tonight what s the bottom line you want the american people to know? there was a very sophisticated multi-part plan ovp ovoverseen ovp ovove by donald trump. you can t accept when they steal and rob. the attempt to stay in power. the longest investigation into donald trump s attempt to stay president barrels towards conclusion, we put it all together. i got three men walking down the street with ar-15s. the explosive testimonies. i over heard the president saying something that i don t effin care that they have weapons, let people in. new insights from witnesses. i said you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and throw them out the window? was he asking you to commit a crime? i don t know what he believed. the unanswered questions. i feel like we don t know the full story on the proud boys and oath keepers. and what may lie ahead. the former president and his allies represent a clear danger to american democracy. not because of wha
and i think that was a real neon warning sign. jake tapper: it was floated, this idea, by retired general michael flynn in the oval office that donald trump should seize voting machines and ballot boxes from these states that joe biden won. what was your reaction when you heard that? michael luttig: i said to my wife, this is beyond all comprehension. i never utter a word like this, but that in particular sounded in a banana republic to me. had that happened, we would have been in a situation where literally we re in a constitutional crisis because nothing in our constitution gives you the answer. jake tapper: at the end of the evening,
of a peaceful transfer of power after this, and i said, yes, there is a legitimate issue here. and i think that was a real neon warning sign. jake tapper: it was floated, this idea, by retired general michael flynn in the oval office that donald trump should seize voting machines and ballot boxes from these states that joe biden won. what was your reaction when you heard that? michael luttig: i said to my wife, this is beyond all comprehension. i never utter a word like this, but that in particular sounded in a banana republic to me. had that happened, we would have been in a situation where literally we re in a constitutional crisis because nothing in our constitution gives you the answer.
of a peaceful transfer of power after this, and i said, yes, there is a legitimate issue here. and i think that was a real neon warning sign. jake tapper: it was floated, this idea, by retired general michael flynn in the oval office that donald trump should seize voting machines and ballot boxes from these states that joe biden won. what was your reaction when you heard that? michael luttig: i said to my wife, this is beyond all comprehension. i never utter a word like this, but that in particular sounded in a banana republic to me. had that happened, we would have been in a situation where literally we re in a constitutional crisis because nothing in our constitution gives you the answer.
i remember talking to you after that meeting, and you were shaking. i was. and it was, frankly, it took a little bit of process exactly what had happened. but i remember getting a text from a senior republican senate advisor, asking me if there was going to be an issue in terms of a peaceful transfer of power after this. and i said, yes, there is a legitimate issue here. and i think that was a real neon warning sign. it was floated, this idea by retired general michael flynn, in the oval office, that donald trump should seize voting machines and ballot boxes from these states that joe biden won. what was your reaction when you heard that? i said to my wife, this is beyond all comprehension. i never utter a word like this. but that in particular sounded