1 00:00:00,834 --> 00:00:03,136 crowd (chanting): Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 2 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:07,807 Stop the steal! Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 3 00:00:08,808 --> 00:00:12,450 (chanting continues) 4 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:24,157 Donald J. Trump: This election was rigged, 5 00:00:24,224 --> 00:00:26,226 and we can't let it happen. 6 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:29,529 Can't let it happen. Can't let it happen! 7 00:00:29,596 --> 00:00:32,320 Bill Barr: Before the election, obviously, 8 00:00:32,980 --> 00:00:34,601 I wanted Trump to win. I supported Trump. 9 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:37,837 ♪♪ 10 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:41,608 But after the election, he started spewing out 11 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:44,611 all these allegations of voting fraud. 12 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,120 This was a massive fraud. 13 00:00:46,790 --> 00:00:49,916 So, I felt I had to get on top of the main claims 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:51,384 that were being made. 15 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:54,721 Stephanie Grisham: I was close to him. 16 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:56,222 Very, very close to Mrs. Trump. 17 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:57,457 I really liked them. 18 00:00:57,524 --> 00:00:59,459 I kind of felt like they were family to me. 19 00:00:59,526 --> 00:01:02,295 We were getting ready to win this election. 20 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:06,399 Frankly, we did win this election. 21 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:08,401 (crowd cheering) 22 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:10,970 Grisham: I guarantee anybody who was around him at the time, 23 00:01:11,370 --> 00:01:13,106 despite what they were thinking inside, 24 00:01:13,139 --> 00:01:15,942 they were saying, "Oh, it was stolen, sir." 25 00:01:16,420 --> 00:01:17,310 ♪♪ 26 00:01:17,377 --> 00:01:19,145 Marc Short: It was weeks of a pressure campaign 27 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:21,147 to overturn election results. 28 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:23,883 The vice president was loyally standing by his side. 29 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:26,653 I stand with President Donald Trump! 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,255 But at the same time, we were on a collision course 31 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:30,824 between the president and the vice president. 32 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:33,159 And I hope Mike is gonna do the right thing. I hope so. 33 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:36,496 Because if Mike Pence does the right thing, 34 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:37,931 we win the election. 35 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:39,666 ♪♪ 36 00:01:39,733 --> 00:01:41,334 Mark Brnovich: President Trump did a great job. 37 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:43,670 I was right there with him. He called me and said, 38 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:46,439 "Hey, you'll be the most popular guy in America! 39 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:48,441 "You'll, you'll be able to run for President! 40 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,910 All you gotta do is say there's fraud or find some fraud." 41 00:01:50,977 --> 00:01:52,645 I could have been a ****ing hero. 42 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:54,314 Trump (on phone): Look, ultimately I win. 43 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,648 So, what are we going to do here, folks? 44 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:58,284 I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break. 45 00:01:58,351 --> 00:02:00,186 I was for Trump the whole time. 46 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,823 I walked for him. I campaigned for him. 47 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:05,250 It was fun. 48 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:06,126 Everyone is saying, 49 00:02:06,192 --> 00:02:09,129 "Wow, the evidence is overwhelming." 50 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:12,532 And then it started. The steal. 51 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:15,669 ♪♪ 52 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,608 (plane whirring) 53 00:02:21,675 --> 00:02:25,311 crowd (chanting): Four more years! Four more years! 54 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:27,714 Four more years! Four more years! 55 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:29,549 ♪♪ 56 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:32,520 Trump: Get out and vote, and I love you. 57 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:33,186 Thank you. Thank you very much. 58 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:34,721 (crowd cheering) 59 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:36,556 Alyssa Farah Griffin: One of the greatest honors I have 60 00:02:36,623 --> 00:02:38,158 is getting to travel the country, 61 00:02:38,224 --> 00:02:40,794 meeting with real Americans with President Trump. 62 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:45,732 I joined the West Wing under Trump in April of 2020. 63 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:49,569 I felt emotionally invested in him winning. 64 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:52,672 (crowd cheering) 65 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:56,576 Some of these rallies you'll be in a stadium-like seating, 66 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,411 and those can be overwhelming and feel like, 67 00:02:58,511 --> 00:03:00,313 "Wow, this is so many people." 68 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:02,816 And I remember thinking, he's going to pull it off. 69 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:06,520 Who, who else can bring and command this kind of a crowd? 70 00:03:06,152 --> 00:03:08,880 (forklift whirring) 71 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:12,258 But we had no shortage of chaos and crises 72 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:14,260 in that six-plus month period. 73 00:03:14,361 --> 00:03:17,300 officer (megaphone): Leave the area immediately. 74 00:03:17,970 --> 00:03:18,498 -(gunshots) -(people shouting) 75 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:22,435 There was sort of a perfect storm of conditions. 76 00:03:22,502 --> 00:03:23,536 ♪♪ 77 00:03:23,603 --> 00:03:26,339 By late summer, President Trump starts 78 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:30,610 to kind of grease the wheels for excuses if he lost. 79 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:33,680 These elections will be fraudulent, 80 00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:35,849 they'll be fixed, they'll be rigged, 81 00:03:35,915 --> 00:03:37,183 and everyone's looking at it. 82 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,918 ♪♪ 83 00:03:39,190 --> 00:03:42,455 Griffin: I was sitting in the Oval Office with him. 84 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:44,724 No one in the West Wing team 85 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:46,793 was talking like losing was a reality. 86 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:50,397 Barr: Up until the election, 87 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:53,990 you could always appeal to his self-interest. 88 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:57,871 "Mr. President, this was a bad idea for you. 89 00:03:57,937 --> 00:03:59,773 This will hurt you." 90 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:02,976 And that would work, 91 00:04:03,430 --> 00:04:04,978 if you appealed to his self-interest. 92 00:04:05,780 --> 00:04:09,315 And that is what helped keep things within the guardrails. 93 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:12,452 -(plane idling) -Leading up to the election, 94 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:16,456 all he had to do was temper his behavior a little bit, 95 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:19,292 and I think he would have easily won re-election. 96 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:21,795 And people were telling him this for months, 97 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:24,297 but he was very self-indulgent. 98 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:27,734 Let's vote for Sleepy Joe, he's fallen asleep. 99 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:31,171 Joe... Joe, oh... 100 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:34,507 He ignored all the advice he was getting. 101 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:38,845 And he ran this election that, that was self-destructive. 102 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:42,248 The only way we're gonna lose this election 103 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:45,180 is if the election is rigged, remember that. 104 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,187 It's the only way we're going to lose this election. 105 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:50,523 ♪♪ 106 00:04:52,158 --> 00:04:54,160 Ronald Hansen: In 2020, Arizona, 107 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:56,496 really for the first time in a long time, 108 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:59,320 emerged as one of the key swing states 109 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:00,367 for the presidential race. 110 00:05:00,467 --> 00:05:03,536 -(marching band playing) -(singing) 111 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:07,841 Arizona has had a change in its population. 112 00:05:08,608 --> 00:05:10,610 You have an immigrant population. 113 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:14,381 You also have a fair number of retirees coming in. 114 00:05:14,714 --> 00:05:18,518 And it all adds up to a churn in Arizona's population 115 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:23,390 that helps redefine the state's political inclinations. 116 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:25,959 crowd: Get out and vote! Get out and vote! 117 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:29,362 ♪♪ 118 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:34,000 Clint Hickman: Welcome to the Board of Supervisors. 119 00:05:34,670 --> 00:05:36,336 2020 is going to be a very interesting year. 120 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:38,400 We have elections to run. 121 00:05:38,710 --> 00:05:40,573 It's an honor to serve as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. 122 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:42,909 In November 2020, I was Chairman 123 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,245 of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. 124 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:47,213 My role is to run an election. 125 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:49,149 The integrity and success of our elections 126 00:05:49,215 --> 00:05:50,583 is my number-one priority. 127 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:54,654 Maricopa County is the second largest voting district 128 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:58,158 in the United States because there's just so much population 129 00:05:58,224 --> 00:05:59,726 that exists in this one county. 130 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:02,862 Moving on. Number four is the pet showcase. 131 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:05,832 John Reynolds is here from Animal Care and Control. 132 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:09,836 Uh, we believe her to be maybe a Parsons Russell terrier 133 00:06:09,903 --> 00:06:11,104 and poodle mix. 134 00:06:11,171 --> 00:06:14,740 Bill Gates: We are in 50 different lines of business, 135 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:16,743 but many of them sort of off the front pages. Right? 136 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:19,279 You know, animal care and control, air quality, 137 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:20,547 transportation. 138 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:24,170 So, important but sort of a more low-profile role. 139 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:26,453 Until all of this happened. 140 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:29,522 -We are adjourned. -(bangs gavel) 141 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:33,526 (plane roaring) 142 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:38,198 (tires screech) 143 00:06:38,865 --> 00:06:41,134 President Trump was in this community 144 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:44,637 three, four, five times with large rallies. I was at one. 145 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:46,639 Six days, can you believe this? 146 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:49,709 -Six days from now... -(crowd cheering) 147 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:53,546 ...we are going to win Arizona, and we are going to win 148 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:58,885 four more years in our great beautiful White House. 149 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:00,987 Hickman: I was a Republican Chairman. 150 00:07:01,540 --> 00:07:03,923 I had something to do with him being there that day. 151 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:04,824 I was thanked. 152 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:09,950 Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman. 153 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:12,298 -(crowd cheering) -Hickman: I felt really happy. 154 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:14,134 He was our Republican president. 155 00:07:14,401 --> 00:07:17,737 Thank you, Clint. Good job, Clint. 156 00:07:18,405 --> 00:07:21,740 ♪♪ 157 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:30,160 (applause) 158 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:32,852 Trump: I think if anything, we're going to do very well. 159 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:34,521 Winning is easy. 160 00:07:34,587 --> 00:07:37,123 Losing is never easy. Not for me, it's not. 161 00:07:38,358 --> 00:07:40,527 reporter: Let's bring in Alyssa Farah from the White House, 162 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:42,162 the White House Communications Director. 163 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:45,365 The president is in a great mood. We're energetic. 164 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:47,867 The vibe in the West Wing is we're excited. 165 00:07:47,967 --> 00:07:49,703 The early results were coming in, 166 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:52,539 and it looked like Trump might pull it off. 167 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:54,374 So, people were a little bit excited 168 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:55,775 and started making their way over 169 00:07:55,842 --> 00:07:58,278 to the East Wing for the party. 170 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,548 Grisham: There was music playing in the background. 171 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:02,849 There were two bars open. 172 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:05,151 You know, people were chatting, taking pictures. 173 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:07,120 I think-- And it was kind of a, "Let's take pictures 174 00:08:07,187 --> 00:08:09,556 "of us winning again, you know, and this time, 175 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:10,990 we're winning in the White House." 176 00:08:11,570 --> 00:08:13,159 And so, it was really jolly and jovial 177 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:14,461 and everyone was really happy. 178 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,830 Honestly, I don't even know that people were paying 179 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:20,800 that close of attention because we were gonna win. 180 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:24,304 And then very shortly after, the Arizona call came in. 181 00:08:24,371 --> 00:08:26,373 (fountain splashing) 182 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:30,210 The Fox News decision desk is calling Arizona for Joe Biden. 183 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:34,981 That is a big get for the Biden campaign. 184 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,180 It's a significant victory for, for Joe Biden. 185 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,920 As I say, the first flip of the night. 186 00:08:41,210 --> 00:08:45,658 Hansen: Fox News calling Arizona for Joe Biden. 187 00:08:45,725 --> 00:08:48,728 This started to set the dominoes tumbling. 188 00:08:48,762 --> 00:08:52,980 It had outsized repercussions for the tenor 189 00:08:52,165 --> 00:08:53,666 of the national race. 190 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,570 Grisham: We were all in the residence, 191 00:08:57,604 --> 00:08:58,905 I think it was like, two in the morning, 192 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:00,373 three in the morning at that point, 193 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,541 as we watched stuff come in, 194 00:09:01,608 --> 00:09:03,760 and then as it was looking like 195 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:05,578 Biden was going to accept that he had won. 196 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,781 I'm here to tell you tonight 197 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:10,450 we believe we're on track to win this election! 198 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:13,753 (crowd cheering) 199 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:16,690 I'm optimistic about this outcome! 200 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:18,792 The President was standing in this middle of this-- 201 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:22,128 this crowd of people. And it was just chaos. 202 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:23,129 Everyone's yelling. 203 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,632 Trump's waving a piece of paper in his hand. 204 00:09:25,699 --> 00:09:27,670 He's very angry. 205 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:28,568 And when he's pissed, 206 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:30,303 you don't want to even get in his line of vision. 207 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:31,604 And then all of a sudden, abruptly, 208 00:09:31,638 --> 00:09:33,390 it was like a light switch went off. 209 00:09:33,106 --> 00:09:34,774 It was like somebody just turned the light off 210 00:09:34,808 --> 00:09:37,310 'cause everybody just started heading downstairs, 211 00:09:37,377 --> 00:09:38,645 um, for him to speak. 212 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:42,820 crowd: We love Trump! We love Trump! We love Trump! 213 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:49,155 ("Hail to the Chief" playing) 214 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:56,896 (crowd cheering) 215 00:09:56,963 --> 00:09:58,465 Trump: Well, thank you very much. 216 00:09:58,498 --> 00:09:59,799 Grisham: And then he just walked on stage. 217 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:02,200 The man took the stage and no one knew 218 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:03,770 what was going to come out of his mouth. 219 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:04,938 I don't know if he's gonna concede. 220 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:06,473 I don't know what he's going to say. 221 00:10:06,906 --> 00:10:09,175 This is, without question, the latest news conference 222 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:10,343 I've ever had. 223 00:10:10,510 --> 00:10:14,247 -(laughter) -supporters: We love you! We love you! Yeah! 224 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:15,849 Thank you, thank you. 225 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:17,751 (cheering) 226 00:10:17,817 --> 00:10:21,870 This is a fraud on the American public. 227 00:10:21,154 --> 00:10:24,157 This is an embarrassment to our country. 228 00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:28,528 We were getting ready to win this election. 229 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:30,630 Frankly, we did win this election. 230 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:34,134 (applause, cheering) 231 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:38,104 Grisham: When he started down that road of, "Frankly, we won," 232 00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:40,874 I just was devastated. 233 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:44,100 I was so disappointed in my president, 234 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:47,213 and I thought, "How can you, like, do this to the country 235 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,149 and leave everybody hanging like this?" 236 00:10:49,215 --> 00:10:51,518 And, um, yeah, I started to just cry. 237 00:10:51,618 --> 00:10:52,819 I was pissed. 238 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:56,556 Trump: Mr. Vice President, 239 00:10:56,623 --> 00:10:59,392 say a few words, please. Please. 240 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:02,896 (applause, cheering) 241 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:07,167 Greg Jacob: Whereas President Trump talked a lot about fraud 242 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:09,969 and that he thought he had won the election, 243 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,906 I think the vice president was cognizant 244 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:15,742 that he didn't want to make allegations 245 00:11:15,809 --> 00:11:18,378 that he didn't know were supported. 246 00:11:18,411 --> 00:11:21,810 It wasn't necessarily that he knew one way or the other. 247 00:11:21,147 --> 00:11:23,917 You're in the very early days, you just can't know. 248 00:11:23,983 --> 00:11:25,518 We're waiting to see what evidence 249 00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:27,870 gets developed over time. 250 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:29,556 I truly do believe, as you do, 251 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:32,225 that we are on the road to victory 252 00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:35,662 and we will make America great again, again. 253 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,980 Short: For many of us, we felt it would probably be 254 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:41,935 a contentious few weeks, but that ultimately, 255 00:11:42,350 --> 00:11:43,937 if there ended up not being evidence 256 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,390 to support fraud or theft, 257 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,109 that ultimately there would be some level of concession. 258 00:11:49,175 --> 00:11:51,711 -(applause) -Thank you very much. 259 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:57,217 Grisham: He came off the stage, I thought, "Holy shit." 260 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,921 You know, I knew him for so long and he never goes backwards. 261 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:04,457 If anything, he goes forwards and he doubles and triples down. 262 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:08,128 He will never back down now. There's no walking this back. 263 00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:10,797 (band fades out) 264 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,133 Barr: At two in the morning, for him to go out 265 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:15,468 and claim that fraud was underway was, 266 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:16,770 was very dangerous. 267 00:12:16,803 --> 00:12:20,473 You know, I started worrying a lot from then on. 268 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:24,244 (distant police siren wails) 269 00:12:24,711 --> 00:12:27,800 reporter: President Trump's supporters are ramping up 270 00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:29,883 their voices in the Valley, gathering outside 271 00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:31,818 of the Maricopa County Elections Office. 272 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:35,989 protesters: Let them in! Let them in! Let them in! 273 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:37,657 We started getting some protests 274 00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:40,727 outside of the tabulation center. 275 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:43,730 It got, uh, pretty ugly, pretty quick. 276 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:46,800 protesters: Let them in! Let them in! 277 00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:49,969 Shame on Fox! Shame on Fox! 278 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:52,739 Adrian Fontes: I mean, it's all theater except for they've got 279 00:12:52,806 --> 00:12:55,342 assault weapons and they're armed, 280 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:57,410 and at any moment they could have come in 281 00:12:57,477 --> 00:13:00,146 and mounted an armed assault against our warehouse, 282 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:01,514 where the ballots were held. 283 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:04,284 protesters: Where are the votes? Where are the votes? 284 00:13:04,351 --> 00:13:06,753 Fontes: Some elected officials even showed up, 285 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:08,521 Congressman Gosar was one of them. 286 00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:09,823 (Paul Gosar chanting) 287 00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:11,758 Hickman: These are publicly elected officials 288 00:13:11,825 --> 00:13:13,693 coming to charge up a crowd. 289 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:15,829 That was a sign of things to come 290 00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:18,832 about some Republican colleagues. 291 00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:21,167 All of these people, 292 00:13:21,201 --> 00:13:24,437 with Trump flags, wearing their AR-15s. 293 00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:27,640 It enraged me. 294 00:13:27,707 --> 00:13:31,544 (camera shutters snapping rapidly) 295 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:34,881 ♪♪ 296 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:37,550 Thank you very much. Thank you. 297 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,955 This is a case where they're trying to steal an election. 298 00:13:42,220 --> 00:13:43,723 They're trying to rig an election. 299 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,992 Hickman: President Trump was making sure 300 00:13:46,590 --> 00:13:48,895 that there was talk about rigging of elections 301 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:51,731 or bashing people across the United States. 302 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:54,401 Trump: The officials overseeing the counting 303 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:57,470 are all part of a corrupt Democrat machine. 304 00:13:57,637 --> 00:13:59,906 Today, we're on track to win Arizona. 305 00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:02,876 crowd: Four more years! Four more years! 306 00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:07,800 If you count the legal votes, I easily win. 307 00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:09,149 protester (on megaphone): Count the legal votes! 308 00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:13,720 protester (on megaphone): We are watching you! 309 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:16,756 reporter 1: Mr. President, are you going to accept the outcome 310 00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:19,225 of the election, sir, if you lose? 311 00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:21,861 -Mr. President! -reporter 2: Are you being a sore loser? 312 00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:25,999 protester: Trump said, "Hey, if you count all the legal votes, 313 00:14:26,660 --> 00:14:28,101 I won this election." 314 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:29,602 reporter: When you say count the legal votes, 315 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,605 which illegal votes are-- is the group referring to? 316 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:33,940 Uh... 317 00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:36,443 Just emp-- 318 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:38,780 Like, empty ba-ballots 319 00:14:38,178 --> 00:14:40,714 that liberals working the elections 320 00:14:40,780 --> 00:14:42,382 have filled in on their own. 321 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:48,254 Wolf Blitzer: After four long, tense days, we've reached 322 00:14:48,355 --> 00:14:51,910 a historic moment in this election. 323 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:54,794 We can now project the winner of the presidential race. 324 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:57,297 (news jingle playing) 325 00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:00,233 Barr: One of the reasons I have a high degree of confidence 326 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,969 that the election was not stolen by fraud 327 00:15:03,690 --> 00:15:05,405 was because when you actually look at the votes, 328 00:15:05,472 --> 00:15:10,143 there's no mystery as to why he lost in 2020. 329 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:11,978 He lost where people were telling him 330 00:15:12,450 --> 00:15:14,114 for months and months he was gonna lose. 331 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:17,550 The problem all along was that 332 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:20,987 his way of going about energizing his base 333 00:15:21,870 --> 00:15:24,924 drove away a lot of suburban professionals. 334 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,963 That's where the fatal gap was for him. 335 00:15:29,996 --> 00:15:31,664 It was in the suburbs. 336 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:35,301 So, it's no mystery as to why he lost. 337 00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:38,171 -(cars honking) -(crowd shouting) 338 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,840 Griffin: The race was ultimately called for Joe Biden. 339 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,976 And in the neighborhood I lived in in DC, 340 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:44,678 like, there were cheers in the streets. 341 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:46,179 People were very excited. 342 00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:49,182 supporters (singing): ♪ We are the champions ♪ 343 00:15:49,249 --> 00:15:52,419 ♪ No time for losers ♪ 344 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,487 Griffin: And I kind of accepted it and, you know, 345 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:56,956 knew I was going to go back into work to do my job 346 00:15:57,230 --> 00:15:58,958 because win or lose, we still had, like, 347 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,627 two and a half months in office. 348 00:16:00,694 --> 00:16:02,862 ♪♪ 349 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:04,364 It's a very odd time in history 350 00:16:04,431 --> 00:16:07,667 when a sitting president loses a re-election. 351 00:16:07,701 --> 00:16:11,271 And then add to it, a president who has chosen not to concede. 352 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:14,174 And my office is just right around the corner 353 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:15,375 from the Oval Office. 354 00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:18,110 And I remember popping my head in, 355 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,548 and he's watching Fox News, um, and Joe Biden's on 356 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:22,949 and he says, 357 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,884 "Can you believe I lost to this effing guy?" 358 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:27,387 ♪♪ 359 00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:31,358 Grisham: He knows he lost, but he's a narcissist, 360 00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:34,194 and his ego will not accept defeat. 361 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:36,563 And when you have people who will so willingly 362 00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:38,498 come around you and tell you 363 00:16:38,565 --> 00:16:41,568 you didn't lose and the things that you want to hear, 364 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:43,236 which he's a master at. 365 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:46,740 He's a master at finding these people who will say whatever. 366 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:50,410 And so that enables him to double down and triple down. 367 00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:53,413 ♪♪ 368 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:54,881 Barr: He had lost the election. 369 00:16:54,914 --> 00:16:56,516 He had sort of nothing to lose. 370 00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:59,719 And that's when he started shutting down communication 371 00:16:59,753 --> 00:17:04,424 with the people who were actually in advisory positions, 372 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:06,159 in the government 373 00:17:06,226 --> 00:17:09,596 and started listening almost exclusively to this cabal 374 00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:11,970 on the outside. 375 00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:13,500 Joining us this evening is Rudy Giuliani, 376 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:16,503 the president's attorney, former mayor of New York City... 377 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:20,600 Barr: The President then rolled out his legal team. 378 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:22,208 Wow, what a beautiful day. Thank you. 379 00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:25,211 Barr: Obviously, Rudy played a big role, you know, 380 00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:29,490 in this very excited conspiracy theory type of way. 381 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:31,184 Joe Frazier is still voting here. 382 00:17:32,585 --> 00:17:34,621 Kinda hard since he died five years ago. 383 00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:39,726 Also, Will Smith's father has voted here twice since he died. 384 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,128 I'm joined right now by Jenna Ellis 385 00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:44,631 who is the president's legal advisor... 386 00:17:44,698 --> 00:17:48,301 Griffin: In came, one day, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, 387 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,970 who was an attorney herself, but was known as, 388 00:17:51,710 --> 00:17:52,639 frankly, kooky, in the West Wing. 389 00:17:52,706 --> 00:17:55,475 We're fixing to overturn the results of the election 390 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:59,913 in multiple states. And President Trump won 391 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:02,782 by not just hundreds of thousands of votes, 392 00:18:02,882 --> 00:18:04,384 but by millions of votes. 393 00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:07,554 And suddenly, you would see them sitting in sort of the, 394 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,222 the West Wing lobby. 395 00:18:10,657 --> 00:18:14,600 It was almost like this bar-room scene from "Star Wars," 396 00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:16,796 you know, of people hanging around the Oval Office, 397 00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:18,498 these people from the outside. 398 00:18:18,598 --> 00:18:22,680 I've been a prosecutor for, on and off, 50 years of my life. 399 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:25,505 Prosecuted a lot more dangerous criminals than these morons, 400 00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:28,675 and, uh, and the evidence is overwhelming. 401 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:32,245 President Trump won, fairly, and genuinely by a landslide, 402 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:33,613 and we intend to prove that. 403 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,482 Sidney Powell: Well, I can hardly wait 404 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:38,840 to put forth all the evidence we have collected, 405 00:18:38,151 --> 00:18:40,854 and I'm going to release the Kraken. 406 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:43,990 Griffin: And that was sort of the beginning 407 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:45,658 of a even darker period of 408 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:48,361 the campaign fraud nonsense that was pushed. 409 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:50,960 That's when shit really hit the fan. 410 00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:54,367 (shutters snapping rapidly) 411 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,338 Good afternoon. 412 00:18:58,371 --> 00:18:59,706 Griffin: They all show up on stage, 413 00:18:59,773 --> 00:19:01,875 at the Republican National Committee headquarters. 414 00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:05,345 -(reporters yelling) -Nope, nope, nope! (stammers) 415 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:09,150 You've got Rudy Giuliani who's sweating off his hair dye 416 00:19:09,490 --> 00:19:12,385 down his face, and the whole thing was chaotic. 417 00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:15,722 We let this happen, we're going to become Venezuela. 418 00:19:15,789 --> 00:19:17,323 We cannot let this happen to us. 419 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:21,961 We cannot allow these crooks, 'cause that's what they are, 420 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:25,310 to steal an election from the American people. 421 00:19:25,131 --> 00:19:26,533 They elected Donald Trump. 422 00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:28,568 Jacob: I made my entire legal staff 423 00:19:28,635 --> 00:19:30,537 watch the Rudy Giuliani press conference 424 00:19:30,570 --> 00:19:33,239 'cause that was supposed to be the big reveal. 425 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:36,576 Now, you know, we've been hearing these allegations, 426 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:39,245 now we're supposed to hear all of the evidence. 427 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:42,649 And so, we all sat and watched it together and were... 428 00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:45,318 uh, underwhelmed. 429 00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:46,586 You can't say-- I mean, 430 00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:48,922 you're just lying to the American people 431 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:50,757 when you say there's no evidence. 432 00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:53,827 Jacob: It was really shocking to me how 433 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:56,863 untethered to evidence and facts 434 00:19:56,930 --> 00:20:00,500 a lot of what he seemed to be saying and putting forward were. 435 00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:02,435 I know crimes, I can smell 'em. 436 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,400 You don't have to smell this one. 437 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:06,600 I can prove it to you 18 different ways. 438 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,742 Barr: Their public statements kept on citing fraud, 439 00:20:08,842 --> 00:20:12,379 but there was just not evidence of that. 440 00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:14,514 Especially on a scale that would have affected 441 00:20:14,581 --> 00:20:16,249 the outcome of the election. 442 00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:18,685 So, excuse me, we're not at the questions at this point. 443 00:20:18,752 --> 00:20:20,530 My name is Jenna Ellis, 444 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,788 and I'm the senior legal advisor. 445 00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:24,791 You have Jenna Ellis, you know, giving her best sort of, 446 00:20:24,858 --> 00:20:27,594 "We've got to stand and fight for the American people." 447 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:30,463 This is an elite strike force team 448 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:33,533 that is working on behalf of the president and the campaign 449 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,360 to make sure that our Constitution is protected. 450 00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:38,638 We are a nation of rules. 451 00:20:38,705 --> 00:20:41,741 You have Sidney Powell espousing bizarre theories. 452 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:44,310 What we are really dealing with here 453 00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:46,746 and uncovering more by the day 454 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:50,250 is the massive influence 455 00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:53,386 of communist money through Venezuela, 456 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:57,223 Cuba, and likely China in the interference 457 00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:59,826 with our elections here in the United States. 458 00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:04,640 What I don't think enough of us were thinking that day is, 459 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:06,332 this is incredibly dangerous. 460 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:09,502 We'd later find out that it was incredibly dangerous. 461 00:21:09,569 --> 00:21:12,172 We are going to take this country back. 462 00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:13,807 We are not going to be intimidated. 463 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,677 -(cheering) -Jacob Chansley: We are taking the nation back. 464 00:21:17,777 --> 00:21:21,448 We will not allow communism in the United States. 465 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:24,818 Here in Arizona, I went down to the Election Center every day, 466 00:21:24,918 --> 00:21:26,152 seven days a week. 467 00:21:26,252 --> 00:21:28,188 Then, we moved from the Election Center 468 00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:29,823 over to the Capitol building. 469 00:21:29,856 --> 00:21:35,280 We will not accept corruption in Arizona or in the United States! 470 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:37,831 We're bringing down the New World Order! 471 00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:41,368 Nobody voted for Biden, dude. Not here in Arizona. 472 00:21:41,434 --> 00:21:44,204 There's something wrong with our elections. 473 00:21:44,304 --> 00:21:45,772 It's plain and simple. 474 00:21:45,839 --> 00:21:46,873 ♪♪ 475 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:50,377 -Pray for our President. Pray... -(crowd murmuring) 476 00:21:50,443 --> 00:21:53,947 Big business, big tech, and big media 477 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:55,715 all colluded together 478 00:21:55,782 --> 00:21:58,785 to keep Donald Trump from being re-elected. 479 00:21:59,352 --> 00:22:00,720 It's that simple. 480 00:22:00,787 --> 00:22:06,526 They're trying to take away your dream of four more years! 481 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:09,662 -Are you gonna let them do that? -crowd: No! 482 00:22:09,729 --> 00:22:12,399 Brnovich: As the attorney general, there was nothing more 483 00:22:12,499 --> 00:22:14,567 that I would have wanted to do 484 00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:18,805 than to prosecute a bunch of, you know, left-wing Democrats 485 00:22:18,872 --> 00:22:21,541 for, you know, injecting thousands of votes 486 00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,309 illegally into the Arizona system. 487 00:22:23,376 --> 00:22:25,211 I mean, I didn't want Joe Biden to win. 488 00:22:25,311 --> 00:22:27,881 Donald Trump loves America! 489 00:22:27,981 --> 00:22:29,683 (crowd cheering) 490 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:33,586 Brnovich: Here in Arizona, a majority of Republicans 491 00:22:33,653 --> 00:22:35,755 thought the election was stolen. 492 00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:37,424 Part of the reason why they believed it 493 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:38,925 is because they kept hearing it. 494 00:22:38,992 --> 00:22:41,661 President Trump at that time was talking about, 495 00:22:41,728 --> 00:22:43,663 you know, that if he didn't win, the election was rigged. 496 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:45,865 And you get it out there, and then people believe it, 497 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:47,000 and then, you know, 498 00:22:47,670 --> 00:22:49,102 there's a certain confirmation bias, right? 499 00:22:49,169 --> 00:22:50,370 Once somebody believes something, 500 00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:52,105 they see everything through that prism. 501 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:53,707 Sharpiegate here in Arizona. 502 00:22:53,773 --> 00:22:55,408 Remember I talked to you about this Sharpie... 503 00:22:55,442 --> 00:22:56,710 They were handing out Sharpies... 504 00:22:56,776 --> 00:22:58,345 So, they were using Sharpies... 505 00:22:58,411 --> 00:22:59,512 Sharpiegate... 506 00:22:59,579 --> 00:23:01,848 There was a huge issue related to Sharpies 507 00:23:01,915 --> 00:23:05,251 and whether Sharpies had affected the way people voted. 508 00:23:05,352 --> 00:23:08,521 Folks were claiming that the Sharpie pens 509 00:23:08,588 --> 00:23:12,292 were causing a bleed-through on the piece of paper. 510 00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:14,294 So, if someone voted, you know, on one side, 511 00:23:14,361 --> 00:23:16,629 'cause we have the two-sided ballots, 512 00:23:16,730 --> 00:23:20,233 that the bleed-through of the pen marks to the other side 513 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:23,203 would lead to inaccurate results. 514 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:24,871 Yeah, everybody's a little pissed. 515 00:23:24,938 --> 00:23:26,473 Marko Trickovic: All across Arizona, 516 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:29,242 the chaos really kinda came, like, on Election Day, right? 517 00:23:29,309 --> 00:23:31,311 So, what they're doing is they're telling people to use 518 00:23:31,378 --> 00:23:32,645 -the Sharpies, that way... -Yes. 519 00:23:32,712 --> 00:23:34,800 -Trickovic: ...those votes aren't counted. -Yes. 520 00:23:34,147 --> 00:23:35,782 -Trickovic: That's exactly what's happening? -Yes. 521 00:23:35,882 --> 00:23:37,500 Trickovic: You know, I shot that video 522 00:23:37,117 --> 00:23:39,319 that ultimately ended up turning into Sharpiegate. 523 00:23:39,386 --> 00:23:40,653 They're saying my vote didn't count. 524 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,822 So, people are coming here to vote for Donald Trump, 525 00:23:42,889 --> 00:23:45,258 and those votes are all getting invalidated. 526 00:23:45,325 --> 00:23:46,626 Welcome to the new America, people. 527 00:23:46,726 --> 00:23:47,794 That's what's going on. 528 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:50,630 Do I believe that the election was stolen? 529 00:23:50,130 --> 00:23:52,599 Absolutely, 100% I do. 530 00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:54,567 And yes, the other side, 531 00:23:55,802 --> 00:23:58,171 the officials that were involved in that process, 532 00:23:58,271 --> 00:24:00,907 they're gonna tell you everything was on the up and up 533 00:24:00,974 --> 00:24:02,142 because they have to. 534 00:24:02,175 --> 00:24:04,444 It's organized crime at that point. 535 00:24:04,511 --> 00:24:07,147 People were talking about the Sharpies. 536 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:08,481 Why did we use Sharpies? 537 00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:11,170 Well, I know we made videos, 538 00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,752 you know, six months before, 539 00:24:12,819 --> 00:24:14,154 saying don't worry about it. 540 00:24:14,187 --> 00:24:16,356 Please use Sharpies. 541 00:24:16,456 --> 00:24:18,525 (energetic music playing) 542 00:24:18,591 --> 00:24:22,362 narrator: Did you know you can use a black or blue pen or Sharpie 543 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:24,300 to fill out your ballot in Maricopa County? 544 00:24:24,970 --> 00:24:26,633 So, bleed-throughs are not a problem. 545 00:24:26,700 --> 00:24:29,102 So, as people were saying, "Hey, there's something here. 546 00:24:29,169 --> 00:24:31,304 It's not counting my vote." 547 00:24:31,371 --> 00:24:33,600 It's like, no, I'm good. 548 00:24:33,106 --> 00:24:36,176 Certainly, we were noticing irregularities. 549 00:24:36,209 --> 00:24:38,211 Things that didn't quite add up. 550 00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:41,548 Because the Sharpies will indeed bleed through the paper. 551 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:42,649 You know, there-- we're-- 552 00:24:42,716 --> 00:24:46,219 there's enough there to question, 553 00:24:46,286 --> 00:24:47,220 to be a skeptic. 554 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,888 (indistinct chatter) 555 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:52,359 Brnovich: My immediate reaction was that we would look into 556 00:24:52,459 --> 00:24:54,600 the use of Sharpies 557 00:24:54,127 --> 00:24:56,529 and whether that affected the vote in 2020. 558 00:24:56,563 --> 00:24:59,366 We just want to make sure that no one can ever say 559 00:24:59,466 --> 00:25:00,800 that this election wasn't done properly. 560 00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:04,370 My goodness, I had every motive and reason to find 561 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:06,406 some sort of massive fraud. 562 00:25:06,506 --> 00:25:08,410 And we-- it just wasn't there. 563 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:10,510 supporter (on megaphone): Trump is gonna stay our president... 564 00:25:10,577 --> 00:25:12,412 Brnovich: We were able to systematically 565 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:14,514 and methodically lay to rest 566 00:25:14,581 --> 00:25:16,683 so many conspiracy theories 567 00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:19,586 and people that still maintained that the election was stolen, 568 00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:21,187 they moved on to other things. 569 00:25:21,254 --> 00:25:22,989 All the fraud didn't happen with Sharpies, right? 570 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,393 That was just a small piece to a massive problem. 571 00:25:26,493 --> 00:25:29,529 There were votes for people that were dead. 572 00:25:29,596 --> 00:25:31,364 Here in Arizona! 573 00:25:31,431 --> 00:25:33,433 (people cheering) 574 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:35,735 1.8 million people, dead people voting... 575 00:25:35,835 --> 00:25:37,237 You've got people out there, 576 00:25:37,270 --> 00:25:40,373 this group saying that thousands of dead people voted. 577 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:41,741 You've got former president 578 00:25:41,841 --> 00:25:42,942 saying that it affected the election. 579 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:46,212 But we were systematically able to go through 580 00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:47,247 and disprove that. 581 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,116 -(crowd chatter) -(horn blowing) 582 00:25:50,183 --> 00:25:51,918 We spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours 583 00:25:51,951 --> 00:25:54,554 as an office with lawyers, investigators 584 00:25:54,621 --> 00:25:56,890 but some sort of massive conspiracy 585 00:25:56,122 --> 00:25:59,125 that would have changed the outcome of the election? 586 00:25:59,192 --> 00:26:00,527 I haven't seen it. 587 00:26:00,593 --> 00:26:02,562 The reality is, right now, it does appear 588 00:26:02,629 --> 00:26:04,564 that Joe Biden will win Arizona. 589 00:26:04,631 --> 00:26:08,268 I admire your nerves of steel, and a backbone to match. 590 00:26:08,301 --> 00:26:10,437 I just wish you well on this 'cause a lot of people 591 00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:12,720 are not gonna digest this very nicely. 592 00:26:12,138 --> 00:26:13,573 I'm the ****ing Republican 593 00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:15,375 statewide-elected attorney general, 594 00:26:15,442 --> 00:26:17,377 and people are jumping up and going, 595 00:26:17,444 --> 00:26:20,800 "Get some balls! Why don't you prosecute anybody about 20--" 596 00:26:20,146 --> 00:26:21,981 And, like, people are beatin' the shit out of me. 597 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,485 protesters: We want Trump! We want Trump! 598 00:26:25,552 --> 00:26:27,320 We want Trump! 599 00:26:27,387 --> 00:26:29,389 We want Trump! We want Trump... 600 00:26:29,456 --> 00:26:34,394 They cheated! They're cheaters! 601 00:26:34,461 --> 00:26:39,499 -(drumming) -(bell rings) 602 00:26:39,566 --> 00:26:41,634 That was just a harbinger of what was to come. 603 00:26:41,735 --> 00:26:43,336 Sharpies kind of died away 604 00:26:43,403 --> 00:26:44,671 to a next theory and a next theory. 605 00:26:44,738 --> 00:26:47,674 Basically, from our research, we were able to discover 606 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:50,577 that the actual theft of the United States election 607 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:51,945 occurred in Italy... 608 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:54,848 Italian satellites, uh, German servers... 609 00:26:54,914 --> 00:26:57,984 The server holding all of our votes in Germany 610 00:26:58,180 --> 00:26:59,419 has been obtained. 611 00:26:59,486 --> 00:27:00,687 It was like playing Whac-A-Mole. 612 00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:03,456 One day, there was a claim de jure 613 00:27:03,523 --> 00:27:04,858 that everyone was talking about, 614 00:27:04,958 --> 00:27:07,260 and once that was slapped down, the next day, 615 00:27:07,327 --> 00:27:08,495 another one would pop up. 616 00:27:08,595 --> 00:27:10,530 The company Dominion 617 00:27:10,597 --> 00:27:12,832 is a far-left, radical company. 618 00:27:12,866 --> 00:27:15,702 Dominion, Dominion, nobody even knows who owns it. 619 00:27:15,769 --> 00:27:17,871 These machines are controlling our country. 620 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:21,875 Barr: One of the ones that I thought was damaging 621 00:27:21,975 --> 00:27:23,943 to the public's confidence in the outcome 622 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,814 was allegations about the Dominion voting machines. 623 00:27:27,881 --> 00:27:30,160 Dominion is a joke. 624 00:27:30,116 --> 00:27:31,651 Sidney Powell is leading the charge. 625 00:27:31,718 --> 00:27:33,653 You're saying that the CIA is behind 626 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,623 the Dominion voting software as well? 627 00:27:36,690 --> 00:27:38,324 The machines can be hacked. 628 00:27:38,391 --> 00:27:41,610 There's no question about that. Their machines can be hacked. 629 00:27:41,127 --> 00:27:43,396 Hickman: The big theory was that Dominion equipment 630 00:27:43,463 --> 00:27:45,965 was hooked up to the internet that they could swing voters. 631 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,668 We have evidence of how they flipped the votes, 632 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:50,670 how it was designed to flip the votes. 633 00:27:50,737 --> 00:27:52,505 They're not capable of doing that, 634 00:27:52,572 --> 00:27:53,907 so there's no internet. 635 00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:55,408 ♪♪ 636 00:27:55,475 --> 00:27:58,378 Gates: So, this is very important that people understand, 637 00:27:58,411 --> 00:28:00,347 that these tabulation machines 638 00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:02,982 are not connected to the internet in any way. 639 00:28:03,490 --> 00:28:04,918 Because people said, "Well, what about Wi-Fi?" 640 00:28:04,984 --> 00:28:07,821 Well, there's no routers in these tabulation machines. 641 00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:10,190 So, outside actors are not able 642 00:28:10,256 --> 00:28:12,692 to control the machines remotely. 643 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:14,600 Then, in addition to that, 644 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,830 if they wanted to physically access these, 645 00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:18,832 they would have to break in, 646 00:28:18,898 --> 00:28:21,267 to some of the additional security features 647 00:28:21,368 --> 00:28:22,836 that we've put in there. 648 00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:25,705 So, it is because of these various layers of security 649 00:28:25,772 --> 00:28:27,841 that I'm confident that these machines 650 00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:30,510 have not been manipulated by outside actors. 651 00:28:30,577 --> 00:28:34,470 And that's been confirmed time and time again by experts, 652 00:28:34,114 --> 00:28:38,952 as well as in a court of law, in many courts of law in fact. 653 00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:42,789 This is supposed to be a secure system. It was not. 654 00:28:43,757 --> 00:28:44,958 So, to make the claim 655 00:28:45,580 --> 00:28:48,261 that there was no off-site computer communications, 656 00:28:49,429 --> 00:28:51,640 totally a lie. 657 00:28:51,698 --> 00:28:52,766 Totally a falsehood. 658 00:28:52,866 --> 00:28:55,435 Somebody's trying to cover something up. 659 00:28:55,468 --> 00:28:56,636 It's hard when people are saying, 660 00:28:56,703 --> 00:28:57,771 "Don't believe the county. 661 00:28:57,871 --> 00:28:59,205 Whatever you do, don't believe the county." 662 00:28:59,272 --> 00:29:03,410 And it becomes almost like a battle at that point. 663 00:29:03,476 --> 00:29:06,813 "I know what I know. You might know what you know, 664 00:29:06,913 --> 00:29:09,249 but I'm now not trusting what you're saying." 665 00:29:09,315 --> 00:29:11,840 It's like, I don't know. At this point, 666 00:29:11,151 --> 00:29:12,652 I don't know how to get around that. 667 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:14,921 And we have a machine, the Dominion machine, 668 00:29:14,988 --> 00:29:17,390 that's as filled with holes as Swiss cheese 669 00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:20,160 and, uh, was developed to steal elections. 670 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:24,264 They spent a lot of energy and time on those allegations. 671 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:27,667 So, I set up two extensive meetings 672 00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:30,770 with the experts over at Department of Homeland Security, 673 00:29:30,837 --> 00:29:33,406 as well as the FBI experts, 674 00:29:33,473 --> 00:29:37,344 and I concluded that these allegations were bogus. 675 00:29:37,444 --> 00:29:40,180 (quiet crowd chatter) 676 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,916 ♪♪ 677 00:29:55,595 --> 00:29:56,863 (distant siren wailing) 678 00:29:56,930 --> 00:29:58,631 Hickman: Okay. Welcome, everybody. 679 00:29:58,698 --> 00:30:00,333 Gates: So, you have Election Day. 680 00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:03,370 It takes many days to get the final results. 681 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:05,105 Once that is completed, 682 00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:09,309 then the elections department puts together a canvass. 683 00:30:09,376 --> 00:30:11,711 And then that canvass is presented 684 00:30:11,811 --> 00:30:14,114 to the Board of Supervisors, the five of us, 685 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,783 and we have the final say by voting 686 00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:18,651 to certify that canvass. 687 00:30:19,152 --> 00:30:20,653 Welcome to the Board of Supervisors, 688 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,489 November 20th special meeting... 689 00:30:22,555 --> 00:30:24,891 Hickman: President Trump ran out of votes. 690 00:30:24,958 --> 00:30:26,693 By the time the final vote was counted, 691 00:30:26,793 --> 00:30:29,129 he didn't quite catch up. 692 00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:31,640 The board is required by law 693 00:30:31,131 --> 00:30:32,899 to canvass the November 3rd election. 694 00:30:32,966 --> 00:30:34,467 caller (on voicemail): Hello, Mr. Hickman. 695 00:30:34,534 --> 00:30:38,204 When we come to lynch your stupid, lying, commie ***, 696 00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:40,407 you piece of shit, you're going to die, 697 00:30:40,507 --> 00:30:42,909 you piece of shit. We're going to hang you! 698 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:44,244 Hickman: During the certification, 699 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:46,212 the death threats were already happening. 700 00:30:46,312 --> 00:30:50,830 There were threats to rape our daughters. 701 00:30:50,150 --> 00:30:53,520 Just some of the most vile things you can imagine. 702 00:30:53,987 --> 00:30:55,488 Hickman: We were in our auditorium, 703 00:30:55,555 --> 00:30:57,657 but people were just outside of the auditorium. 704 00:30:57,724 --> 00:31:00,193 -protester (on megaphone): Trump 2020! -crowd: Trump 2020! 705 00:31:00,260 --> 00:31:01,928 protester (on megaphone): Trump 2020! 706 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:03,663 crowd: Trump 2020! 707 00:31:03,730 --> 00:31:05,765 Hickman: People were banging drums 708 00:31:05,832 --> 00:31:07,367 and banging on the doors. 709 00:31:07,434 --> 00:31:10,270 -protester: Stop the steal! -crowd: Stop the steal! 710 00:31:10,337 --> 00:31:12,839 This is where we meet to do the people's business. 711 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,875 Gates: That's when I was contacted by people 712 00:31:15,942 --> 00:31:18,178 within President Trump's orbit. 713 00:31:18,378 --> 00:31:21,881 Kelli Ward, the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party. 714 00:31:21,948 --> 00:31:24,918 I was sent numerous text messages 715 00:31:24,951 --> 00:31:28,888 pleading with me not vote to certify the election. 716 00:31:28,955 --> 00:31:30,523 (text chimes) 717 00:31:32,250 --> 00:31:35,261 She was putting some stress on apparently all of us 718 00:31:35,362 --> 00:31:37,564 through texts or maybe phone calls. 719 00:31:37,897 --> 00:31:41,634 Kelli Ward (on voicemail): 720 00:31:49,743 --> 00:31:52,379 We have to continue to pressure that board of supervisors 721 00:31:52,445 --> 00:31:54,814 -to do the right thing. -crowd: We do! 722 00:31:54,914 --> 00:31:56,549 We have got to continue! 723 00:31:56,616 --> 00:32:00,620 Gates: The pressure by the president and his many surrogates 724 00:32:00,653 --> 00:32:05,158 was all part of an effort to overturn the election. 725 00:32:05,225 --> 00:32:08,128 Now, looking back on it, it really is chilling 726 00:32:08,161 --> 00:32:09,829 that that's what we were in the middle of. 727 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:12,799 We're here, taking a hard look 728 00:32:12,899 --> 00:32:15,502 at the Maricopa County election of 2020. 729 00:32:15,568 --> 00:32:18,710 People didn't want us to certify the vote, 730 00:32:18,138 --> 00:32:21,841 and I didn't know how my colleagues were gonna vote. 731 00:32:21,941 --> 00:32:23,677 Supervisor Gallardo? 732 00:32:24,611 --> 00:32:25,845 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 733 00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,148 I was fearful that my board, 734 00:32:28,181 --> 00:32:31,151 that I serve on, would decide not to canvass the election. 735 00:32:31,184 --> 00:32:32,852 What happens in those cases? 736 00:32:32,919 --> 00:32:34,521 The pressure was so great, 737 00:32:34,587 --> 00:32:36,990 that I felt my colleagues would buckle. 738 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:39,125 I listened to and considered all theories 739 00:32:39,192 --> 00:32:42,595 about what might have happened. But, let me be clear. 740 00:32:43,263 --> 00:32:46,633 There is no evidence of fraud or misconduct or malfunction 741 00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:50,537 in Maricopa County, and that is with a big zero. 742 00:32:50,603 --> 00:32:53,390 It's time to dial back the rhetoric, conspiracies, 743 00:32:53,139 --> 00:32:55,675 and false claims. In a free democracy, 744 00:32:55,709 --> 00:32:58,611 elections result in some people's candidate losing. 745 00:32:58,778 --> 00:33:00,880 I'm not going to violate the law 746 00:33:00,947 --> 00:33:03,550 or deviate from my own moral compass, 747 00:33:03,650 --> 00:33:05,385 as some have pushed me to do, 748 00:33:05,452 --> 00:33:07,887 and some have probably pushed others to do here. 749 00:33:07,987 --> 00:33:09,889 I'm like-- I'm like this. 750 00:33:09,956 --> 00:33:11,224 It was-- It-- 751 00:33:11,324 --> 00:33:13,727 It was probably the most pressure-packed... 752 00:33:14,694 --> 00:33:16,629 night of my life. 753 00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:18,565 I will now entertain a motion to canvass 754 00:33:18,665 --> 00:33:20,734 the November 3rd election... 755 00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:24,370 I mean, I had no idea exactly if we would have three votes. 756 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:25,138 We needed three votes. 757 00:33:25,538 --> 00:33:28,740 The results are accurate and complete, 758 00:33:28,174 --> 00:33:30,430 and it's time to move forward. 759 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:31,745 Thank you, Vice Chairman Sellers. 760 00:33:31,811 --> 00:33:34,214 -Do I have a second? -Second. 761 00:33:34,247 --> 00:33:36,249 Second. Thank you, Supervisor Gates. 762 00:33:36,316 --> 00:33:39,386 -All in favor, say "aye." -officials: "Aye." 763 00:33:39,486 --> 00:33:42,689 Any opposed? Hearing none, motion carries unanimously. 764 00:33:42,756 --> 00:33:46,192 I knew they were all under a severe amount of pressure 765 00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:49,829 and to be a unified vote, I was gratified. 766 00:33:50,263 --> 00:33:52,365 We all have run, um, our elections, 767 00:33:52,432 --> 00:33:53,900 and they're, and they're over with. 768 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,300 And I will tell, uh, the group loud and clear 769 00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:00,373 that voted for me and voted for my colleagues, 770 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,610 you voted for people that serve with integrity and honor. 771 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:06,846 I'm very proud to serve with you. 772 00:34:06,913 --> 00:34:08,515 -We are adjourned. -(bangs gavel) 773 00:34:10,283 --> 00:34:13,530 -Don't get me emotional again! -(producer chuckles) 774 00:34:13,119 --> 00:34:15,455 Because it was, it was an emotional time, 775 00:34:15,522 --> 00:34:18,725 and I, when I reflect on it, I still get emotional. 776 00:34:20,427 --> 00:34:21,461 (scoffs) 777 00:34:22,762 --> 00:34:24,531 Gates: After the vote, 778 00:34:24,597 --> 00:34:28,680 we soon learned that this groundswell 779 00:34:28,134 --> 00:34:30,303 was not going to abate. 780 00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:33,139 In some ways, this was just beginning. 781 00:34:33,940 --> 00:34:36,443 (indistinct chanting) 782 00:34:36,476 --> 00:34:38,411 We'd had been doxxed by this point. 783 00:34:38,478 --> 00:34:39,546 So, they would come to our houses 784 00:34:39,612 --> 00:34:42,716 and sort of try and do a citizen's arrest. 785 00:34:42,782 --> 00:34:45,919 officer: This is-- Guys, this is a personal residence. 786 00:34:45,985 --> 00:34:48,540 Please! Pl-Please, listen-- 787 00:34:48,121 --> 00:34:49,322 protester: If we can move through this, 788 00:34:49,389 --> 00:34:51,958 -we'll be gone really quick. -officer: Please. 789 00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:55,161 This is my house, man. And my family. 790 00:34:55,228 --> 00:34:57,464 (indistinct chatter) 791 00:34:57,497 --> 00:34:59,650 I don't know who these people are. 792 00:34:59,132 --> 00:35:01,601 And if someone tries to come in this house, 793 00:35:01,668 --> 00:35:03,403 you better hit the deck. 794 00:35:03,970 --> 00:35:06,600 -I'm firing. -(camera beeping) 795 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,575 officer: Please, please get him to stop. Please? 796 00:35:08,641 --> 00:35:11,511 -I'm being as cool as I can. -(police radio chatter) 797 00:35:11,611 --> 00:35:13,947 You know? Like, I appreciate what you guys are trying... 798 00:35:14,140 --> 00:35:15,181 Gates: I was doing my job. 799 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:17,150 My colleagues were doing their jobs, 800 00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:20,520 and yet we had become the focus of, of hatred. 801 00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:22,622 But you know, as-- in elected office, 802 00:35:22,689 --> 00:35:25,910 we're just supposed to not be human, right? 803 00:35:25,158 --> 00:35:26,526 We're just supposed to do our jobs 804 00:35:26,593 --> 00:35:29,329 and just let all this stuff bounce off of you, 805 00:35:29,362 --> 00:35:31,331 but I realized it was too much. 806 00:35:31,364 --> 00:35:34,467 That was-- I really struggled with that. 807 00:35:35,935 --> 00:35:38,772 -(cars honking) -(crowd chatter) 808 00:35:38,838 --> 00:35:40,874 (indistinct speech) 809 00:35:40,940 --> 00:35:43,430 Hansen: In Arizona, we knew that there was a willingness 810 00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:46,813 to entertain conspiracy thinking. 811 00:35:47,547 --> 00:35:49,382 What we didn't understand at that point 812 00:35:49,449 --> 00:35:54,120 was just how connected it was to the Trump campaign. 813 00:35:54,187 --> 00:35:57,490 It was being engineered from the very highest levels 814 00:35:57,957 --> 00:36:00,627 and seeking foot soldiers in Arizona 815 00:36:00,694 --> 00:36:02,395 to carry something out. 816 00:36:03,363 --> 00:36:06,566 We later found out that Trump himself 817 00:36:06,633 --> 00:36:10,537 was reaching out to people in Arizona to try 818 00:36:10,570 --> 00:36:13,973 and engineer an outcome more to his liking. 819 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,876 It's been my pleasure to have served 820 00:36:16,976 --> 00:36:18,578 in and around the legislature 821 00:36:18,645 --> 00:36:21,848 since first being elected in 1992. 822 00:36:21,915 --> 00:36:26,319 Hansen: The most memorable of those encounters is with, 823 00:36:26,386 --> 00:36:29,220 then, House Speaker Rusty Bowers. 824 00:36:29,890 --> 00:36:32,258 Arizona House Speaker, Rusty Bowers. 825 00:36:32,325 --> 00:36:34,270 I was for Trump the whole time. 826 00:36:34,940 --> 00:36:36,396 I walked for him. I campaigned for him. 827 00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:38,331 Stand up on the stage, 828 00:36:38,398 --> 00:36:40,333 and he would glad-hand us all and tell everybody 829 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,102 what great people we are and blah blah blah. 830 00:36:42,168 --> 00:36:43,103 It was fun. 831 00:36:43,203 --> 00:36:45,772 (crowd cheering) 832 00:36:45,839 --> 00:36:47,674 But I do not like bullies. 833 00:36:49,909 --> 00:36:52,245 22nd November, 834 00:36:52,278 --> 00:36:56,349 pulled in the driveway in my magnificent little Prius, 835 00:36:56,416 --> 00:36:58,351 and the phone, "White House." 836 00:36:58,685 --> 00:37:00,530 "The president will be right on." 837 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,621 And then, the president comes on. 838 00:37:01,721 --> 00:37:04,591 "Mr. Speaker, you're doing a great job out there," 839 00:37:04,624 --> 00:37:07,427 and he glad-hand, you know, pat the back. 840 00:37:07,627 --> 00:37:09,362 "We've heard so many great things about you, 841 00:37:09,429 --> 00:37:11,631 but we got some problems we'd like to talk to you about." 842 00:37:11,931 --> 00:37:14,768 I said, sure, whatever. 843 00:37:14,801 --> 00:37:17,137 He was saying, "We got fraud all the way across the country." 844 00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:18,471 I'm saying, okay, 845 00:37:18,538 --> 00:37:20,640 gear it up, Rusty. Here we go. 846 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:24,544 And then Rudy comes on and says "14,000 dead people voted 847 00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:27,947 and a couple hundred thousand illegal aliens voted." 848 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,549 You got names? "Yeah." 849 00:37:29,816 --> 00:37:33,653 You've got names of the 14,000 dead people? "Yes." 850 00:37:33,753 --> 00:37:37,123 You got names of the 200,000 illegal aliens who voted? 851 00:37:37,223 --> 00:37:38,224 "Yes." 852 00:37:38,658 --> 00:37:41,428 You can bring those and put those on my desk? 853 00:37:41,494 --> 00:37:42,262 "Yes." 854 00:37:42,328 --> 00:37:44,731 Rudy, I got to have proof. 855 00:37:45,565 --> 00:37:47,801 You got the proof? "Yes." 856 00:37:47,834 --> 00:37:50,770 And the president says, "Give him the proof, Rudy." 857 00:37:51,471 --> 00:37:54,607 I said, Rudy, what's the ask out of all this? 858 00:37:54,674 --> 00:37:57,143 And he said, "Well, we would like to have 859 00:37:57,243 --> 00:38:00,280 "a committee hearing to review this evidence 860 00:38:00,347 --> 00:38:02,849 "before a committee in the legislature. 861 00:38:02,916 --> 00:38:08,321 "There's an arcane Arizona law that allows you to evaluate 862 00:38:08,355 --> 00:38:12,359 "whether or not you can remove Biden's electors 863 00:38:12,792 --> 00:38:15,328 and replace them with Trump's electors." 864 00:38:15,428 --> 00:38:17,197 And he says, "Well, this is some Arizona law." 865 00:38:17,263 --> 00:38:19,320 I said, "I've never heard of that law, Rudy." 866 00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:20,367 (applause) 867 00:38:20,467 --> 00:38:22,702 Hansen: It was fairly startling. 868 00:38:23,370 --> 00:38:27,440 The Trump team tried to impress on Rusty 869 00:38:27,507 --> 00:38:31,211 that the legislature had, within its powers, 870 00:38:31,277 --> 00:38:36,850 the ability to just change who the state electoral votes go to. 871 00:38:36,883 --> 00:38:38,451 What they are proposing 872 00:38:38,518 --> 00:38:42,522 is something that sounds fantastical in some ways, 873 00:38:43,123 --> 00:38:44,691 illegal in others. 874 00:38:44,891 --> 00:38:47,527 I'm going to throw out Biden's electors 875 00:38:47,627 --> 00:38:49,963 and put in Trump's electors? 876 00:38:50,563 --> 00:38:52,732 "Yeah. That's what we're gonna-- That's our ask." 877 00:38:52,832 --> 00:38:54,334 ♪♪ 878 00:38:54,401 --> 00:38:56,200 The dude is just straight-up asking you 879 00:38:56,690 --> 00:38:57,704 to throw the election. 880 00:38:58,405 --> 00:39:02,542 I mean, that's clearly what he had wanted me to do. 881 00:39:03,410 --> 00:39:05,211 So, I said, "Look, 882 00:39:05,311 --> 00:39:08,415 "I need proof. When you bring me the proof, 883 00:39:08,481 --> 00:39:12,419 we talk. But no proof, no talk." 884 00:39:12,485 --> 00:39:14,988 The Founding Fathers figured out 885 00:39:15,422 --> 00:39:17,557 where to point the finger of responsibility, 886 00:39:17,590 --> 00:39:19,693 and the buck stops with the state legislatures. 887 00:39:19,759 --> 00:39:22,620 It's gonna have to go to the state legislatures 888 00:39:22,162 --> 00:39:23,496 to be decided, Jeanine. 889 00:39:23,563 --> 00:39:26,199 Trump: Hopefully our legislatures will step forward 890 00:39:26,266 --> 00:39:28,680 -and save our country. -(cheering) 891 00:39:28,168 --> 00:39:29,602 It's going all over the country. 892 00:39:29,669 --> 00:39:34,207 And it's kind of a national effort to throw the election. 893 00:39:34,274 --> 00:39:36,910 ♪♪ 894 00:39:36,943 --> 00:39:39,279 This is essentially a coup. 895 00:39:39,346 --> 00:39:42,716 They are setting aside the election results 896 00:39:42,782 --> 00:39:46,286 based on allegations with no substance behind them. 897 00:39:46,353 --> 00:39:50,590 It was about trying to get to an outcome 898 00:39:50,623 --> 00:39:52,792 that would have kept Donald Trump in office. 899 00:39:52,859 --> 00:39:57,630 The president came and put the thumb on me. 900 00:39:57,297 --> 00:39:58,932 If it's alright for me to throw an election 901 00:39:58,965 --> 00:40:02,202 because somebody asked me, and I was afraid to say no... 902 00:40:03,703 --> 00:40:08,541 You just step down towards anarchy. 903 00:40:10,143 --> 00:40:13,460 speaker: We are at war. 904 00:40:14,581 --> 00:40:17,217 (indistinct shouting) 905 00:40:17,283 --> 00:40:20,553 (quiet chatter) 906 00:40:21,821 --> 00:40:25,258 -(scattered cheering) -supporter: Thank you! 907 00:40:25,325 --> 00:40:26,926 (indistinct chatter) 908 00:40:26,993 --> 00:40:29,462 Patricia Murphy: The atmosphere in Georgia remained 909 00:40:29,562 --> 00:40:31,564 not just charged, but supercharged. 910 00:40:31,631 --> 00:40:32,999 Sort of a crescendo of that 911 00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:35,769 was this rally at the Georgia State Capitol. 912 00:40:35,835 --> 00:40:39,406 protesters: Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 913 00:40:39,472 --> 00:40:40,940 Stop the steal! 914 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:44,770 ♪♪ 915 00:40:46,446 --> 00:40:50,684 -(cars honking) -(cheering) 916 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:53,586 Murphy: There were three recounts in Georgia, 917 00:40:53,653 --> 00:40:55,855 which is really quite unprecedented. 918 00:40:56,656 --> 00:41:00,260 There was no question over the result of the Georgia election 919 00:41:00,126 --> 00:41:02,996 after all of these recounts, in most people's minds. 920 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,598 Except for Donald Trump's supporters, 921 00:41:05,665 --> 00:41:07,467 as he continued to say, 922 00:41:07,534 --> 00:41:09,269 "The election was stolen." 923 00:41:09,336 --> 00:41:12,500 Trump: You know we won Georgia, just so you understand. 924 00:41:12,105 --> 00:41:13,940 (crowd cheering) 925 00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:16,376 You gotta make sure your secretary of state knows 926 00:41:16,443 --> 00:41:19,112 -what the hell he's doing. -(cheering) 927 00:41:19,212 --> 00:41:22,482 As secretary of state, I believe that the numbers 928 00:41:22,949 --> 00:41:25,510 that we have presented today are correct. 929 00:41:25,151 --> 00:41:28,188 The secretary of state is in charge of monitoring 930 00:41:28,221 --> 00:41:29,889 and overseeing the elections. 931 00:41:30,190 --> 00:41:33,193 I'm a passionate conservative, and, as I've said before, 932 00:41:33,226 --> 00:41:35,280 I'm a proud Trump supporter. 933 00:41:35,128 --> 00:41:38,665 Murphy: It's a typically low-profile office 934 00:41:38,732 --> 00:41:42,135 and that changed in a big way for Brad Raffensperger in 2020. 935 00:41:43,470 --> 00:41:45,905 He was being absolutely annihilated 936 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,800 by Donald Trump on social media. 937 00:41:49,843 --> 00:41:52,780 Brad Raffensperger: From there, it just accelerated. 938 00:41:52,178 --> 00:41:54,881 It was like a rocket ship flying higher and faster 939 00:41:54,981 --> 00:41:57,830 with more and more vitriol and anger. 940 00:41:59,753 --> 00:42:01,755 Georgia became the focal point. 941 00:42:01,821 --> 00:42:04,570 Now, when all these allegations were made, 942 00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:06,893 did I ask my team, "Have we checked this out? 943 00:42:06,993 --> 00:42:09,195 Have we checked that?" I'm an engineer. 944 00:42:09,262 --> 00:42:10,697 Absolutely, we checked it out. 945 00:42:10,764 --> 00:42:12,432 I went back, closed all the loops 946 00:42:12,499 --> 00:42:14,868 to make sure that we verified it. 947 00:42:14,934 --> 00:42:17,170 There was one candidate who came up short. 948 00:42:17,237 --> 00:42:21,410 One candidate who did not want to concede that he had lost. 949 00:42:21,675 --> 00:42:24,770 So, you think Donald Trump, 950 00:42:24,177 --> 00:42:25,578 no matter how many counts we go through, 951 00:42:25,679 --> 00:42:28,548 still lost the state of Georgia? 952 00:42:28,615 --> 00:42:31,451 I don't see how we could come to any other conclusion. 953 00:42:31,551 --> 00:42:33,530 We told, uh, the campaign 954 00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:35,388 if they find instances of voter fraud, 955 00:42:35,455 --> 00:42:36,690 we will check it out. 956 00:42:36,756 --> 00:42:38,892 We have not seen widespread systemic voter fraud 957 00:42:38,958 --> 00:42:41,695 that would overturn the results of the people. 958 00:42:43,897 --> 00:42:47,701 ♪♪ 959 00:42:50,303 --> 00:42:53,773 Trump: We are looking at things that are so bad in Georgia. 960 00:42:53,873 --> 00:42:56,476 But I understand this secretary of state, 961 00:42:56,543 --> 00:42:58,712 who is really... 962 00:42:58,778 --> 00:43:00,547 he's an enemy of the people, 963 00:43:00,613 --> 00:43:02,816 this secretary of state. 964 00:43:02,882 --> 00:43:04,818 And whether he's a Republican or not... 965 00:43:04,884 --> 00:43:06,886 Gabriel Sterling: He called Brad, "This enemy of the people, 966 00:43:06,953 --> 00:43:08,722 this Raffensperger." I'm like... 967 00:43:09,556 --> 00:43:11,124 Wow. I mean, it was just sort of-- 968 00:43:11,157 --> 00:43:14,160 That was probably one of the more weird things to see 969 00:43:14,227 --> 00:43:15,328 a president, 970 00:43:15,395 --> 00:43:16,763 of his own party, 971 00:43:16,830 --> 00:43:19,650 calling any elected official an enemy of the people. 972 00:43:19,132 --> 00:43:21,601 But this was so specific and so directed. 973 00:43:21,668 --> 00:43:23,670 The numbers are corrupt. 974 00:43:23,737 --> 00:43:27,173 It was a rigged election, 100%, and people know it. 975 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:28,942 That's why you have people 976 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:30,844 marching all over the United States right now. 977 00:43:30,910 --> 00:43:32,479 They know it was a rigged election. 978 00:43:32,512 --> 00:43:36,583 In Georgia, I was the Voting System Implementation Manager. 979 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:39,419 No one should know who the hell I am. 980 00:43:39,686 --> 00:43:40,920 The only reason you do 981 00:43:40,987 --> 00:43:43,189 is because something went terribly wrong somewhere. 982 00:43:43,256 --> 00:43:45,250 And look at what's happening in Georgia. 983 00:43:45,910 --> 00:43:47,193 A lot of things are being found in Georgia. 984 00:43:47,260 --> 00:43:49,863 With all these claims, it was Whac-A-Mole. 985 00:43:49,963 --> 00:43:52,532 We'd knock one down and it would come up three days later, 986 00:43:52,632 --> 00:43:53,833 knock it down again. 987 00:43:53,967 --> 00:43:56,503 But it was out there, and the president was saying it. 988 00:43:56,536 --> 00:43:58,605 And it didn't matter. It just-- 989 00:43:58,672 --> 00:43:59,839 "The president said it, it's fact." 990 00:43:59,939 --> 00:44:02,208 You have Dominion, which is very, very suspect 991 00:44:02,308 --> 00:44:03,343 to start off with. 992 00:44:03,376 --> 00:44:06,946 You can press "Trump," and the vote goes to Biden. 993 00:44:07,130 --> 00:44:08,848 All you have to do is play with the chip. 994 00:44:08,948 --> 00:44:10,717 "The Dominion machines flipped these votes 995 00:44:10,784 --> 00:44:12,385 and we caught 'em, and they flipped it back." 996 00:44:12,452 --> 00:44:13,687 "It's an algorithm." 997 00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:15,555 The world "algorithm" became like this catch-all. 998 00:44:15,622 --> 00:44:16,623 "The algorithm did it." 999 00:44:16,690 --> 00:44:18,580 "What'd it do?" "It stole the election." 1000 00:44:18,124 --> 00:44:19,526 "Well, how did it steal the election?" 1001 00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:21,227 "Well, it-it changed out votes." 1002 00:44:21,294 --> 00:44:23,630 Like, that can't happen. 1003 00:44:23,163 --> 00:44:25,832 -They're trying to-- Look, between you people-- -(reporter yells) 1004 00:44:25,899 --> 00:44:27,734 Don't answer-- Don't talk to me that way. 1005 00:44:27,801 --> 00:44:29,402 You're just a-- You're just a lightweight. 1006 00:44:29,469 --> 00:44:30,804 Don't talk to me that-- Don't talk to-- 1007 00:44:30,870 --> 00:44:32,472 I'm the president of the United States. 1008 00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:34,541 Don't ever talk to the president that way. 1009 00:44:35,342 --> 00:44:37,811 Sterling: I was a Republican before Donald Trump was a Republican. 1010 00:44:37,877 --> 00:44:39,813 I'll be a Republican after he's gone. 1011 00:44:39,879 --> 00:44:41,414 There's tens of millions of Americans 1012 00:44:41,481 --> 00:44:43,216 who saw him do good things. 1013 00:44:43,249 --> 00:44:45,850 Here's the thing. I saw him do good things. 1014 00:44:45,185 --> 00:44:47,554 I love the judges. I love the tax cuts. 1015 00:44:47,654 --> 00:44:48,988 I love the deregulation. 1016 00:44:49,550 --> 00:44:52,559 But the problem is you can do all those great things 1017 00:44:52,592 --> 00:44:55,729 and your actions, 1018 00:44:55,829 --> 00:44:57,564 your personality, can undercut all of it. 1019 00:44:57,664 --> 00:44:58,765 And this thing at the end, 1020 00:44:58,832 --> 00:45:00,667 these claims of the stolen election, 1021 00:45:00,734 --> 00:45:03,103 it's not based on anything real. 1022 00:45:03,169 --> 00:45:05,572 We want to take you straight to the Georgia State Capitol... 1023 00:45:05,605 --> 00:45:07,774 Sterling: That's when I started doing the press conferences. 1024 00:45:07,841 --> 00:45:09,609 I mean, it was really just the blocking and tackling. 1025 00:45:09,676 --> 00:45:11,770 This is where we are... 1026 00:45:11,177 --> 00:45:13,113 Because we were trying to be as transparent as we could. 1027 00:45:13,179 --> 00:45:15,480 We know the system counted properly. 1028 00:45:15,115 --> 00:45:16,750 We know the ballots that were there 1029 00:45:16,783 --> 00:45:18,518 were counted properly and correctly. We know that. 1030 00:45:18,585 --> 00:45:21,221 I never had a doubt about having the election stolen. 1031 00:45:21,287 --> 00:45:25,258 Because to do this would require a high degree of competence, 1032 00:45:25,291 --> 00:45:29,195 a high degree of coordination, a high degree of, of loyalty, 1033 00:45:29,262 --> 00:45:32,650 internally, to a conspiracy to actually happen. 1034 00:45:32,132 --> 00:45:35,680 ♪♪ 1035 00:45:35,135 --> 00:45:37,470 Barr: I hadn't been over to see the president. 1036 00:45:37,570 --> 00:45:39,390 It was getting late in November 1037 00:45:39,105 --> 00:45:41,207 that I finally went over to talk to him. 1038 00:45:41,474 --> 00:45:44,878 I told him that I was disappointed in the outcome, 1039 00:45:44,944 --> 00:45:48,480 and he said, "No, I won the election by a lot." 1040 00:45:48,114 --> 00:45:51,384 And-And I explained to him that I thought that, uh, 1041 00:45:51,718 --> 00:45:54,487 he was listening to people around him, 1042 00:45:54,587 --> 00:45:58,491 like Giuliani and others, his, sort of these sycophants, 1043 00:45:58,591 --> 00:46:03,630 and that this was a disservice to him and the country. 1044 00:46:04,964 --> 00:46:07,734 He wouldn't, uh, pause to address 1045 00:46:07,801 --> 00:46:10,837 whatever counterpoint you made. 1046 00:46:10,904 --> 00:46:12,405 He just ignored it. 1047 00:46:16,910 --> 00:46:18,311 reporter: Hi, Alyssa. 1048 00:46:18,345 --> 00:46:20,246 (reporters chattering) 1049 00:46:21,810 --> 00:46:24,351 I was pretty done with my role in the West Wing, 1050 00:46:24,417 --> 00:46:25,952 um, mentally and emotionally. 1051 00:46:26,190 --> 00:46:29,422 But, there had been a letter circulated, 1052 00:46:29,489 --> 00:46:32,792 essentially threatening to fire any staffer 1053 00:46:32,859 --> 00:46:35,362 who was seen passing along their resume 1054 00:46:35,428 --> 00:46:37,130 or searching for the next opportunity and therefore 1055 00:46:37,197 --> 00:46:39,532 acknowledging that Trump lost. 1056 00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:41,634 Grisham: It's a matter of survival at that point. 1057 00:46:41,701 --> 00:46:43,203 Think about it. There's these people now 1058 00:46:43,269 --> 00:46:45,205 in this limbo in the White House, 1059 00:46:45,305 --> 00:46:48,608 leaving the Trump White House, especially after he's lost. 1060 00:46:48,675 --> 00:46:50,777 You're not gonna find any jobs anywhere. 1061 00:46:50,844 --> 00:46:52,212 You're not gonna be well-liked. 1062 00:46:52,312 --> 00:46:55,815 And I do know for a fact that people were looking for jobs, 1063 00:46:55,882 --> 00:46:57,884 but nobody talked about it 1064 00:46:57,951 --> 00:46:59,352 because that was a sign of 1065 00:46:59,452 --> 00:47:01,888 you don't think he won. You are disloyal. 1066 00:47:01,988 --> 00:47:04,290 And you pretended like you were gonna work there 1067 00:47:04,357 --> 00:47:06,260 for the next four years. 1068 00:47:06,126 --> 00:47:10,196 protesters: Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 1069 00:47:10,296 --> 00:47:12,320 ♪♪ 1070 00:47:12,132 --> 00:47:14,534 Hansen: In Arizona, when you get to the end of November, 1071 00:47:14,567 --> 00:47:19,172 you really see an escalation on the claims of fraud. 1072 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:23,410 The only cards left to play were the legislature. 1073 00:47:23,510 --> 00:47:25,845 They needed the State House and the State Senate 1074 00:47:25,912 --> 00:47:29,349 to sort of change the trajectory of the election. 1075 00:47:29,416 --> 00:47:32,485 ♪♪ 1076 00:47:37,991 --> 00:47:41,928 protesters: Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! 1077 00:47:41,995 --> 00:47:43,997 (indistinct chatter) 1078 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:45,732 Trickovic: Eventually towards the end of November, 1079 00:47:45,832 --> 00:47:47,400 it led to, you know, 1080 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,403 the Giuliani hearing with some of our legislators 1081 00:47:50,503 --> 00:47:53,573 so that there was some hope of maybe they can do something. 1082 00:47:54,274 --> 00:47:56,710 Distinguished senators and representatives, 1083 00:47:56,776 --> 00:48:00,113 thank you very much for giving us this opportunity to be heard. 1084 00:48:00,213 --> 00:48:02,949 It's been difficult getting an opportunity to be heard. 1085 00:48:03,490 --> 00:48:04,918 There was a hearing that was done 1086 00:48:05,180 --> 00:48:09,289 about elections integrity, uh, sponsored by Mark Finchem. 1087 00:48:09,356 --> 00:48:12,459 We are caught between the desire to trust the process 1088 00:48:12,559 --> 00:48:15,295 and the suspicion that it has failed the people of Arizona. 1089 00:48:15,362 --> 00:48:18,932 The purpose of the hearing was to seek truth, 1090 00:48:18,965 --> 00:48:21,234 take testimony, take evidence. 1091 00:48:21,301 --> 00:48:24,371 We knew that there was something to this. 1092 00:48:24,571 --> 00:48:26,973 It wasn't a nothing burger. It was, "Okay, 1093 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,142 so let's continue to go down this path." 1094 00:48:29,209 --> 00:48:32,545 The goal of this hearing is to provide an objective forum 1095 00:48:33,790 --> 00:48:35,815 for constituents to hear testimony and see evidence. 1096 00:48:35,915 --> 00:48:37,217 Hickman: It angered me. 1097 00:48:37,283 --> 00:48:39,386 These are my Republican colleagues, 1098 00:48:39,452 --> 00:48:43,423 and they've decided to go and air out theories. 1099 00:48:43,490 --> 00:48:45,425 They were all pushing the, the steal. 1100 00:48:45,492 --> 00:48:47,994 I mean, to me, that's just a, a farce. 1101 00:48:48,940 --> 00:48:50,764 But, Giuliani's there, Jenna Ellis, 1102 00:48:50,830 --> 00:48:51,998 and they put on their show. 1103 00:48:52,980 --> 00:48:56,236 This election was a conspiracy that was hatched 1104 00:48:56,302 --> 00:48:59,500 by the crooked leaders of the Democratic Party. 1105 00:48:59,105 --> 00:49:01,941 Hansen: In this day-long event, 1106 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,146 you see clownishly bad assertions by them. 1107 00:49:06,179 --> 00:49:09,482 At one point, Giuliani claimed that there was, like, 1108 00:49:09,582 --> 00:49:13,186 five million illegal immigrant voters in Arizona, 1109 00:49:13,253 --> 00:49:16,856 a state that only had seven million people in it to begin with. 1110 00:49:16,923 --> 00:49:18,825 Let's say there were five million 1111 00:49:18,925 --> 00:49:22,662 illegal aliens in Arizona. 1112 00:49:24,330 --> 00:49:25,632 It is, um... 1113 00:49:26,666 --> 00:49:28,868 it's beyond credulity 1114 00:49:28,935 --> 00:49:30,970 that a few hundred thousand didn't vote. 1115 00:49:31,370 --> 00:49:33,606 Let me spend just one minute on Dominion. 1116 00:49:34,140 --> 00:49:36,710 The whole situation with the Dominion machine, 1117 00:49:37,377 --> 00:49:39,212 it's really a national security problem. 1118 00:49:39,279 --> 00:49:42,982 The Dominion slur just continues, 1119 00:49:43,490 --> 00:49:45,518 but it didn't match up 1120 00:49:45,552 --> 00:49:48,722 with any of the facts as we understood them 1121 00:49:48,822 --> 00:49:52,892 in Arizona at that time, or even on subsequent review. 1122 00:49:52,959 --> 00:49:54,327 Trump (on phone): Well, thank you very much. 1123 00:49:54,394 --> 00:49:56,863 I've been watching the hearings and they're fascinating, 1124 00:49:56,963 --> 00:50:00,700 -incredible... -(crowd cheering) 1125 00:50:01,801 --> 00:50:03,169 Rusty Bowers: We went from that 1126 00:50:03,236 --> 00:50:06,873 to the meeting with Rudy at the Senate building. 1127 00:50:07,173 --> 00:50:09,420 "Rudy, you remember when you told me 1128 00:50:09,142 --> 00:50:11,911 you were gonna bring me some proof? Have you got it?" 1129 00:50:12,579 --> 00:50:16,349 "No, I don't. Jenna, do you have the proof?" 1130 00:50:16,416 --> 00:50:18,585 She goes, "Yeah, yeah, we've got the proof." 1131 00:50:18,685 --> 00:50:22,880 She had a satchel. "I don't have it with me. 1132 00:50:22,188 --> 00:50:24,491 It's probably back at the hotel." 1133 00:50:25,492 --> 00:50:29,950 "Okay, thanks for letting me come. I'm gone." 1134 00:50:29,162 --> 00:50:31,431 I knew what he wanted, I knew what he was asking, 1135 00:50:31,498 --> 00:50:33,990 and I told 'em they had to bring me the proof. 1136 00:50:33,166 --> 00:50:34,734 They didn't bring it. So... 1137 00:50:36,670 --> 00:50:37,837 I wasn't gonna do anything. 1138 00:50:38,772 --> 00:50:43,276 And then suddenly, I get flooded with thousands of emails. 1139 00:50:43,343 --> 00:50:45,111 "Not only will you not have a future in Arizona, 1140 00:50:45,211 --> 00:50:48,415 "I will personally see to it that no member of your family 1141 00:50:48,448 --> 00:50:51,510 sees a peaceful day ever again." 1142 00:50:51,117 --> 00:50:53,119 Just the most vile. 1143 00:50:53,219 --> 00:50:55,188 And I thought many times, 1144 00:50:57,230 --> 00:50:58,358 this is my side. 1145 00:50:58,425 --> 00:51:01,461 It's not the Democrats. They're just laughing. 1146 00:51:03,630 --> 00:51:06,320 My side is coming after me. 1147 00:51:06,990 --> 00:51:08,635 ♪♪ 1148 00:51:08,735 --> 00:51:11,971 Barr: One of the things that sticks in my craw, 1149 00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:14,740 throughout the country at the state level, 1150 00:51:14,140 --> 00:51:16,242 people responsible ultimately did 1151 00:51:16,309 --> 00:51:19,312 what they thought to be right and what the facts showed, 1152 00:51:19,379 --> 00:51:22,749 and these were Republicans. 1153 00:51:22,816 --> 00:51:27,887 And they have been, you know, raked over the coals by Trump 1154 00:51:27,954 --> 00:51:30,560 and should be drummed out of the party 1155 00:51:30,123 --> 00:51:31,958 which is an attempt to convert the party 1156 00:51:32,580 --> 00:51:33,626 into a cult of personality. 1157 00:51:33,727 --> 00:51:36,830 It was really a despicable posture for the president. 1158 00:51:36,930 --> 00:51:39,232 protester: Rusty Bowers, everybody. 1159 00:51:39,833 --> 00:51:42,669 Bowers: I didn't cheat for Trump, and I didn't break the law. 1160 00:51:42,736 --> 00:51:45,805 And suddenly there's a bunch of people at our house, 1161 00:51:45,905 --> 00:51:47,107 at the end of the driveway. 1162 00:51:47,474 --> 00:51:50,143 protester: Resign, brother! Resign, Rusty! 1163 00:51:51,110 --> 00:51:53,480 Bowers: Don't come over. Don't come over. 1164 00:51:53,513 --> 00:51:54,681 protester: Time to resign, buddy. 1165 00:51:54,781 --> 00:51:56,820 Bowers: Don't come over. 1166 00:51:56,149 --> 00:51:58,284 I'm giving you fair warning, don't come over. 1167 00:51:58,351 --> 00:52:00,200 They'd shout that I was a pedophile. 1168 00:52:00,860 --> 00:52:02,856 -protester 1: Pedophile! Total pedophile! -protester 2: He's a pedophile! 1169 00:52:02,956 --> 00:52:05,859 -neighbor: Go home! -protester 3: Rusty Bowers is a pedophile! 1170 00:52:05,925 --> 00:52:07,127 neighbor: You go home! 1171 00:52:07,193 --> 00:52:09,429 protester: Rusty Bowers is a pedophile! 1172 00:52:10,630 --> 00:52:13,330 Bowers: I mean, the whole thing was sad to me. 1173 00:52:13,133 --> 00:52:15,468 The damage we did to ourselves. 1174 00:52:15,535 --> 00:52:16,636 It was... 1175 00:52:17,937 --> 00:52:19,372 it was bad. 1176 00:52:19,472 --> 00:52:22,208 ♪♪ 1177 00:52:22,275 --> 00:52:25,645 Trump (on phone): You would think if you're in the Department of Justice, 1178 00:52:25,712 --> 00:52:29,490 this is the biggest thing you could be looking at. 1179 00:52:29,115 --> 00:52:31,384 Where are they? I've not seen anything. 1180 00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:35,221 Barr: He had been taking shots at the Department of Justice 1181 00:52:35,288 --> 00:52:36,790 as we went along, 1182 00:52:36,856 --> 00:52:39,693 suggesting that the department hadn't been looking 1183 00:52:39,793 --> 00:52:41,795 at the evidence of fraud. 1184 00:52:42,862 --> 00:52:45,732 I said to the president that we had, in fact, 1185 00:52:45,832 --> 00:52:49,469 been looking into credible allegations of fraud 1186 00:52:49,536 --> 00:52:52,839 when they came in. And they're bullshit. 1187 00:52:53,373 --> 00:52:54,574 They're bullshit. 1188 00:52:54,641 --> 00:52:58,878 You know, he, he, uh... didn't like that. 1189 00:52:58,912 --> 00:53:02,649 Maria Bartiromo: Where is the DOJ and the FBI in all of this, Mr. President? 1190 00:53:02,716 --> 00:53:05,510 Shouldn't this be something that the FBI 1191 00:53:05,151 --> 00:53:06,753 is investigating? Are they? 1192 00:53:06,820 --> 00:53:09,222 -Trump: Missing in action. -Is the DOJ investigating? 1193 00:53:09,856 --> 00:53:12,592 Trump: Missing in action, can't tell you where they are. 1194 00:53:12,659 --> 00:53:14,728 He said the department was missing in action. 1195 00:53:14,761 --> 00:53:18,310 I felt it was time to, to say something after that. 1196 00:53:18,980 --> 00:53:21,234 reporter: Barr told the Associated Press today, quote, 1197 00:53:21,334 --> 00:53:23,603 "We have not seen fraud on a scale that could have 1198 00:53:23,703 --> 00:53:26,106 effected a different outcome in the election." 1199 00:53:26,206 --> 00:53:28,942 Directly contradicting the president's claims 1200 00:53:29,420 --> 00:53:30,543 that the election was stolen. 1201 00:53:31,277 --> 00:53:33,546 Barr: I went down to the Oval Office. 1202 00:53:33,613 --> 00:53:36,416 The president was as mad as I've ever seen him. 1203 00:53:36,449 --> 00:53:41,621 He was, uh, flushed and, uh, breathing heavily. 1204 00:53:41,688 --> 00:53:43,957 And he said, "Did you say this?" And I said, "Yes." 1205 00:53:44,570 --> 00:53:47,394 And he said, "Why?" And I said, "Because it's the truth." 1206 00:53:47,460 --> 00:53:49,129 And he said, "Yeah, but you, you know, 1207 00:53:49,195 --> 00:53:52,399 "pulled the rug out from me. This is killing me. You must hate me. 1208 00:53:52,465 --> 00:53:54,267 You must hate Trump, you must hate Trump." 1209 00:53:54,300 --> 00:53:56,236 I said, "No, I don't hate you, Mr. President." 1210 00:53:56,736 --> 00:53:59,572 I said, "Look, you only have five or six weeks to challenge 1211 00:53:59,639 --> 00:54:01,708 "the outcome of a presidential election, 1212 00:54:01,775 --> 00:54:04,444 "and you wheeled out this clown car of lawyers, 1213 00:54:04,544 --> 00:54:05,745 "and it's been a joke. 1214 00:54:05,812 --> 00:54:08,481 "And you've wasted five of your six weeks, 1215 00:54:08,548 --> 00:54:10,383 "most of your time on this nonsense 1216 00:54:10,450 --> 00:54:12,218 "about the Dominion machines, 1217 00:54:12,285 --> 00:54:14,454 on this bullshit theory." 1218 00:54:14,487 --> 00:54:19,426 There is Chinese technology in the Dominion software. 1219 00:54:19,492 --> 00:54:21,261 "Your people are just shoveling this shit 1220 00:54:21,327 --> 00:54:24,264 out to the American people." And, um... 1221 00:54:24,731 --> 00:54:28,902 he was very resentful of this. (laughs) 1222 00:54:28,968 --> 00:54:31,504 reporter: President Trump made it very clear 1223 00:54:31,604 --> 00:54:33,907 that he's disappointed in his attorney general. 1224 00:54:33,973 --> 00:54:36,576 He hasn't done anything, so-- He hasn't looked. 1225 00:54:36,643 --> 00:54:38,244 When he looks, he'll see the kind of evidence 1226 00:54:38,311 --> 00:54:40,613 that, right now, you're seeing in Georgia. 1227 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:44,751 protesters: Stop the steal! Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 1228 00:54:44,818 --> 00:54:47,987 ♪♪ 1229 00:54:50,924 --> 00:54:54,194 Sterling: We were having multiple protests. 1230 00:54:54,294 --> 00:54:57,197 Actually, I was standing at this window 1231 00:54:57,263 --> 00:54:59,199 and looked out and saw a guy with an AR-15. 1232 00:54:59,265 --> 00:55:02,202 -(cars honking) -(protesters chattering) 1233 00:55:02,268 --> 00:55:04,504 (cheering) 1234 00:55:05,939 --> 00:55:08,208 We had been under assault for about three weeks. 1235 00:55:08,308 --> 00:55:11,978 Some of our local elections officials were being, you know, harassed, 1236 00:55:12,450 --> 00:55:13,613 if not flat-out threatened. 1237 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,949 The venom was kind of increasing. 1238 00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:17,617 (indistinct chatter) 1239 00:55:17,684 --> 00:55:20,620 And at that heightened state of fear and anxiety, 1240 00:55:20,687 --> 00:55:23,230 I got a call from Dominion. 1241 00:55:23,390 --> 00:55:25,959 And she says, "Yeah, one of our young contractors 1242 00:55:26,260 --> 00:55:27,961 has been sort of targeted now." 1243 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,530 And I remember I was scrolling through, and I found one. 1244 00:55:30,563 --> 00:55:32,565 It says, "You've committed treason. 1245 00:55:32,632 --> 00:55:34,501 May God have mercy on your soul." 1246 00:55:34,567 --> 00:55:36,836 And there was a GIF of a noose 1247 00:55:36,903 --> 00:55:39,673 slowly twisting with a little bit of sunlight behind it. 1248 00:55:39,739 --> 00:55:41,975 But at that point, I snapped. 1249 00:55:45,211 --> 00:55:47,480 -(putting down mask) -(sighs) 1250 00:55:50,150 --> 00:55:54,354 It has all gone too far. 1251 00:55:55,855 --> 00:55:57,390 I lost my temper. 1252 00:55:57,424 --> 00:56:00,193 A 20-something tech at Gwinnett County today 1253 00:56:00,260 --> 00:56:02,429 has death threats and a noose put out, 1254 00:56:02,529 --> 00:56:04,431 saying he should be hung for treason. 1255 00:56:04,497 --> 00:56:06,399 Mr. President, 1256 00:56:06,499 --> 00:56:09,335 you have not condemned these actions or this language. 1257 00:56:09,836 --> 00:56:13,606 This is elections. This is the backbone of democracy. 1258 00:56:13,707 --> 00:56:16,443 And all of you who have not said a damn word 1259 00:56:16,543 --> 00:56:18,545 are complicit in this! 1260 00:56:20,213 --> 00:56:22,820 Mr. President, 1261 00:56:22,716 --> 00:56:25,719 it looks like you likely lost the state of Georgia. 1262 00:56:25,785 --> 00:56:28,288 We're investigating, there's always a possibility, I get it. 1263 00:56:28,388 --> 00:56:30,390 And you have the rights to go through the courts. 1264 00:56:30,457 --> 00:56:32,225 What you don't have the ability to do, 1265 00:56:32,292 --> 00:56:33,893 and you need to step up and say this, 1266 00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:35,228 is stop inspiring people 1267 00:56:35,295 --> 00:56:36,796 to commit potential acts of violence. 1268 00:56:36,863 --> 00:56:39,532 Someone's going to get hurt. Someone's going to get shot. 1269 00:56:39,599 --> 00:56:41,801 Someone's going to get killed. 1270 00:56:41,901 --> 00:56:45,238 Be the bigger man here. Step in. Tell your supporters, 1271 00:56:45,605 --> 00:56:49,209 "Don't be violent. Don't intimidate." 1272 00:56:49,876 --> 00:56:51,878 It has to stop! 1273 00:56:53,813 --> 00:56:56,483 It seemed to have this momentary blip of like, (gasps) 1274 00:56:56,583 --> 00:56:59,552 everything sort of stopped for a second. 1275 00:56:59,619 --> 00:57:01,721 But, it didn't slow down the other side. 1276 00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,657 Thank you. This may be 1277 00:57:04,758 --> 00:57:07,894 the most important speech I've ever made. 1278 00:57:07,961 --> 00:57:12,265 Trump released his, like, long video of all the claims again. 1279 00:57:12,565 --> 00:57:15,769 We have a company that's very suspect. 1280 00:57:16,269 --> 00:57:17,637 Its name is Dominion. 1281 00:57:17,904 --> 00:57:20,607 You can press a button for Trump, 1282 00:57:20,674 --> 00:57:22,575 and the vote goes to Biden. 1283 00:57:22,642 --> 00:57:24,477 What kind of a system is this? 1284 00:57:24,911 --> 00:57:27,747 It was just weird because literally everything he had said 1285 00:57:27,814 --> 00:57:29,282 had been stuff I had debunked, 1286 00:57:29,349 --> 00:57:30,750 or people in Arizona had debunked, 1287 00:57:30,817 --> 00:57:32,519 but he's saying it all again 1288 00:57:32,619 --> 00:57:34,120 'cause I guess you keep on saying the same thing 1289 00:57:34,187 --> 00:57:35,789 over and over again, if nobody's pushing back, 1290 00:57:35,855 --> 00:57:37,624 eventually people will believe you. 1291 00:57:37,691 --> 00:57:41,940 I go from winning by a lot, 1292 00:57:41,161 --> 00:57:44,970 to losing a tight race. 1293 00:57:44,931 --> 00:57:45,765 It's corrupt. 1294 00:57:45,965 --> 00:57:49,469 All over the country, people are together 1295 00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:54,441 in holding up signs. "Stop the steal." 1296 00:57:54,974 --> 00:57:58,178 This election was rigged. Everybody knows it. 1297 00:57:58,712 --> 00:58:01,681 Many people in the media, and even judges, 1298 00:58:01,781 --> 00:58:05,852 so far have refused to accept it. 1299 00:58:05,885 --> 00:58:09,456 Barr: After that, the president continued to challenge 1300 00:58:09,522 --> 00:58:12,125 the process and try to set up these, you know, 1301 00:58:12,192 --> 00:58:15,161 meetings with state legislators and all that kind of stuff. 1302 00:58:15,228 --> 00:58:17,797 reporter: Today in Georgia, Rudy Giuliani questioned 1303 00:58:17,864 --> 00:58:20,660 the security of Dominion voting machines 1304 00:58:20,133 --> 00:58:22,469 before a state Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. 1305 00:58:22,535 --> 00:58:24,700 ♪♪ 1306 00:58:24,170 --> 00:58:27,674 Senator Ligon: Thank you, Senator Harper, Senator Anderson... 1307 00:58:27,741 --> 00:58:29,542 Murphy: A State Senate subcommittee 1308 00:58:29,642 --> 00:58:31,578 announced that they would be holding a hearing. 1309 00:58:31,644 --> 00:58:34,681 So, we had state senators saying, we're happy to take 1310 00:58:34,748 --> 00:58:37,384 some kind of public action to let Donald Trump know 1311 00:58:37,484 --> 00:58:39,753 that they were trying to fight for him here in this state, 1312 00:58:39,819 --> 00:58:43,590 to stop the process of Joe Biden going on to become president. 1313 00:58:43,656 --> 00:58:45,580 We really appreciate the opportunity 1314 00:58:45,910 --> 00:58:47,927 to get these facts out. We've had some difficulty 1315 00:58:47,994 --> 00:58:49,996 -getting a hearing. -Sterling: In Georgia, 1316 00:58:50,630 --> 00:58:52,766 we had a Republican governor, a Republican Senate. 1317 00:58:52,866 --> 00:58:55,835 "Here's a place where we can exert some real influence 1318 00:58:55,902 --> 00:58:59,939 and get our Republicans to do things for us." 1319 00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:00,840 Ignoring the law. 1320 00:59:00,907 --> 00:59:02,776 Rudy Giuliani: It's your responsibility 1321 00:59:02,876 --> 00:59:05,879 if a false and fraudulent count 1322 00:59:06,613 --> 00:59:08,615 is submitted to the United States government. 1323 00:59:08,715 --> 00:59:11,851 And it's clear that the count you have right now is false. 1324 00:59:12,385 --> 00:59:14,540 Sterling: People have asked me, "What do you think 1325 00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,289 they were trying to do?" They were hoping for a miracle. 1326 00:59:16,389 --> 00:59:17,624 Just keep everything alive. 1327 00:59:17,724 --> 00:59:19,250 Does it have to make sense? No! 1328 00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:21,628 Just keep enough questions and doubts out there. 1329 00:59:21,728 --> 00:59:26,299 What we are presenting to you today are facts. Facts. 1330 00:59:28,468 --> 00:59:33,773 2,506 felons voted illegally in Georgia. 1331 00:59:33,873 --> 00:59:35,375 They said that there was 1332 00:59:35,442 --> 00:59:37,777 thousands and thousands of felons. 1333 00:59:37,811 --> 00:59:40,914 We found less than 74, so there weren't over 2,000 felons. 1334 00:59:40,980 --> 00:59:42,982 Less than 74. It's things like that. 1335 00:59:43,830 --> 00:59:46,219 They said there's 2,423 non-registered voters. 1336 00:59:46,553 --> 00:59:50,557 At least 2,423 individuals 1337 00:59:50,623 --> 00:59:52,792 to vote who were not listed as registered. 1338 00:59:52,892 --> 00:59:55,395 There was zero. Everyone was registered to vote. 1339 00:59:55,995 --> 01:00:00,166 10,315 or more individuals to vote 1340 01:00:00,266 --> 01:00:03,200 who were deceased by the time of the election. 1341 01:00:03,103 --> 01:00:06,600 They said that there was 10,000 dead people that voted. 1342 01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:09,609 At the time, when we began our investigations, we found two. 1343 01:00:09,943 --> 01:00:11,678 Subsequent to that, two years later, 1344 01:00:11,778 --> 01:00:12,912 we found two more. 1345 01:00:12,979 --> 01:00:15,582 That's a total of four. One, two, three, four. 1346 01:00:15,648 --> 01:00:17,584 Not 4,000. Just four. 1347 01:00:17,917 --> 01:00:20,520 In Georgia, look at this new surveillance footage 1348 01:00:20,620 --> 01:00:23,823 we'll be showing you. Mysterious suitcases, 1349 01:00:23,923 --> 01:00:26,359 potentially filled, we believe, with ballots, 1350 01:00:26,426 --> 01:00:28,528 well, rolled out from under a table 1351 01:00:28,595 --> 01:00:29,963 after partisan election observers 1352 01:00:30,300 --> 01:00:31,464 were asked to leave the room. 1353 01:00:31,531 --> 01:00:32,999 Sterling: They had these videotapes 1354 01:00:33,990 --> 01:00:35,668 and they took out this one little section 1355 01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:39,506 where somebody, quote-unquote, took out "suitcases of ballots" 1356 01:00:39,539 --> 01:00:41,841 after everybody had been told to leave. 1357 01:00:42,108 --> 01:00:43,877 So, I'm Jacki Pick, and I'm here as a volunteer, 1358 01:00:43,977 --> 01:00:46,980 and going to explain to you the evidence 1359 01:00:47,470 --> 01:00:49,983 that we have in terms of fraud or misrepresentation. 1360 01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:52,318 You're looking at one big room here. 1361 01:00:52,385 --> 01:00:56,220 What you're going to see happen at about 11 o'clock. 1362 01:00:56,122 --> 01:00:58,580 Once everyone is gone, coast is clear. 1363 01:00:58,158 --> 01:01:00,226 So now, they're gonna start pulling these ballots out 1364 01:01:00,293 --> 01:01:01,728 from under this table. 1365 01:01:01,828 --> 01:01:03,496 What are these ballots doing there, 1366 01:01:03,563 --> 01:01:05,650 separate from all the other ballots? 1367 01:01:05,165 --> 01:01:06,833 And why are they only counting them 1368 01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:08,501 whenever the place is cleared out with no witnesses? 1369 01:01:08,568 --> 01:01:10,737 But, we can tell you that it appears to be an aberration 1370 01:01:10,837 --> 01:01:13,740 from how the other ballots were handled. 1371 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:15,408 Murphy: In reality, what happened 1372 01:01:15,475 --> 01:01:17,100 that evening on election night, 1373 01:01:17,770 --> 01:01:18,912 state officials called over and said, 1374 01:01:18,978 --> 01:01:22,248 "It's getting late. Why don't we shut it down for the evening 1375 01:01:22,349 --> 01:01:23,516 "and let everybody go home? 1376 01:01:23,583 --> 01:01:25,585 We'll start again in the morning." 1377 01:01:25,652 --> 01:01:27,420 That decision was reversed very quickly, 1378 01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:29,589 and so you see election workers 1379 01:01:29,656 --> 01:01:31,825 taking those ballots out of 1380 01:01:31,891 --> 01:01:35,228 state-approved ballot containers 1381 01:01:35,328 --> 01:01:37,263 and then beginning to count those ballots. 1382 01:01:37,364 --> 01:01:41,101 By Rudy Giuliani's telling, that was two election workers 1383 01:01:41,167 --> 01:01:43,360 telling all of the monitors to go home 1384 01:01:43,103 --> 01:01:46,390 and then secretly counting the ballots once everybody was gone. 1385 01:01:47,340 --> 01:01:48,942 "They're doing something surreptitious. 1386 01:01:49,420 --> 01:01:50,744 "They're stealing the election. 1387 01:01:50,777 --> 01:01:53,513 Throwing the election illegally to Joe Biden." 1388 01:01:53,580 --> 01:01:55,582 That was completely false. 1389 01:01:55,615 --> 01:01:56,950 (inaudible) 1390 01:01:57,500 --> 01:01:58,785 Sterling: And then there's another part of it, too, 1391 01:01:58,852 --> 01:02:00,453 where there's one of the workers there. 1392 01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:02,756 "Well, she ran these things through over and over again." 1393 01:02:02,789 --> 01:02:04,858 And I'm like, yes, that's a standard practice. 1394 01:02:04,924 --> 01:02:07,861 There was a mis-scan. The standard operating procedure 1395 01:02:07,927 --> 01:02:09,596 is you take that stack of ballots, 1396 01:02:09,696 --> 01:02:11,197 delete the batch you just did, 1397 01:02:11,264 --> 01:02:13,600 and send it back through. That's what you do. 1398 01:02:13,633 --> 01:02:14,968 There's nothing weird about this. 1399 01:02:15,301 --> 01:02:18,605 If you see, you have multiple machines there, 1400 01:02:18,638 --> 01:02:20,140 and they're there for two hours. 1401 01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:21,541 So, you do the math. 1402 01:02:22,750 --> 01:02:23,810 How many ballots went through those machines 1403 01:02:23,910 --> 01:02:25,145 in those two hours 1404 01:02:25,245 --> 01:02:27,380 when there was no one there to supervise? 1405 01:02:28,715 --> 01:02:30,283 Sterling: When you watch this video, 1406 01:02:30,316 --> 01:02:31,985 and you see these people doing their jobs, 1407 01:02:32,850 --> 01:02:34,587 this is not the "Ocean's 11" crew 1408 01:02:34,654 --> 01:02:36,823 engaged in the biggest heist in history. 1409 01:02:36,923 --> 01:02:38,124 This is just people who are tired 1410 01:02:38,224 --> 01:02:40,226 and trying to do their work. That's all it is. 1411 01:02:40,293 --> 01:02:41,995 ♪♪ 1412 01:02:42,950 --> 01:02:44,264 Giuliani: And when you look at what you saw on the video, 1413 01:02:44,330 --> 01:02:48,134 which, to me, was a smoking gun, powerful smoking gun... 1414 01:02:48,234 --> 01:02:49,769 Sterling: All these things came up around this 1415 01:02:49,836 --> 01:02:50,970 because it was sort of ***y. 1416 01:02:51,710 --> 01:02:52,839 "We got video. We caught 'em in the act. 1417 01:02:52,906 --> 01:02:54,307 This right here is a smoking gun." 1418 01:02:54,407 --> 01:02:56,843 Anybody who was honest could look at that 1419 01:02:56,943 --> 01:02:58,345 and see what was happening, 1420 01:02:58,411 --> 01:03:00,513 but no one was interested in being honest at that point. 1421 01:03:00,613 --> 01:03:02,849 (quiet murmuring) 1422 01:03:02,916 --> 01:03:05,850 I believe that they knew they were lying, 1423 01:03:05,151 --> 01:03:06,653 they did it intentionally, 1424 01:03:06,753 --> 01:03:08,421 trying to mislead the State Senate 1425 01:03:08,488 --> 01:03:10,423 and the people of Georgia and the American people, 1426 01:03:10,490 --> 01:03:13,626 that there was some kind of giant conspiracy happening in Georgia. 1427 01:03:13,693 --> 01:03:15,328 It was not true when they claimed it, 1428 01:03:15,428 --> 01:03:16,596 and it's not true today. 1429 01:03:16,663 --> 01:03:19,132 How about those suitcases that were pulled out from the table? 1430 01:03:19,199 --> 01:03:21,534 host: It's pretty hard to dispute that there's something going on 1431 01:03:21,634 --> 01:03:23,200 that needs some explanation. 1432 01:03:23,103 --> 01:03:26,600 Murphy: So, this was being shown on live cable news, 1433 01:03:26,106 --> 01:03:27,674 all across the country, 1434 01:03:27,774 --> 01:03:31,440 and that absolutely unwound 1435 01:03:31,111 --> 01:03:33,279 Republican voters all across the country. 1436 01:03:33,346 --> 01:03:36,516 So, suddenly, it wasn't just a Georgia situation. 1437 01:03:36,616 --> 01:03:38,180 This was a national situation. 1438 01:03:38,118 --> 01:03:39,886 The footage appears to show poll workers 1439 01:03:39,986 --> 01:03:41,855 pulling ballots out of suitcases. 1440 01:03:41,888 --> 01:03:43,790 I mean, what the hell?! 1441 01:03:43,857 --> 01:03:45,792 Well, Mayor Giuliani rightly described it 1442 01:03:45,859 --> 01:03:47,327 as the smoking gun in this case. 1443 01:03:47,394 --> 01:03:50,230 Today revealed the smoking gun we've been looking for. 1444 01:03:50,330 --> 01:03:52,232 -crowd (chants): Rudy! Rudy! -(cheering) 1445 01:03:52,332 --> 01:03:55,869 Barr: The allegations about the video. 1446 01:03:55,902 --> 01:03:57,737 You know, I asked the US attorney down there, 1447 01:03:57,837 --> 01:03:58,805 BJay Pak, 1448 01:03:58,872 --> 01:04:01,740 to take a look at that. 1449 01:04:01,174 --> 01:04:03,410 BJay Pak: It was a bombshell of an allegation. 1450 01:04:03,476 --> 01:04:07,247 So our independent investigation into the facts of the case 1451 01:04:07,347 --> 01:04:09,549 showed that there was no irregularity. 1452 01:04:09,649 --> 01:04:11,170 ♪♪ 1453 01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:12,719 We debunked all the allegations. 1454 01:04:12,752 --> 01:04:13,820 There's nothing here. 1455 01:04:13,887 --> 01:04:16,156 The ballot boxes were proper boxes, 1456 01:04:16,222 --> 01:04:17,190 there was no double counting, 1457 01:04:17,257 --> 01:04:19,592 and that this was a "smoking gun," 1458 01:04:19,659 --> 01:04:21,227 was completely false. 1459 01:04:21,428 --> 01:04:23,263 There's overwhelming evidence of fraud, 1460 01:04:23,363 --> 01:04:28,334 including now a smoking gun "bank robbery" videotape. 1461 01:04:28,401 --> 01:04:29,936 Pak: I don't know what's in his mind, 1462 01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:32,906 but if anyone did any kind of due diligence 1463 01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:35,208 about just watching the whole video, 1464 01:04:35,275 --> 01:04:38,545 I think it would be very hard to characterize that snippet 1465 01:04:38,611 --> 01:04:40,780 as something irregular going on. 1466 01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:43,717 I think that the public was misled. 1467 01:04:43,783 --> 01:04:47,754 With me now is Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. 1468 01:04:47,787 --> 01:04:49,789 Now, you have been on the receiving end 1469 01:04:49,856 --> 01:04:52,920 of a lot of gruff from the president. 1470 01:04:52,125 --> 01:04:53,426 Raffensperger: I went on Fox News. 1471 01:04:53,526 --> 01:04:56,696 "We followed the law, we followed the Constitution, 1472 01:04:56,763 --> 01:04:58,264 and the president came up short." 1473 01:04:58,298 --> 01:05:01,301 We did an audit of the race, President Trump still lost, 1474 01:05:01,401 --> 01:05:03,636 then we did a full recount. President Trump still lost. 1475 01:05:03,737 --> 01:05:05,305 I think that fired up the president. 1476 01:05:05,372 --> 01:05:07,340 He wanted to have a conversation with me. 1477 01:05:07,407 --> 01:05:09,109 ♪♪ 1478 01:05:09,142 --> 01:05:12,278 Mark Meadows (on phone): Mr. President, everybody is on the line, and just so-- 1479 01:05:12,379 --> 01:05:14,800 This is Mark Meadows, the chief of staff. 1480 01:05:14,147 --> 01:05:16,549 On the line is secretary of state... 1481 01:05:16,616 --> 01:05:18,418 Murphy: He had the White House chief of staff 1482 01:05:18,485 --> 01:05:20,820 on the line with him, Mark Meadows. 1483 01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:23,890 The amount of pressure that is implicit in a call 1484 01:05:23,957 --> 01:05:26,393 from the president of the United States 1485 01:05:26,459 --> 01:05:27,827 to state officials, 1486 01:05:27,927 --> 01:05:30,163 under any circumstances, is immense, 1487 01:05:30,263 --> 01:05:31,931 but when you throw in the fact 1488 01:05:31,998 --> 01:05:34,167 that he is calling about the election 1489 01:05:34,267 --> 01:05:37,300 and telling them that they got it wrong, 1490 01:05:37,700 --> 01:05:39,500 and that they know they got it wrong, 1491 01:05:39,406 --> 01:05:42,842 that is something that has never happened before. 1492 01:05:43,576 --> 01:05:46,179 Meadows: So, Mr. President, now I'll turn it over to you. 1493 01:05:46,613 --> 01:05:48,515 Trump (on phone): Okay, thank you very much. Hello, Brad. 1494 01:05:48,615 --> 01:05:51,117 If we could just go over some of the numbers, 1495 01:05:51,184 --> 01:05:52,585 I think it's pretty clear 1496 01:05:52,652 --> 01:05:55,922 that we won very substantially, uh, Georgia. 1497 01:05:55,989 --> 01:05:57,524 Although, I saw you on television today, 1498 01:05:57,624 --> 01:06:00,527 and you said, uh, that you found nothing wrong. 1499 01:06:00,627 --> 01:06:01,995 I mean, you know. 1500 01:06:02,262 --> 01:06:04,864 Raffensperger (on phone): Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have 1501 01:06:04,964 --> 01:06:06,199 is the data you have is wrong. 1502 01:06:06,266 --> 01:06:08,468 Some people didn't have the political guts 1503 01:06:08,535 --> 01:06:12,372 just to tell President Trump that he came up short. 1504 01:06:12,472 --> 01:06:14,874 Trump: They're going around playing you 1505 01:06:14,941 --> 01:06:17,344 and laughing at you behind your back, Brad, 1506 01:06:17,844 --> 01:06:20,347 whether you know it or not, they're laughing at you. 1507 01:06:20,447 --> 01:06:23,149 There's no way I lost Georgia. There's no way. 1508 01:06:23,216 --> 01:06:25,385 We won by hundreds of thousands of votes. 1509 01:06:25,452 --> 01:06:27,787 You should want to have an accurate election, 1510 01:06:27,854 --> 01:06:29,389 and you're a Republican. 1511 01:06:29,489 --> 01:06:31,991 Raffensperger: We believe that we do have an accurate election. 1512 01:06:32,580 --> 01:06:34,194 Trump: No, you don't. No, no you don't. 1513 01:06:34,227 --> 01:06:36,129 I think he was trying to tell him, 1514 01:06:36,196 --> 01:06:37,364 "Put your thumb on the scale. 1515 01:06:37,464 --> 01:06:38,898 "Do something to help us out here. 1516 01:06:38,998 --> 01:06:40,300 We're all Republicans here, man. Come on." 1517 01:06:40,367 --> 01:06:42,836 But because it was so close, and the margin was, 1518 01:06:42,902 --> 01:06:44,204 you know, 11,000-something. 1519 01:06:44,237 --> 01:06:48,742 Trump: Look, we need only 11,000 votes. 1520 01:06:48,808 --> 01:06:51,244 Brad, what are we going to do? We won the election, 1521 01:06:51,344 --> 01:06:54,381 and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. 1522 01:06:54,481 --> 01:06:56,249 Raffensperger: We have to stand by our numbers. 1523 01:06:56,316 --> 01:06:58,180 We believe our numbers are right. 1524 01:06:58,840 --> 01:06:59,686 Trump: Well, why do you say that? 1525 01:06:59,753 --> 01:07:01,488 Look, ultimately, I win, okay? 1526 01:07:01,554 --> 01:07:04,391 "Find me the votes. I don't care who won the election, 1527 01:07:04,424 --> 01:07:07,260 make sure I won the election, find me the votes." 1528 01:07:07,327 --> 01:07:08,928 Trump: So, what are we going to do here, folks? 1529 01:07:08,995 --> 01:07:12,766 I only need 11,000 votes, fellas. I need 11,000 votes. 1530 01:07:12,832 --> 01:07:14,670 Give me a break. 1531 01:07:14,100 --> 01:07:16,703 From my point of view, he was putting pressure-- 1532 01:07:16,770 --> 01:07:18,605 and the biggest part of it to me 1533 01:07:18,672 --> 01:07:20,273 was when he talked about the legal jeopardy. 1534 01:07:20,340 --> 01:07:21,941 There was an implicit threat there. 1535 01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:24,911 Trump: It's more illegal for you than it is for them 1536 01:07:24,944 --> 01:07:27,414 because you know what they did and you're not reporting it. 1537 01:07:27,447 --> 01:07:29,883 That's a, you know, that's a criminal-- 1538 01:07:29,949 --> 01:07:31,510 that's a criminal offense. 1539 01:07:31,117 --> 01:07:32,552 That's a big risk. 1540 01:07:32,619 --> 01:07:35,188 If they could have done something in Georgia, 1541 01:07:35,255 --> 01:07:38,692 I understand that Arizona was another focal point of theirs, 1542 01:07:38,758 --> 01:07:40,193 but I think that was-- 1543 01:07:40,260 --> 01:07:43,897 If you get one to start rolling, then you get dominoes. 1544 01:07:43,963 --> 01:07:46,660 The next one, the next one, the next one. 1545 01:07:46,399 --> 01:07:47,967 But, at the end of the day, 1546 01:07:48,680 --> 01:07:50,637 we had to make sure we stood firm on the facts. 1547 01:07:50,704 --> 01:07:53,239 We had to follow the law. Follow the Constitution. 1548 01:07:53,306 --> 01:07:57,143 Was there pressure? Yes. Was it uncomfortable? Yes. 1549 01:07:59,145 --> 01:08:00,914 Yes, it's Gabriel. 1550 01:08:01,281 --> 01:08:02,816 reporter: As some have said, do you believe 1551 01:08:02,916 --> 01:08:04,117 that what happened in that phone call 1552 01:08:04,150 --> 01:08:07,153 was an attack on democracy? 1553 01:08:07,220 --> 01:08:08,888 I'll leave other people to make the decision on that. 1554 01:08:08,955 --> 01:08:12,158 I personally found it to be something that was not normal, 1555 01:08:12,225 --> 01:08:14,160 out of place, and-and... 1556 01:08:16,129 --> 01:08:17,464 Nobody I know who would be president 1557 01:08:17,497 --> 01:08:20,400 would do something like that to a secretary of state. 1558 01:08:21,501 --> 01:08:24,671 ♪♪ 1559 01:08:24,771 --> 01:08:28,441 (muffled cheering) 1560 01:08:33,513 --> 01:08:35,582 Bowers: Another thing that's very important... 1561 01:08:36,816 --> 01:08:37,650 money. 1562 01:08:37,751 --> 01:08:40,120 For everybody who's an election denier, 1563 01:08:40,186 --> 01:08:42,288 it's just like printing money. 1564 01:08:42,355 --> 01:08:44,624 Now, even though Election Day has come and gone, 1565 01:08:44,691 --> 01:08:47,360 the Trump campaign has continued to fundraise, 1566 01:08:47,460 --> 01:08:50,463 and Fox has just learned that since Election Day, 1567 01:08:50,530 --> 01:08:53,199 the campaign, combined with the Republican National Committee, 1568 01:08:53,266 --> 01:08:56,202 have raised $207 million 1569 01:08:56,302 --> 01:08:58,538 over the last 30 days, just a huge number. 1570 01:08:58,605 --> 01:09:01,441 Those solicitations and the poor folks who 1571 01:09:01,508 --> 01:09:03,543 they've got a hook in their mouth 1572 01:09:03,643 --> 01:09:07,981 and they tug that hook and out falls a few more coins 1573 01:09:08,480 --> 01:09:10,884 with Caesar's image on it. I mean, it's-- 1574 01:09:10,950 --> 01:09:12,886 It's... it's immoral. 1575 01:09:12,952 --> 01:09:16,556 It's... it's gross. 1576 01:09:16,623 --> 01:09:20,160 Trump: I just left Washington to go to the Army-Navy game. 1577 01:09:20,226 --> 01:09:21,494 So, it was a rigged election. 1578 01:09:21,561 --> 01:09:23,630 reporter: When you look at this fight, though, 1579 01:09:23,163 --> 01:09:25,398 you have 77% of Trump supporters 1580 01:09:25,498 --> 01:09:26,800 who believe you won the election. 1581 01:09:26,866 --> 01:09:28,968 There's a rally right now in Washington for that. 1582 01:09:29,350 --> 01:09:31,204 Trump: There are thousands and thousands of people out there. 1583 01:09:31,237 --> 01:09:32,505 I had nothing to do with it. 1584 01:09:32,572 --> 01:09:34,641 I didn't kn-- really know they were forming. 1585 01:09:34,708 --> 01:09:37,410 They're forming. The spirit, the liveliness, 1586 01:09:37,510 --> 01:09:39,512 the whole thing, even the fundraising, 1587 01:09:39,579 --> 01:09:41,381 the money that's pouring in to fight this. 1588 01:09:41,414 --> 01:09:43,416 reporter: Do you worry about the country being divided? 1589 01:09:43,483 --> 01:09:44,651 Trump: No, I worry about the country 1590 01:09:44,718 --> 01:09:46,319 having an illegitimate president. 1591 01:09:46,386 --> 01:09:47,587 That's what I worry about. 1592 01:09:47,687 --> 01:09:49,689 They cheated like nobody's cheated before. 1593 01:09:49,756 --> 01:09:51,240 They did things that 1594 01:09:51,910 --> 01:09:52,425 nobody has ever seen, and we caught 'em. 1595 01:09:52,492 --> 01:09:54,327 But, you-- but your guys have been unable to prove it 1596 01:09:54,394 --> 01:09:56,496 -as of now, if something-- -Excuse me. Excuse me. 1597 01:09:56,563 --> 01:09:57,430 We've proven it. 1598 01:09:57,564 --> 01:10:01,267 Bill Barr, frankly, did the wrong thing. 1599 01:10:01,368 --> 01:10:03,203 Bill Barr, I believe-- Not believe, I know, 1600 01:10:03,269 --> 01:10:06,600 had an obligation to set the record straight. 1601 01:10:09,442 --> 01:10:13,460 I tendered my resignation on December 14th, 1602 01:10:13,113 --> 01:10:15,849 the day the states certified the election. 1603 01:10:16,820 --> 01:10:20,253 Today, Arizona's 11 presidential electors 1604 01:10:20,286 --> 01:10:23,230 are meeting to cast their electoral college votes 1605 01:10:23,890 --> 01:10:24,624 for Joseph Biden. 1606 01:10:24,691 --> 01:10:27,360 Once the state certifies the vote, 1607 01:10:27,427 --> 01:10:30,797 and the governor agrees with that certification, that's it. 1608 01:10:30,864 --> 01:10:34,567 That really is the last legal step in the process. 1609 01:10:34,634 --> 01:10:36,636 From my standpoint, the election was over. 1610 01:10:36,703 --> 01:10:40,807 There was no way of undoing the election results. 1611 01:10:40,907 --> 01:10:44,544 Happening today, the Electoral College will cast their votes 1612 01:10:44,611 --> 01:10:47,647 to formally elect Joe Biden to the presidency. 1613 01:10:47,714 --> 01:10:50,650 But President Donald Trump is still insisting 1614 01:10:50,717 --> 01:10:53,420 he is not done fighting to stay in office. 1615 01:10:54,870 --> 01:10:57,570 Barr: Then, it seemed that he doubled down again. 1616 01:10:57,123 --> 01:10:59,225 That got me very concerned. 1617 01:10:59,292 --> 01:11:00,827 Are we gonna have a constitutional crisis 1618 01:11:00,927 --> 01:11:03,830 where the president's refusing to leave office? 1619 01:11:05,298 --> 01:11:08,568 ♪♪ 1620 01:11:09,903 --> 01:11:12,772 Short: I'd say there were a couple big moments 1621 01:11:12,839 --> 01:11:14,574 leading up to January 6. 1622 01:11:15,475 --> 01:11:17,510 It was weeks of a pressure campaign 1623 01:11:17,610 --> 01:11:19,512 to overturn election results. 1624 01:11:20,513 --> 01:11:22,682 For many of the president and his advisers, 1625 01:11:22,782 --> 01:11:24,951 it was sort of like throwing spaghetti at the wall 1626 01:11:25,180 --> 01:11:26,753 and seeing whatever could hold. 1627 01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:31,257 The only last stop on this particular excursion 1628 01:11:31,324 --> 01:11:33,593 was going to be January 6th. 1629 01:11:34,461 --> 01:11:36,863 Jacob: The vice president presides over 1630 01:11:36,930 --> 01:11:41,267 the vote count on January 6th, in the United States Congress, 1631 01:11:41,334 --> 01:11:44,337 but that vote count is supposed to be a formality. 1632 01:11:45,138 --> 01:11:48,410 Short: Donald Trump, he's not one who accepts loss. 1633 01:11:48,108 --> 01:11:52,145 Knowing that he would need to find a scapegoat for that loss, 1634 01:11:52,212 --> 01:11:55,615 then it probably means looking to pin it on the vice president. 1635 01:11:55,682 --> 01:11:57,717 ♪♪ 1636 01:12:00,487 --> 01:12:03,560 Griffin: Mike Pence, the reality was 1637 01:12:03,123 --> 01:12:05,325 he was a stabilizing force 1638 01:12:05,392 --> 01:12:07,600 throughout the Trump presidency. 1639 01:12:07,160 --> 01:12:09,729 If there was a fire in the Trump administration, 1640 01:12:09,796 --> 01:12:11,898 you can be certain that Mike Pence 1641 01:12:11,998 --> 01:12:14,968 was quietly behind the scenes trying to put it out. 1642 01:12:16,236 --> 01:12:19,673 Barr: There couldn't have been a loyaler vice president. 1643 01:12:19,739 --> 01:12:23,877 He was very conscientious and wanted to do what was right 1644 01:12:23,910 --> 01:12:25,578 under the Constitution. 1645 01:12:25,679 --> 01:12:29,582 -(crowd cheering) -crowd: Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 1646 01:12:29,683 --> 01:12:33,153 Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 1647 01:12:33,219 --> 01:12:36,890 Stop the steal! Stop the steal... 1648 01:12:36,189 --> 01:12:39,993 ♪♪ 1649 01:12:40,860 --> 01:12:44,431 Short: January 4th, I receive a call on Air Force Two 1650 01:12:44,931 --> 01:12:46,766 asking us to return to the White House 1651 01:12:46,833 --> 01:12:49,769 and to take a meeting with John Eastman, Greg Jacob, 1652 01:12:49,836 --> 01:12:51,705 the president, the vice president, and myself. 1653 01:12:51,771 --> 01:12:54,708 At the meeting on the 4th in the Oval Office, 1654 01:12:54,774 --> 01:12:57,577 John Eastman was presented to us, 1655 01:12:57,610 --> 01:13:00,347 acting as an attorney for the president. 1656 01:13:00,413 --> 01:13:01,781 I had one mission. 1657 01:13:01,848 --> 01:13:03,783 When the president called me and asked me to represent him, 1658 01:13:03,850 --> 01:13:06,190 that was quite an honor. It was a big deal. 1659 01:13:06,953 --> 01:13:09,589 Luckily, it wasn't the first time I'd been in the Oval Office. 1660 01:13:09,622 --> 01:13:12,258 I'd been there in August 2019, so it wasn't, you know, 1661 01:13:12,359 --> 01:13:14,127 looking around, "Oh wow, look at this." 1662 01:13:14,928 --> 01:13:18,565 I was aware of Professor Eastman as a constitutional law scholar, 1663 01:13:18,932 --> 01:13:23,870 uh, as well as one who was known for taking aggressive positions 1664 01:13:23,937 --> 01:13:26,239 that might be difficult to square 1665 01:13:26,306 --> 01:13:28,808 with constitutional text and history. 1666 01:13:28,875 --> 01:13:32,746 That was my role, to give the best constitutional counsel 1667 01:13:32,812 --> 01:13:36,649 that I could to the president of the United States. 1668 01:13:38,651 --> 01:13:40,887 We have lots of evidence of illegality 1669 01:13:40,954 --> 01:13:42,255 in the 2020 election. 1670 01:13:42,322 --> 01:13:43,890 That was all true. 1671 01:13:44,557 --> 01:13:47,293 We had, therefore, an unconstitutional election. 1672 01:13:47,327 --> 01:13:51,297 The courts are not addressing the unconstitutionality at all. 1673 01:13:51,398 --> 01:13:52,599 So, then we're looking at 1674 01:13:52,665 --> 01:13:55,168 are there any other constitutional actors 1675 01:13:55,268 --> 01:13:58,471 who have some role that might be able to address this? 1676 01:13:58,505 --> 01:14:01,474 By then, the only last constitutional player 1677 01:14:01,574 --> 01:14:04,310 in the cycle that could do something about it 1678 01:14:04,411 --> 01:14:05,745 was Vice President Pence. 1679 01:14:06,946 --> 01:14:09,315 Short: The purpose of the meeting was going to be to explore 1680 01:14:09,416 --> 01:14:10,850 these novel legal theories 1681 01:14:10,950 --> 01:14:14,200 about the vice president's role on January 6th. 1682 01:14:14,654 --> 01:14:17,524 The way it was offered, it was to affirm 1683 01:14:17,624 --> 01:14:21,940 that the vice president can unilaterally choose 1684 01:14:21,161 --> 01:14:22,529 which electors to accept 1685 01:14:22,595 --> 01:14:24,531 and which electors to throw out from the various states. 1686 01:14:24,631 --> 01:14:26,466 Vice President Pence has the authority 1687 01:14:26,533 --> 01:14:29,269 to determine the validity of the electoral votes. 1688 01:14:29,335 --> 01:14:31,370 The circumstances then, in my view, 1689 01:14:31,137 --> 01:14:33,173 warranted him exercising 1690 01:14:33,206 --> 01:14:37,444 the full scope of his power to get this thing right. 1691 01:14:37,510 --> 01:14:39,979 We knew, at that point, that the president's team 1692 01:14:40,460 --> 01:14:42,115 was presenting a lie 1693 01:14:42,182 --> 01:14:44,851 about what the vice president's authority was. 1694 01:14:47,787 --> 01:14:49,222 It was almost like this, "Well, 1695 01:14:49,322 --> 01:14:53,493 nobody's ever tried this before. So, why don't we try it?" 1696 01:14:54,627 --> 01:14:56,563 Jacob: The vice president really played the role 1697 01:14:56,663 --> 01:14:59,833 during that meeting of pushing back against 1698 01:14:59,899 --> 01:15:02,369 the invented theories of Professor Eastman. 1699 01:15:02,402 --> 01:15:05,380 Greg Jacob, I think, was an honest guy. 1700 01:15:05,710 --> 01:15:06,906 I think he, maybe, 1701 01:15:07,700 --> 01:15:09,142 genuinely believes that the Founders would not 1702 01:15:09,209 --> 01:15:12,178 have assigned this power to the vice president. 1703 01:15:12,245 --> 01:15:13,580 I think he's wrong about that. 1704 01:15:13,646 --> 01:15:15,181 (gavel bangs) 1705 01:15:15,248 --> 01:15:18,218 -(banging) -(indistinct chatter) 1706 01:15:18,318 --> 01:15:20,687 (banging) 1707 01:15:21,221 --> 01:15:23,857 Jacob: When you see that not a single vice president, 1708 01:15:23,923 --> 01:15:27,694 in our entire history, has ever exercised an authority 1709 01:15:27,761 --> 01:15:29,162 to reject an electoral vote. 1710 01:15:29,596 --> 01:15:31,731 It would be very strange for us, 1711 01:15:31,765 --> 01:15:34,434 200 years into this project of a republic, 1712 01:15:34,501 --> 01:15:37,103 to suddenly discover in 2020 1713 01:15:37,203 --> 01:15:40,540 that, oh, all along, it should have been the vice president 1714 01:15:40,607 --> 01:15:42,409 who got to decide these things. 1715 01:15:42,509 --> 01:15:43,743 And that, essentially, was the idea 1716 01:15:43,843 --> 01:15:45,845 that was ultimately being pitched to us. 1717 01:15:48,715 --> 01:15:51,785 John Eastman shows up on January 4th, 1718 01:15:51,851 --> 01:15:55,755 and that night, President Trump takes the stage in Georgia 1719 01:15:55,789 --> 01:15:59,592 and says, "Boy, I sure hope our vice president 1720 01:15:59,693 --> 01:16:01,940 comes through for us." 1721 01:16:01,127 --> 01:16:04,464 And I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, 1722 01:16:04,531 --> 01:16:06,299 -I have to tell you. -(cheering) 1723 01:16:06,399 --> 01:16:09,869 I hope that our great vice president comes through for us. 1724 01:16:09,936 --> 01:16:12,138 Of course, if he doesn't come through, 1725 01:16:12,238 --> 01:16:14,941 -I won't like him quite as much. -(laughter) 1726 01:16:15,410 --> 01:16:17,944 It appeared that they eventually came to the conclusion 1727 01:16:17,977 --> 01:16:19,879 that there was some avenue by which 1728 01:16:19,946 --> 01:16:23,830 they could force the election into Congress. 1729 01:16:23,149 --> 01:16:26,319 That was a rigged election, but we're still fighting it, 1730 01:16:26,419 --> 01:16:28,455 and you'll see what's going to happen. We'll talk about it... 1731 01:16:28,488 --> 01:16:30,390 Barr: Now, it's one thing if there's strong evidence 1732 01:16:30,457 --> 01:16:31,825 the election was stolen, 1733 01:16:31,891 --> 01:16:34,928 but they felt that they didn't really need the evidence. 1734 01:16:34,994 --> 01:16:37,731 You know, they could just BS their way through it. 1735 01:16:37,797 --> 01:16:40,467 So, their endgame was foolish. 1736 01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:44,637 crowd: Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! 1737 01:16:44,738 --> 01:16:47,307 Hey, you know, it really is, it's fight for our country. 1738 01:16:47,340 --> 01:16:49,609 It's really fight for our country, not fight for Trump. 1739 01:16:49,676 --> 01:16:50,944 It's fight for our country 1740 01:16:51,110 --> 01:16:52,612 'cause that's what we're fighting for. 1741 01:16:53,480 --> 01:16:56,249 Short: The president's and the vice president's conversations, 1742 01:16:56,316 --> 01:16:58,918 while cordial, became a little more terse. 1743 01:16:58,985 --> 01:17:01,788 That raised a new level of anxiety, 1744 01:17:01,855 --> 01:17:03,690 knowing that we were on a collision course 1745 01:17:03,757 --> 01:17:05,358 between the president and the vice president. 1746 01:17:05,692 --> 01:17:07,270 At that point, it's like, okay, 1747 01:17:07,930 --> 01:17:09,195 this is where we're gonna end up. 1748 01:17:09,295 --> 01:17:14,200 crowd: **** Antifa! **** Antifa! **** Antifa! **** Antifa! 1749 01:17:14,300 --> 01:17:17,337 (indistinct yelling) 1750 01:17:22,275 --> 01:17:26,312 ♪♪ 1751 01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:29,315 Jacob: The next morning, January 5th, 1752 01:17:29,382 --> 01:17:32,180 there were a number of unpleasant surprises. 1753 01:17:32,519 --> 01:17:35,355 Around 11:09, President Trump tweets, 1754 01:17:35,889 --> 01:17:38,958 "The Vice President has power to reject electors." 1755 01:17:41,127 --> 01:17:43,663 There was a degree of increasing frustration 1756 01:17:43,730 --> 01:17:45,565 and bewilderment at the situation 1757 01:17:45,632 --> 01:17:46,833 that we found ourselves in. 1758 01:17:46,900 --> 01:17:50,837 crowd: Stop the steal! Stop the steal! 1759 01:17:50,904 --> 01:17:54,741 Probably more contentious, was the evening of the 5th. 1760 01:17:55,750 --> 01:17:57,577 The president's team had put out a statement 1761 01:17:57,644 --> 01:17:59,679 professing that the vice president 1762 01:17:59,746 --> 01:18:02,682 sees this exactly the same way as the president. 1763 01:18:03,550 --> 01:18:04,918 It was an outright lie. 1764 01:18:04,984 --> 01:18:06,486 It had no bearing in truth, 1765 01:18:06,553 --> 01:18:08,540 no bearing in reality whatsoever. 1766 01:18:08,154 --> 01:18:10,560 But, I think it created an expectation, 1767 01:18:10,156 --> 01:18:12,359 for a lot of Americans, of something was gonna happen 1768 01:18:12,425 --> 01:18:13,860 on January 6th 1769 01:18:13,927 --> 01:18:15,428 that we knew never was going to happen. 1770 01:18:15,495 --> 01:18:18,231 -(crowd cheering) -speaker (on megaphone): We are the majority! 1771 01:18:18,331 --> 01:18:22,102 And Trump won! Trump won! 1772 01:18:22,202 --> 01:18:25,105 Short: There was, sadly, a belief 1773 01:18:25,205 --> 01:18:27,340 that, uh, one is above the rule of law. 1774 01:18:27,407 --> 01:18:31,244 In fact, at one point, leading up to January 6th, 1775 01:18:31,344 --> 01:18:34,714 the night of the 5th, the president opened the door 1776 01:18:34,781 --> 01:18:37,117 to hear the people cheering outside. 1777 01:18:37,183 --> 01:18:39,719 (crowd cheering) 1778 01:18:39,786 --> 01:18:41,521 And said, "Mike, you hear that?" 1779 01:18:41,588 --> 01:18:43,623 And said, "Those people love us." 1780 01:18:44,900 --> 01:18:45,959 And the vice president's response was, 1781 01:18:46,260 --> 01:18:48,595 "Those people also love the Constitution, Mr. President." 1782 01:18:48,628 --> 01:18:50,897 I don't know how this is going to end, 1783 01:18:50,964 --> 01:18:52,465 but if they want a fight, 1784 01:18:52,565 --> 01:18:54,634 they better believe they've got one! 1785 01:18:54,701 --> 01:18:55,935 (crowd cheering) 1786 01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:58,638 We will prevail. Amen. 1787 01:18:58,705 --> 01:19:00,940 (cheering) 1788 01:19:02,642 --> 01:19:06,460 Jacob: Most people had no idea prior to that point in time 1789 01:19:06,112 --> 01:19:08,648 that there even was a January 6th vote count. 1790 01:19:08,748 --> 01:19:09,983 People stop paying attention 1791 01:19:10,500 --> 01:19:11,418 most of the time after Election Day. 1792 01:19:11,484 --> 01:19:16,890 But now, there was going to be this very public limelight 1793 01:19:16,156 --> 01:19:19,590 on things with people raising questions 1794 01:19:19,125 --> 01:19:21,327 about whether that event was being done properly. 1795 01:19:21,428 --> 01:19:25,965 crowd: Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! 1796 01:19:26,660 --> 01:19:30,236 -(overlapping yelling) -(pepper spraying) 1797 01:19:33,106 --> 01:19:36,760 ♪♪ 1798 01:19:36,142 --> 01:19:38,611 Freedom! 1799 01:19:38,678 --> 01:19:40,680 crowd: Freedom! 1800 01:19:40,780 --> 01:19:42,816 Chansley: Freedom! 1801 01:19:42,916 --> 01:19:47,354 (crowd cheering) 1802 01:19:47,454 --> 01:19:50,230 Let's have trial by combat. 1803 01:19:52,192 --> 01:19:53,860 John Eastman: Rudy and I are brought up on stage. 1804 01:19:53,927 --> 01:19:55,362 Rudy's introduced, and then he introduces me. 1805 01:19:55,428 --> 01:19:58,365 He's one of the pre-eminent constitutional scholars 1806 01:19:58,465 --> 01:20:00,266 in the United States. 1807 01:20:00,333 --> 01:20:03,770 I remember the first kinda time I saw it or paid attention 1808 01:20:03,837 --> 01:20:06,840 was when, um, John Eastman took the stage. 1809 01:20:07,540 --> 01:20:09,709 America's Mayor. Wonderful. 1810 01:20:09,809 --> 01:20:11,544 (cheering) 1811 01:20:11,611 --> 01:20:15,181 I remember thinking, "You guys sound just ****ing crazy." 1812 01:20:15,281 --> 01:20:17,951 -Hello, America! (chuckles) -(crowd cheering) 1813 01:20:18,180 --> 01:20:19,719 The crowd's reaction, they knew I was saying 1814 01:20:19,786 --> 01:20:21,688 something important, so they cheered. You know? 1815 01:20:21,721 --> 01:20:25,191 All we are demanding of Vice President Pence 1816 01:20:25,225 --> 01:20:28,610 is this afternoon, at 1 o'clock, 1817 01:20:28,128 --> 01:20:31,398 he let the legislatures of the state look into this... 1818 01:20:31,498 --> 01:20:35,802 (applause) 1819 01:20:35,869 --> 01:20:39,539 (cheering) 1820 01:20:41,374 --> 01:20:43,176 Short: At the end, under pressure, 1821 01:20:43,243 --> 01:20:46,746 Donald Trump's true character came through. 1822 01:20:46,846 --> 01:20:48,348 I hope Mike is gonna do the right thing. 1823 01:20:48,415 --> 01:20:51,217 -I hope so. I hope so. -(crowd cheering) 1824 01:20:51,251 --> 01:20:54,254 Because if Mike Pence does the right thing, 1825 01:20:54,354 --> 01:20:55,488 we win the election. 1826 01:20:55,755 --> 01:20:59,826 You're sworn to uphold our Constitution. 1827 01:20:59,893 --> 01:21:01,528 Grisham: He doesn't care about that stuff. 1828 01:21:01,594 --> 01:21:02,996 Certainly, the Constitution to him 1829 01:21:03,630 --> 01:21:05,650 is like this old brown piece of paper that's boring 1830 01:21:05,165 --> 01:21:06,399 and probably written funny. 1831 01:21:06,433 --> 01:21:09,269 He doesn't know or understand, I think, most of it. 1832 01:21:09,335 --> 01:21:12,205 Trump: We're gonna walk down, and I'll be there with you. 1833 01:21:12,272 --> 01:21:14,941 We're gonna walk down to the Capitol. 1834 01:21:15,410 --> 01:21:17,944 Right when he said that, I was like, "You ****er." 1835 01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:19,846 Because I know him 1836 01:21:19,913 --> 01:21:22,820 and I knew he was not gonna walk down there. 1837 01:21:22,182 --> 01:21:24,840 He is afraid of crowds. 1838 01:21:24,184 --> 01:21:27,187 He doesn't necessarily like to be around his supporters, 1839 01:21:27,253 --> 01:21:30,230 despite what he says. He's terrified of germs. 1840 01:21:30,900 --> 01:21:32,359 And, again, he knows the power of his words 1841 01:21:32,425 --> 01:21:35,295 and I know his supporters, by this chance, 1842 01:21:35,362 --> 01:21:38,198 the thought of their president walking with them, 1843 01:21:38,264 --> 01:21:40,567 marching with them to the Capitol 1844 01:21:40,633 --> 01:21:41,868 would be everything. 1845 01:21:41,935 --> 01:21:45,710 And so, right when he said that I just, again, 1846 01:21:45,138 --> 01:21:47,140 was just pissed and disgusted. 1847 01:21:47,240 --> 01:21:50,944 Whatever was left in me broke, and I resigned right then, yeah. 1848 01:21:51,711 --> 01:21:53,146 We will never give up. 1849 01:21:53,246 --> 01:21:55,482 We will never concede. It doesn't happen. 1850 01:21:55,548 --> 01:21:58,485 You don't concede when there's theft involved. 1851 01:21:58,551 --> 01:22:00,286 (crowd cheering) 1852 01:22:00,387 --> 01:22:02,722 And we fight. We fight like hell. 1853 01:22:03,223 --> 01:22:04,891 And if you don't fight like hell, 1854 01:22:04,958 --> 01:22:06,493 you're not gonna have a country anymore. 1855 01:22:06,593 --> 01:22:09,429 Barr: I turned on the TV, and I saw what was going on. 1856 01:22:09,496 --> 01:22:12,499 -I was completely outraged. -(crowd cheering) 1857 01:22:12,565 --> 01:22:14,834 I felt he did precipitate the whole affair, 1858 01:22:14,934 --> 01:22:16,169 and I thought that was outrageous, 1859 01:22:16,269 --> 01:22:19,572 and his treatment of the vice president was despicable. 1860 01:22:19,639 --> 01:22:20,674 (gavel bangs) 1861 01:22:21,141 --> 01:22:23,777 Madam Speaker, members of Congress... 1862 01:22:23,843 --> 01:22:25,512 Jacob: Up until the very last minute, 1863 01:22:25,578 --> 01:22:28,982 he hoped that he would be able to persuade the president, 1864 01:22:29,150 --> 01:22:31,184 this time, that he was just wrong. 1865 01:22:31,484 --> 01:22:34,654 That he couldn't overturn the results of the election, 1866 01:22:34,954 --> 01:22:37,924 and that this meant that they were going to have to 1867 01:22:37,991 --> 01:22:40,794 relinquish power, leave office, 1868 01:22:40,860 --> 01:22:42,762 uh, and think about the future. 1869 01:22:42,829 --> 01:22:44,864 (crowd chattering) 1870 01:22:44,931 --> 01:22:47,467 People had been sold an idea 1871 01:22:47,534 --> 01:22:49,302 that was not true, 1872 01:22:49,369 --> 01:22:52,205 and John Eastman, he had had a causal effect 1873 01:22:52,305 --> 01:22:54,541 of helping to convince those people 1874 01:22:54,641 --> 01:22:57,210 that the Capitol building was a place worth going to 1875 01:22:57,277 --> 01:22:59,612 because that's a place where there's a big decision 1876 01:22:59,679 --> 01:23:01,140 to be made this day. 1877 01:23:01,314 --> 01:23:03,350 protester: We're coming for you! 1878 01:23:04,851 --> 01:23:07,153 I was, uh... 1879 01:23:08,855 --> 01:23:09,823 angry. 1880 01:23:09,889 --> 01:23:12,158 (crowd yelling) 1881 01:23:14,661 --> 01:23:16,296 crowd: Hang Mike Pence! 1882 01:23:17,630 --> 01:23:19,899 Jacob: I actually started drafting an email 1883 01:23:19,966 --> 01:23:21,634 to John Eastman saying, 1884 01:23:21,701 --> 01:23:24,871 "Thanks to your bullshit, now we're under siege." 1885 01:23:25,472 --> 01:23:27,407 He said that, and I said, "No, we're here 1886 01:23:27,507 --> 01:23:29,409 "because your boss wouldn't do what was necessary 1887 01:23:29,509 --> 01:23:31,478 to let this thing get aired out." 1888 01:23:31,544 --> 01:23:32,512 Uh, yeah, so... 1889 01:23:32,579 --> 01:23:36,160 -(glass breaking) -(indistinct yelling) 1890 01:23:38,985 --> 01:23:41,654 speaker: Mr. President, Senator. 1891 01:23:42,155 --> 01:23:44,891 Justice is comin', baby! 1892 01:23:44,924 --> 01:23:46,493 Freedom! 1893 01:23:46,893 --> 01:23:50,397 The vice president, he had been evacuated off the Senate floor at that point. 1894 01:23:52,320 --> 01:23:54,567 The Secret Service told the vice president 1895 01:23:54,667 --> 01:23:57,904 that we have a clear window to escape right now. 1896 01:23:58,605 --> 01:24:00,707 The vice president said, "You're not understanding. 1897 01:24:00,774 --> 01:24:04,244 I'm not leaving the Capitol. We're gonna stay here." 1898 01:24:05,412 --> 01:24:06,579 2:30-ish, 1899 01:24:06,680 --> 01:24:09,382 we had seen the president's tweet when he said, 1900 01:24:09,449 --> 01:24:11,510 "The Vice President didn't have the courage 1901 01:24:11,117 --> 01:24:12,719 to do the right thing." 1902 01:24:15,588 --> 01:24:19,292 Part of me wonders if he even cared 1903 01:24:19,392 --> 01:24:21,895 as long as he had someone else to scapegoat 1904 01:24:21,961 --> 01:24:24,640 for his election loss. 1905 01:24:25,799 --> 01:24:28,468 Yeah! 1906 01:24:28,568 --> 01:24:30,236 Hey! 1907 01:24:30,303 --> 01:24:34,474 I cannot believe this guy is standing there with a spear. 1908 01:24:34,574 --> 01:24:37,243 protester: This is our Capitol. Let's be respectful to it. 1909 01:24:37,310 --> 01:24:38,411 Hickman: Unbelievable. 1910 01:24:38,478 --> 01:24:40,814 I'm still-- I'm still shocked 1911 01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:43,416 with the images, just to this day. 1912 01:24:44,884 --> 01:24:46,286 protesters: Stop the steal! 1913 01:24:46,319 --> 01:24:47,654 protester 1: Oh, my God. 1914 01:24:47,754 --> 01:24:50,990 (overlapping yelling) 1915 01:24:51,910 --> 01:24:53,493 protester 2: There's a gun! There's a gun! 1916 01:24:53,593 --> 01:24:55,228 (yelling) 1917 01:24:55,762 --> 01:24:57,970 -(gunshot) -(echoing yelling) 1918 01:24:58,998 --> 01:25:02,335 Trump (on video over megaphone): I know your pain. I know your hurt. 1919 01:25:02,402 --> 01:25:06,239 We had an election that was stolen from us. 1920 01:25:06,306 --> 01:25:08,274 It was a landslide election. 1921 01:25:08,341 --> 01:25:10,510 Short: It's important to have leaders 1922 01:25:10,577 --> 01:25:12,278 who believe in our rule of law. 1923 01:25:12,345 --> 01:25:15,448 Donald Trump has showed that, uh, he fails that test. 1924 01:25:15,815 --> 01:25:18,351 Trump (on video): We love you. You're very special. 1925 01:25:18,418 --> 01:25:20,920 But go home, and go home in peace. 1926 01:25:20,987 --> 01:25:22,255 protester 1: What's he saying? 1927 01:25:22,322 --> 01:25:24,524 protester 2: He says go home. 1928 01:25:24,591 --> 01:25:26,860 Donald Trump has asked everybody to go home. 1929 01:25:26,926 --> 01:25:28,528 Barr: The President's behavior 1930 01:25:28,628 --> 01:25:30,830 was a betrayal of his supporters, 1931 01:25:30,930 --> 01:25:35,602 and what he did was irresponsible and shameful. 1932 01:25:36,970 --> 01:25:38,872 Mike Pence: Today was a dark day in the history 1933 01:25:38,938 --> 01:25:40,206 of the United States Capitol. 1934 01:25:40,306 --> 01:25:42,800 -(crowd yelling) -(flashbang pops) 1935 01:25:42,108 --> 01:25:43,309 The violence was quelled, 1936 01:25:43,376 --> 01:25:47,614 and the people's work continues. 1937 01:25:47,681 --> 01:25:52,652 The elected representatives of the people of the United States 1938 01:25:52,719 --> 01:25:56,956 have assembled again on the very same day, 1939 01:25:57,824 --> 01:25:59,225 to support and defend 1940 01:25:59,325 --> 01:26:01,528 the Constitution of the United States. 1941 01:26:01,561 --> 01:26:04,300 At 8 o'clock the Senate reconvened, 1942 01:26:04,640 --> 01:26:07,300 and we were going to do the work of the people and get back to work. 1943 01:26:07,901 --> 01:26:10,360 Let's get back to work. 1944 01:26:10,136 --> 01:26:13,340 (applause) 1945 01:26:19,145 --> 01:26:23,216 (helicopter whirring) 1946 01:26:23,249 --> 01:26:24,684 reporter 1: Former president Donald Trump 1947 01:26:24,751 --> 01:26:26,753 turned himself in last night in Georgia 1948 01:26:26,853 --> 01:26:30,490 to face charges that he tried to undermine the 2020 election. 1949 01:26:30,557 --> 01:26:32,592 Now, his mugshot joins a gallery of images 1950 01:26:32,692 --> 01:26:35,610 taken of his alleged co-conspirators. 1951 01:26:36,290 --> 01:26:38,531 reporter 2: Rudy Giuliani facing a number of counts. 1952 01:26:38,598 --> 01:26:42,335 John Charles Eastman. Jenna Ellis. 1953 01:26:42,402 --> 01:26:44,671 Sidney Katherine Powell. 1954 01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:49,442 Trump: We did nothing wrong at all. 1955 01:26:49,509 --> 01:26:52,178 What has taken place here is a travesty of justice. 1956 01:26:52,245 --> 01:26:54,547 We did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. 1957 01:26:56,249 --> 01:26:57,617 Grisham: Everybody's against him. 1958 01:26:57,684 --> 01:27:00,920 It's always, "Poor me, poor me, I'm the victim." 1959 01:27:01,521 --> 01:27:03,456 And that is how I believe 1960 01:27:03,523 --> 01:27:05,258 he continues to get through so much, 1961 01:27:05,291 --> 01:27:07,293 and he never gets "punished" 1962 01:27:07,360 --> 01:27:08,862 for a lot of the things that happen. 1963 01:27:08,928 --> 01:27:11,598 ♪♪ 1964 01:27:11,631 --> 01:27:15,301 I think that January 6th is like a trailer to a movie. 1965 01:27:15,969 --> 01:27:18,772 That's the one thing with Donald Trump I-I've learned. 1966 01:27:18,872 --> 01:27:21,700 You think he'll, he'll just go this far 1967 01:27:21,410 --> 01:27:22,409 and there's not more. 1968 01:27:22,475 --> 01:27:24,144 There's always more. 1969 01:27:24,210 --> 01:27:26,246 He just takes it as far as it will go. 1970 01:27:26,312 --> 01:27:29,649 We won in 2016, and if you really remember, 1971 01:27:29,749 --> 01:27:31,284 and if you wanna play it straight, 1972 01:27:31,384 --> 01:27:33,653 we also won in 2020. 1973 01:27:33,753 --> 01:27:35,455 (crowd cheering) 1974 01:27:35,488 --> 01:27:38,158 We are in a very dangerous place heading into the next election. 1975 01:27:38,224 --> 01:27:40,593 If he loses, I don't think that you can expect 1976 01:27:40,660 --> 01:27:42,262 that he's gonna take it peacefully. 1977 01:27:42,328 --> 01:27:44,330 Of course, he's gonna claim that it was stolen, 1978 01:27:44,397 --> 01:27:46,332 of course, he's gonna say it was rigged, 1979 01:27:46,433 --> 01:27:49,235 and of course, he's going to try to incite his followers 1980 01:27:49,302 --> 01:27:50,670 and his diehard loyalists 1981 01:27:50,770 --> 01:27:52,972 to the exact same kind of actions as last time. 1982 01:27:53,730 --> 01:27:54,174 The notion that this time 1983 01:27:54,240 --> 01:27:55,608 he would, like, take it like a champ 1984 01:27:55,675 --> 01:27:58,745 and admit he lost is just ridiculous. 1985 01:27:58,812 --> 01:28:02,349 (crowd cheering) 1986 01:28:02,449 --> 01:28:05,251 Jacob: In 2020, the line held. 1987 01:28:05,318 --> 01:28:07,354 You had people of character, 1988 01:28:07,420 --> 01:28:10,290 all of whom held the line, 1989 01:28:10,357 --> 01:28:12,592 and held to constitutional principle. 1990 01:28:12,659 --> 01:28:17,630 crowd: **** Joe Biden! **** Joe Biden! 1991 01:28:19,432 --> 01:28:21,368 Jacob: Character matters. 1992 01:28:21,468 --> 01:28:22,769 The president of the United States 1993 01:28:22,836 --> 01:28:27,400 is the most powerful office under our Constitution, 1994 01:28:27,107 --> 01:28:30,944 and that is where character is most important of all. 1995 01:28:31,344 --> 01:28:34,381 And you should never put somebody into that office 1996 01:28:34,447 --> 01:28:36,716 that you don't have trust and confidence 1997 01:28:36,816 --> 01:28:39,452 will follow the Constitution and the law. 1998 01:28:39,819 --> 01:28:42,889 Because that could be the end of the Republic. 1999 01:28:45,658 --> 01:28:48,695 ♪♪