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Happening. what ended up happening was, donald trump is losing all of these lawsuits. there was no election fraud. he knew those were baseless. you had these fake electors, where they were looking to use that as a pretext to delay and stop the count. and that is what was going on not only in michigan but on various battleground states. that is where you get into the part of, this is a corrupt plan with a purpose to delay the certification of the count. >> new topic, the former president has repe...

And services as you work to manage conflict within the community related to this. manage conflict? why is the doj involved until this sonya? >> why are they involved in anything i think its again government overreach. theyve been sticking their hands in all these different issues including our policy lately. it just doesnt make sense. i mean, they cant even do their job and prosecute criminals and send the message and here we are with our own children. >> trace: i mean they did this before, that...

Powerful office within the city of new york. bernie kerik of course was the nypd commissioner, he has been very close allies of giuliani for decades now. and in that crazy window, between election day 2020, and january 2026, bernie kerik very much worked hand and glove with rudy giuliani, under, him on that legal team that was trying to find any sort of evidence, any sort of pretext to make the case that the election had been stolen by joe biden. what we also know, based on the conversation that...

>> betsy, one of the reasons we think that the grand jury is hearing evidence related possible campaign fraud, is because bernie kerik, who we mentioned in the lead, and according to your reporting, was meeting with prosecutors on monday. can you tell us more about why bernie kerik may be the sort of kevin bacon of all of this? a person that connects the various spokes on the wheel? >> yeah, hes a bit of a forrest gump type character. he and rudy giuliani go way, way back, to their days running ...

Giuliani for decades now. and in that crazy window between election day 2020 and january 26, bernie carrick very much worked hand in glove with rudy giuliani under him on that legal team that was trying to find any sort of evidence, any sort of pretext to make the case that the election had been stolen by so biden. what we also know based on a conversation we had today with bernie carricks lawyer in the special counsels team for an interview he held earlier this week is that jack smith prosecuto...

Conspiracy, youre looking for an agreement. it doesnt have to be explicit, you dont have to say, i agree to commit a crime with you, and heres the moment that happened. no prosecutor does that. you have circumstantial evidence that there were clear understandings and agreements to in furtherance of committing a crime. the crime does not necessarily have to have been accomplished. you made an agreement, you took certain overt steps in furtherance of that agreement. i dont think that is going to b...

Theories would fail before the supreme court. and yet again donald trump is, you know, having conversations with his lawyers and presumably they are having conversations about the fact that there is nothing to these legal theories. they are just a way to try to delay as pretext any kind of certification of the election. so that is the heart of it, what donald trump knew about the fact that there was nothing to these legal defenses, that they were blatantly unreasonable for him to rely on. and i ...

>> there is something eerie about the fact that he is so close to the place where his supporters tried to overthrow the government in order to keep in power. not only is jack smith in that room, three of the officers who were injured and victimized by him including one who has lost his career because of the injuries that he suffered at the hands of trumps people. i have to say i have been thinking about whether or not it is solemn for me. i have to be honest, maybe i am alone on this, it isnt so...

Some of them are quite arcane. i think its fascinating with smith has covered. i dont think we mentioned this on our area tonight. they talk about they had to lie to some of the activists are trump fans who would become electors because some of them, as rapid as they were, they would do almost anything, but they said this would not be like a coup. [laughter] that was their line, right? >> right. >> they were lied to in some states. some states like michigan charged them. but in some states, smit...

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