Inner circle. The memo which was obtained by the New York Times and has not been verified by nbc news, was allegedly sent in early December 2020 by trump lawyer kenneth chesebro, who is one of the coconspirators identified but not charged in the Justice Departments latest indictment, of the former president. In the note, chesebro details the fake elector scheme which falsely claims former Vice President mike pence had the power to block the certification of the states votes on january 6th. All just to buy time. Chesebro admitted that the Supreme Court would likely reject the plan, in a statement to nbc news, the lawyer writes that he was simply providing legal advice to trumps campaign. But that quote whether the campaign relied on that device, upon that advice as he intended would have to remain a question to be resolved in court. Those efforts by donald trump and his lawyers to subvert democracy has, in a small part, led the american varshini to create a task force for American Democ
repercussions for the election this year and also for the future of american democracy. it is arguably the most important election case to reach the supreme court since bush v gore nearly a quarter century ago. the question before the court is pretty simple actually. does section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars, quote, an officer of the united states who, quote, engaged in insurrection from holding public office actually apply to the man who incited the january 6th riot, who tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power for the first time since the civil war. the colorado state supreme court has already ruled that, yes, trump should be barred from the ballot in that state based on the insurrection that he clearly engaged in. quote, president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot
I think the option that you said is right now. It is so early in the process. I mean ive been through my share of elections for over the years. At this point i could just give you one quick anecdote that tells the whole story. I want to the debate there in milwaukee. And the next morning i got in the cabin asked the cabdriver, now tell me who do you think when the debate. He sort of paused and said, you know i think it was that indian guy. E the couple of, women i think the womany of course theres only one woman. It was nikki haley i did like that black eye and that is about as detailed as he could get. At this point in the campaign we are really seeing where biden and trump will stand way out front but weve got a Long Way To Go and i think its telling the Caucus Process and i won how that can upset the apple cart. And the degree to which you know governor christie has said that im going to make it my job to see that trump doesnt get elected. Weve got some potholes in the road for this
civics but also how our cybersecurity, social media, conventional media contribute to or detract from our democracy. to the very manner in which we elect candidates for federal office in our country. we ve put together a really extraordinary distinguished, non partisan, bipartisan group of americans to look at this with us. retired former judges like judge luttig, including the former chief justice of the ohio supreme court two former candidates for president, carli fiorina and they kept part, historians, scholars people like bill kristol, sharon eiffel the former head of the naacp legal defense funds. we re gonna take the next year to go on basically a listening tour around the country. we re gonna do our own research,
occupies the white house there has been a seismic cultural shift that has meant allegations of sexual misconduct by powerful men are now taken more seriously than they were in 1991 when anita hill s credible accusations against clarence thomas were greeted by skepticism and scorned by members of the all male members of the senate judicialery committee. some things haven t changed. christine ford was ee luck tant to come forward for fear of being dragged through the mud and like anita hill she will see plenty of men if and when she testifies. there is not a single woman among the 11 republicans on the senate judiciary committee. with mow for more on this, sharon eiffel and nan aaron. both of you lived through and watched the thomas/hill hearings. nan, let me start with you. it almost feels uncanny. a lot of people have their heart in their mouth today about what s happening and what s going to happen on monday.