the traditionally drama-free work of serving voters has turned dangerous. from bomb threats to countless threatening phone calls. you rigged my [ bleep ] election, you [ bleep ] piece of [ bleep ]. we re going to try you and we re going to hang you. the justice department s election threats task force made its first arrest today in connection with these actions and says it s received more than 850 referrals on such possible crimes. tonight we re also looking into a newly uncovered plot by trump campaign officials to put forward fake gop electors in seven states that president biden won. sources tell cnn it was led by rudy giuliani. he and other trump aides reportedly lined up surnters to fill elector slots, then circulated drafts of fake certificates that were ultimately sent to the national archives. one of those fake electors, the co-chair of the michigan republican party, boasted at a recent event that the trump campaign directed the operation. it is, by the way, a c
Tsrom the eye experts at bausch and lomb so, ask your doctor about adding preservision. and fill in a missing piece of your plan. like i did with preservision the news continues here on cnn with brianna keilar and democracy in peril. brianna? anderson, thank you so much. this is democracy in peril, our series on the ongoing threats to american democracy. and tonight we take you to key battleground states where republican and democratic election officials who ensured a fair and secure election in 2020 are quitting left and right and where others are going to extraordinary measures to protect themselves. they have to. not only are some officials facing the possibility of felony convictions for honest administrative errors or for helping voters who run into problems with their ballot applications.
Decision whether to go hands off or not. they have injected themselves in races in texas and arizona. the nrcc does the same thing and there s no pattern to it, they just want to win. what i would say is this is still going to be a democratic year and there s still more srom than democrats. i do think we will see something in the house this year where republicans turn on themselves. it may be as early as this week over this internal battle over whether or not to bring up immigration where you ll see the real fracture of the republican party between those who want to zrae address the dreamer issue and that s that don t want to touch it. there s a gift coming. when sean and i served, he offered an amendment and it was around the time that the freedom flag was happening. they shut down the floor because they didn t want to divide thafr caucus. i think you ll see something like that this summer. there s going to be an e