this is don lemon tonight for americans that want the truth to come out about the deadly january 6th insurrection at the capitol, you can mark today down as a major turning point in the investigation. the house january 6th committee is now in possession of more than 700 pages of documents from the trump white house that the former president fought like hell to keep secret. the national archives releasing the trove of information after the supreme court cleared the way for the documents to be release the to the committee. throwing the former president s claims of executive privilege out the door. the documents will reveal the inner workings after the insurrection and days after and not hard to see why he tried to keep them from public scrutiny. politico is reporting details on documents the committee is reviewing including a draft of an executive order dated december 16th, 2020 directing the defense secretary to seize voting machines. a member of the committee reacting repor
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
Us how it s wiping out hope working together for you. the american people. thank you so much for watching. don lemon tonight starts now. so brianna, a week of doing democracy in peril there is a lot you ve learned. you re not leaving without a big take away. the reporters going out there and showing us what is happening. tonight kyung lah was talking to election officials about what it s like to be threatened and so you look what they re going to say enough, i m worried about my family and safety and i won t do it anymore. we have big political row p reporting. have a great weekend. see you on monday. see you later, don.