellow coup plotters accountable. the committee has already uncovered evidence that trump may have committed serious federal crimes. but it s up to the justice department to bring criminal charges. as neil cocktail argues in the opinion page of the new york times today, attorney general merrick garland could bring a charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states even if trump truly believed in what he was saying. and it wasn t just democracy at stake, but lives as well. vice president mike pence fa
Screening of the big pay back at the apollo theater today in new york city, sponsored by ben & jerry s. thank you. ben & jerry s, that sounds delicious. rob andrews simmons and dr. robert shape alison, thank you so much. that does it for me. thank you for watching. happy juneteenth. also happy father s day. in terry afternoon apps, all dads out there. the sunday show with john kaye part begins right now. good morning, welcome to the sunday sound. i m jonathan capehart. this sunday, the fragility of american democracy is being exposed hearing by hearing. the january 6th committee will conduct its fourth public hearing this tuesday. and if it s anything like the two this week, buckle up. the biggest take away? donald trump and his allies