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The plan to seize the machines was the subject of several draft executive orders. one of which politico obtained and while the orders were never enacted, it cast a dark shadow over the democratic process. the idea originated with the retired army colonel and trump advisor who is also famous for his conspiracy driven power point presentation. which recommend that trump declare a national security emergency. worst yet, he was collaborating on the plan to seize voting machines with trumps 22-day na...

Imminent saying its no longer describing the invasion and do you believe the use of that word impacted how ukraine has behaved and how russia has behaved? was that a mistake? >> im not sure. >> this is probably diplomacy trying to stretch a little bit to make clear that putin has not made a firm decision with regards to the invasion so i do understand that nuance. >> there were recent reports about what was happening in the trump west wing between the election and inauguration. draft executive o...

Appalled at what can only be deduced as willful ignorance, or avoidance of this proof perpetuated by some leading such speculation. the committee recommends the attorney general considered investigating those who have been utilizing misleading and false information about antrim county to raise money, and publicize it for their own end. michigan republicans not only thoroughly debunked the theory, they thought it was so egregious that the people who peddled it should be prosecuted. and yet, antri...

Behaved, how russias behaved? was it a mistake? >> i -- im not sure. you know, i -- i think this is -- this is probably diplomacy trying to stretch a little bit to make clear that putin has not made a firm decision with regards to the invasion. so, i can -- i can understand that nuance. >> so, i do want to shift gears because there are these recent reports about what -- what was happening in the trump-west wing between the election and inauguration. we are learning a lot over the last couple day...

Was a republican state lawmakers in washington. quote, ideas and speculation that antrim county election workers or outside entities manipulated the vote by hand or electronically are indefensible. the committee is appalled at what can only be deduced as willful ignorance, or avoidance of this proof perpetuated by some leading such speculation. the committee recommends the attorney general considered investigating those who have been utilizing misleading and false information about and trump cou...

In an oval office meeting trump reportedly asked attorney general william barr to have the justice department go seize voting machines. and just tonight, "politico" has published some of the emails passing around these draft executive orders, in mid december 2020. the email chain includes trumps ex-national security adviser michael flynn, rudy giuliani, the pal of rudy giuliani, the former disgraced new york city police commissioner bernard caric who was working with the legal team. the meta dat...

Manipulated the vote by hand or electronically are indefensible. the committee is appalled at what can only be deduced as willful ignorance or avoidance of this proof perpetuated by some leading such speculation. the committee recommends the attorney general consider investigating those who have been utilizing misleading and false information about antrim county to raise money or publicity for their own ends. michigan republicans not only thoroughly debunked the antrim county theory, they though...

Ranging implications coming to what a former president can assert coming to executive privilege when he is out of office. you mentioned that we got a window sort of into what these documents are that the president is looking to block and as you merngsed they include handwritten notes from aides, draft speeches, draft executive orders and where the president was, what he was doing when this riot was unfolding, what advice he was given, what involvement he had if any in the planning of this event....

From his presidency. and now we know there is paperwork, handwritten notes, emails, memos, draft proclamations, draft executive orders, talking points, all kinds of documents from his top advisers, closest staff. were talking about documents that came from the files of chief of staff mark meadows at the time, from the press secretary at the time, and all of these records are records that were specific to january 6th, trumps attempts to overturn -- stop the electoral count vote and his interest i...

Willing to share episodes large and small about the presidents attention span, act to execute on basic policy -- >> but if im correct, rosenstein is the first to be named. >> i dont think thats the case. i think bob woodward named a number of officials who pulled draft executive orders off the presidents desk in order to thwart his attempts at doing something that was unwise. let me get to the real point here. which is that protecting bob mueller the special counsel and his investigation is what...