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At one point, confronted eastman, basically, with the same sentiment. speaker: what were your prior interactions with eastman? eric herschmann: he described for me what he thought the ambiguity was in the statute and he was walking through it at that time. and i said to hold on a second. i want to understand what youre saying. youre saying that you believe the vice president acting as president of the senate can be the sole decision maker as to, under your theory, who becomes the next president ...

Counsel eric herschmann to discuss an appeal in georgia. eric herschmann: i said to him, are you out of your effing mind? now im going to give you the best free legal advice youre ever getting in your life. get a great effing criminal defense lawyer. youre going to need it. and then i hung up on him. jake tapper: and the president released a second video condemning the violence more forcefully on january 7th. donald trump: like all americans, i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem...

And declared him to be a tyrant, there was no way that they would have put in the hands of one person the authority to determine who was going to be president of the united states. jake tapper: but president trump now saw vice president pence as the man who could keep him in the white house for four more years. pete aguiler: on december 23rd, president trump retweeted a memo from an individual named ivan raiklin entitled operation pence card. that called on the vice president to refuse the elect...

Did not take the election from donald trump. voters did. the news was told to trumps chief of staff at the white house, mark meadows, in mid to late november. alex cannon: i remember a call with mr. meadows, and i remember sharing with him that we werent finding anything that would be sufficient to change the results in any of the key states. jake tapper: during a meeting, several weeks later, the president got the same message from his white house counsel, pat cipollone, and another white house...

And declared him to be a tyrant, there was no way that they would have put in the hands of one person the authority to determine who was going to be president of the united states. jake tapper: but president trump now saw vice president pence as the man who could keep him in the white house for four more years. pete aguiler: on december 23rd, president trump retweeted a memo from an individual named ivan raiklin entitled operation pence card. that called on the vice president to refuse the elect...

Maggie haberman: on december 18, three people, one of them trumps former national security advisor mike flynn, his lawyer sidney powell and patrick byrne, the founder of overstock.com, were let into the white house by an aide to peter navarro, another trump advisor. trump saw them, called them into the oval office, and they start arguing the case where everyone else is failing trump and that trump can take aggressive actions to keep himself in power and to try to impact the results of an electio...

Was that pat cipollone thought the idea was nutty and had, at one point, confronted eastman, basically, with the same sentiment. speaker: what were your prior interactions with eastman? eric herschmann: he described for me what he thought the ambiguity was in the statute and he was walking through it at that time. and i said to hold on a second. i want to understand what youre saying. youre saying that you believe the vice president acting as president of the senate can be the sole decision make...

And we were asking one simple question as a general matter. where is the evidence? speaker: what response did you get? pat cipollone: a variety of responses like, what do you mean wheres the evidence? you should know-- speaker: there was discussion of, well, we dont have it now, but we will have it or whatever. eric herschmann: derek and i both challenged what she was saying, and she says, well, the judges are corrupt. and i was like, everyone? every single case that youve done in the country yo...

And that reminded me that yes, in fact, youre primarily-- youre an environmental lawyer. how about you go back to your office, and well call you when theres an oil spill? jake tapper: donoghue also informed president trump that u upon clarkks appointm, justice department leaders would resign en masse. steven engel: the president turned to me and said, steve, you wouldnt leave, would you? i said, mr. president, ive been with you through four attorneys general, including two acting as attorney gen...

And that reminded me that yes, in fact, youre primarily-- youre an environmental lawyer. how about you go back to your office, and well call you when theres an oil spill? jake tapper: donoghue also informed president trump that u upon clarkks appointm, justice department leaders would resign en masse. steven engel: the president turned to me and said, steve, you wouldnt leave, would you? i said, mr. president, ive been with you through four attorneys general, including two acting as attorney gen...