hello, this is a beat, special report. inside the effort to stage a coup with new evidence tonight, showing this is far broader than prosecutors first thought. we are breaking down the path to a criminal conspiracy ny experts now think the most serious charges may be yet to come. why are we doing this now? the house insurrection hearing show the nation that january 6th was more organized than many realized. the committee devoted to investigating that they has revealed truths about that day. yet, the house probe has also underscored something new to many, trump s plot to overthrow the election was far broader than one date or prepping a one- day crime spree. it was an illegal coup conspiracy starting before the election and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january 6th and the illegal orders by trump that were resisted. we will show this to you tonight and begin with things that were part of looking perfectly legal, like challenging results
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!
of james, mccord. he is one of five persons surprised and arrested yesterday inside the headquarters of the democratic national committee in washington. mccord is a former cia employee. now he runs his own private security service. and guess what else he is? a consultant to president richard nixon s re-election campaign committee. nixon s watergate scandal began 50 years ago today. like trump, his presidency ended in crime and chaos, but there were major differences in the methods the two presidents used to cling to power. also tonight, the unholy alliance between ginni thomas and the people plotting to overturn the presidential election. a member of congress who is now calling for her husband, justice clarence thomas, to resign joins me. we begin tonight with june 17, 1972, the day five bungling burglars broke not offices of the democratic national committee located in the watergate complex in washington, d.c. two years later president nixon resigned. the 50th anniversar
tonight on the reidout he was actually willing to do whatever it took to stay in power. and i think although i certainly regret my support for him, there s no question now that anyone could say we don t know what he ll do. you know, maybe we can trust he ll uphold the constitution. every day, he tells us what he ll do. liz cheney speaks of her regret for supporting trump for years. and warned about the consequences if trump returns to the white house. and there is a very interesting new filing from special counsel jack smith regarding trump s long history of lying about election fraud going all the way back to 2012. also tonight, one of trump s georgia codefendants, remember, the one who used to work for kanye, may have jeopardized her bond by appearing to threaten witness ruby freeman on instagram. but we begin tonight with making the case against donald trump. as more and more warnings about the dangers of a second trump presidency pile up, a new legal filing
keeping this chair warm in my absence. i do miss you all so. i see some of your messages on twitter and i miss you right back. so happy to be back with you today, to have my hair brushed for the first time in three weeks. the good news is the beat with ari melber starts now. before i get weepy. i have such mixed feelings. i have my feelings and news feelings. congratulations for you and the family, which i can say now, we love having you back, even though i know it s just for today. the mixed feelings is the seriousness that you were discussing with congresswoman cheney is part of why you were back today. so i did want to say all the things and let you respond to any and all of the above and again, our thoughts and happiness for your family. i ll start with the first things and i ll be brief before i get weepy. i feel like we tv people can be quirky, but we ve worked out the family dynamic on all of our big nights and i m so appreciative for the kind words and love and