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Appear to be like yes, this will be the moment where people really care progenitor six and what happens. on the republican side, they dont seem that worried about it because when you think about the fact that theyve been able to continue to lie about the 2020 election, theyve objectively been able to get away with that and been able to get away with the idea that the voters are coming along with the lie that the election was rigged in their real actions taking place as a result of that. when you...

Democratic party has to train its people, who are going to be election workers, poll workers, that they will be able to deal with the destruction that could ensue. >> barbara, let me ask you real quickly if i can about the attorney, former attorney general, bill barr. he left the administration before january the six. but he held his position as our nations top law enforcement officer during a critical period of the 2020 election. he is obviously on the outs with donald trump because he refused ...

It now appears navarro, in fact, will be the last person indicted. why? because on friday, the justice department said, they will not file criminal contempt charges against trumps ethics chief of staff, mark meadows, or dance give enough, for their refusal to cooperate with the committees investigation. they call the decision not to indict meadows, and scavino, quote, puzzling. we are such learn more about trump, and his companys efforts to overturn the last election during the committees public...

I think with meadows and scavino is that there is still hope that they might get information out of them. or, it is possible for them to be perceived not as witnesses but potential defendants in a larger criminal conspiracy case. >> joe, i want to ask you about the other big news this week. it was this report in political about what the republican party is doing beyond washington d.c. efforts. there are efforts across the country to subvert the next election. you have this conservative lawyer mi...

Dollar investment and 18 states hiring so-called election integrity deniers and lawyers. they recruited more than 5000 poll watchers, nearly 12,000 poll workers. explain something to me here, all of this is illegal, right? these are important parts of our election process, our democracy. poll watchers, poll workers, we need them. we need them to be bipartisan. what is happening is that one party is basically recruiting conspiracy theorists who believe that the previous election was stolen to try...

Election results. recruit, and install, party trained volunteers, and poll workers, in democratic majority areas. where they have the authority to challenge any vote they deem suspicious. now, the alleged voter fraud would then be documented by party friendly attorneys, and used by a network of district attorneys to effectively block votes. according to the election integrity director in michigan, they are gearing up for war. >> truly, it will be an army. we will try to recruit lawyers, we will ...

Their party for help and trying to disqualify voters. it is very scary, and it is part of whats happened in the last election, where they were practicing. where they were trying to accomplish something. now they have better preparation, and they might succeed. this is very scary. i think we need to watch this very closely, and that the democratic party has to train its people, who are going to be election workers, poll workers, that they will be able to deal with the destruction that could ensue...

These are important parts of our election process, our democracy. poll watchers, poll workers, we need them. we need them to be bipartisan. what is happening is that one party is basically recruiting conspiracy theorists who believe that the previous election was stolen to try to sow confusion and chaos to overturn the next election. how concerned are you? is there anything to be done to prevent it from happening? >> that is a great question, ayman. it is of great concern to me. i am very worrie...

He was a threat to this democracy, continues to be a threat to this democracy. >> we might partially not be living in a democracy at the november for republicans, who political suggested, will get their way with plans that they are trying to place poll workers, poll watchers in an attempt to evade the system and create chaos and confusion. i am curious about your reaction to what we are seeing play out in realtime. is there something that should be done right now to all of these indications that...

After death threats and accusations of participating in voter fraud, you could say the last few years have been rough for poll workers. Many have decided to not return to the work and now, there's a nationwide need as we inch closer to midterms.