Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington where the candidates crisscrossed seeing the Battleground States heading into the weekend, we are 32 days from election day. But for many americans, voting is already underway, more than 1 Million ballots that have already been cast. But the two men at the top of the Gop Ticket still cannot accept former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Take a look at this you know, last time, last election, we did great in 2016, a Lot Of people dont know we did much better in 2020. We want the, Donald Trump win he yes, he did so, were you when you can see you can see if your opponent gets your opponent gets more votes. You concede. Really feel bad three alright, fact check, even though its been more than 1,400 days since that election, no trump did not win in 2020, the election was not rigged. And that rhetoric, of course, has consequences in more ways than one unapologetic unapologetic Election Denier and colorado is facing the consequences from embracing the socalled big life former Mesa County clerk, Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years behind Bars Yesterday for a Databreach Scheme inspired by trumps false claims of voter fraud. She allowed a man affiliated with Mypillow Ceo Mike Lindell to misuse a Security Card to illegally access the Countys Election System before handing down the sentence, the judge in the case ripped into peters for her blatant lies and taking advantage he says of her privileged position your reputation at this point is poor because of what youve done here. And after your allies are well documented. And these convictions are serious im convinced you would do it all over again if you could youre as defiant as a defendant as this court has ever seen of Drug And Alcohol abuse. Theres no lifetime of trauma, not even close to the type of Mitigating Circumstances i would see from many folks who sit in that chair no. To the contrary, ms peters, you are a Privilege Person come. There are many things in my mind that our crystal clear about this case. You. Are no hero. You abused your position and youre a charlatan who used and is still using your prior position in office to peddle a Snake Oil thats been proven to be junk time and time again. In. Your world. Its all about you. You abdicated your position as a servant to the constitution and you chose you over all else yes. You are a charlatan and you cannot help but lie as easy it is for you to breathe you betrayed your oath for no one other than you all right. Lets bring in Colorado Attorney General, phil weiser. Mr. Attorney general. Thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. What do you hope the impact this case will have as were heading into the election, as were laying out at the beginning of the program, Donald Trump is still peddling these false claims that he one in 2020. Now is running Mate Jd Vance is doing the same and it appears that Tina Peters is now going to prison for nine years for pedaling that Big Lie herself. In the malfeasance that she was convicted of in your state . The reality is that words and rhetoric have consequences and the Big Lie pushed by foreign President Trump Jd Vance and others is dangerous. Its harmful to our Democratic Republic. We have a Democratic Republic because people no, that our elections operate with integrity in colorado, we have the Gold Standard of elections. This whole charade was costly. It was dangerous, and sadly, as the judge noted, Tina Peters was an unrepentant liar. She was without remorse all about seeking fame and taking part in whats a dangerous conspiracy. Chill. Now, pay the price and she remains defiant as you were saying, she says that everything that she did was for the greater good of Mesa County. She asked for a sentence of probation, gave reasons why she should not go to jail. Lets listen to that and talk about on The Other Side ive Health Problems that would not be treatable in the Department Of Corrections first of all, i need a magnetic mattress. Ive been on that since 1995 it was in two rearend collisions and 84 and 2010, it was pretty severe what about that, mr. Attorney general . I mean, do you think that the judge should have shown more leniency in this case or do you think that that sentence is about right . This is a fair sentence. The judge took into account arrange a circumstances. And those circumstances do include her personal situation, including that her son served our nation well and paid the ultimate price unfortunately, when youve got a defendant like ms peters, who refuses to take any responsibility at all, and continues to engage in dangerous, illegal behavior. She violated her Protection Order not to go near the Clerks Office the importance of the sentence is it sends a very clear and compelling message undermining our elections will not be tolerated and what are your concerns going into the 2024 election as we were saying at the top of the program, people are voting already on a variety of states around the country depending on where you live. The early, voting is already underway. Are you concerned that the former president is right . Running mate . Are undermining americans confidence in the electoral process of this country jim, im very concerned, Jd Vance at the debate was told appropriately that youre here because Mike Pence was willing to follow the law and do his duty when you have a Push For Lawless Behavior when you see what happened on January 6, when you see behavior like Tina Peters, thats a direct threat to our Democratic Republic we have a republic because we honor the Rule Of Law. We have elections that award the ballot to the person who gets the will of the People Idea that you wont respect elections if you lose is antithetical to a Democratic Republic. And the fact that clerks like ms peters were willing to go on a very dangerous and illegal effort to try to prove something that wasnt true that harms the public confidence in election. So were in a precarious time. We need the Rule Of Law and we need to make sure that we hold this election fairly all right Colorado Attorney General phil weiser. Thank you so much for your time this morning. We really appreciate it thank you, jim. All right. Lets discuss more now with cnn senior Political Commentator, former Trump Campaign Adviser david urban, also with us. Cnn Political Commentator karen finney. Karen, let me start with you. I mean, we were just talking about this with the Attorney General of colorado a Few Moments Go And Trump is still talking about the election being rigged. Hes been making it sound like hes not going to accept the results of the upcoming election if he loses you know, a Lot Of what we hear from The Other Side, from the republican side of things is that, well, you guys are focusing on the past. Why are you focusing on the past . But hes focused on the path i mean, it has very much i should do with the future exactly. He brought two days from now. Yeah, hundred Percent Look at it is a reminder that the former president did not uphold his oath of office. It is a reminder that there was a pretty vast scheme to steal the election in 2020. Both what we saw in january, on January 6, but then what we saw between november and january happening in the states and to the point you made in the interview its happening again. Things are being put in motion, put in place. We saw an attempt to change rules in georgia in a way that would create chaos and create an argument for the president to the former president , i should say to again, call things into question. This is part of the frustration ill just say that a Lot Of us have with the former president , hes broken our system we have a fair system as this from the Attorney General said, where you get the most votes you win the electoral college, you win the election. You dont, you lose you. We move on. And hes not allowing us and our democracy to continue to move on. David is trump going to concede if he comes up . Sure. This time around . Lets said i would hope so right. Heres heres the trick in this whole thing, jim. Why in america do people have so much distrust about our electoral system, right . Because the way its conducted is not the most radically transparent as possible, right . When you go to a 711, their cameras on the cash registers, what people are there . Cameras everywhere in our life. We should have Radical Transparency in the city of philadelphia. You shouldnt have brown paper up over the windows where people are counting votes it allows a Conspiracy Theorists to really get the Colorado Case was a trump supporter. I Gotcha Denialist who is up to nine years and they slammed this and i think that may be a little excessive for that case. Heres just like a murder, but again, i am for Radical Transparency. I think that we should all know on election night, who won the election, we should have a better way. We do this, right . That americans believed that good people in america believe that nato, and it is transparency not lets go jim were republican governors in georgia, in arizona. You had a republican Secretary Of State being strong armed by Donald Trump talking about, im not talking about 20 20. Im talking about jim. Im talking about today. Hold on, guys. I think why cant we have cameras . Why cant we watched in pennsylvania, the governor is a great guy, good friend of mine he put a camera up to watch the bridge be built yeah. No, no. Dont you think we should have that kind of translated. Youre youre moving the goalposts was fine. He lost jim. This election im talking about if you want to just go home, do you wouldnt listen. But then why didnt, why radical chance of him, why wasnt that proposed four years ago . In the last election . Why didnt republicans hold on, come forward and say, you know what, we now for Radical Transparency for elections we are now for making it as easy as possible for every american to vote rather than making it harder for certain people to vote instead, what youve had is four years. Im a former president trashing the system. And by the weight to what the judge said, there are dangerous consequences to the president s lies. People died on January 6. People have died on January 6 was Ashley Babbitt who was murdered. Well, its only person to die karen, lets be straight. On January 6, they were there minimize im not trying to mince officers were getting jim jim jim. Lets not do that. Its terrible, right . None of that Will David david. David. None of that would have happened yeah. Donald trump had just been a man in accepted the Election Results in 2020. Im not you know, thats thats it. Thats the whole ballgame. What when youre, when you hold do you accept personal responsibility is the key in life . When you are kaitlan, your mom said when you were out with your friends and you did something he said, well, billy made me do it. Mom, who would your mother said you Jim Sciutto said, i dont care what billy did. He responsible for you, jim, you know better your mom taught you better. Americans know the person responsible, people, accountable should be saying to Donald Trump, people broke into the capitol. Theyre responsible for the activity. Donald trump a dog may be yelling. We dont have to go, we ramped up to now. We can give a dance look more importantly, i know lets talk about this election though. So we havent people are already voting this 2024 Election Part of what weve seen, this week between Liz Cheney being out there with Kamala Harris this week between what we learned in the Jack Smith case, between this verdict that weve just seen is a reminder that our election in 2024 has is very serious. Serious, very serious things are on the line and again, i agree with the Vice President. Theres a quote running right now. He violated his oath of office, and i think for some people, its hardened if 30 of republicans believe the election was stolen, were not going to change their mind up for those voters less and less cheney, less exertion. She spoke about this lets listen to that Donald Trump started spray tanning. I have never voted for a democrat but this year i am proudly casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris look, i think shes misguided and she gets one vote just like anybody else in america. Great for her. God, she is doing that, talking about Election Interference what Jack Smith just did, i would i recommend everybody go to new York Magazine, read our Colleague Elie Honigs Peace in a new York Magazine about Jack Smith violating longstanding Doj Policy by announcing these charges are these these additional put putting out this additional facts with the purpose of affecting the election. Clearly, i mean, he did that. This is reminiscent of Jim Comey in 2016. Hillary clinton. And you got to feel for no, no but im saying but democrats went crazy then. Why are you Guys Grazie now saying thats wrong . Its wrong. Jack smith committed Election Interference. Well, jake, we know he cut in and just use the nicest tony hes from pennsylvania but david. David. Good morning. Okay. So when Donald Trump, according to the Jack Smith filing, says about Mike Pence, so what dont you have a problem with that . Its bad. He should have done it listed. I think its bad. So going back to our conversation early, but heres the probe. Jack Smith Shouldnt be putting out are saying that its a responsibility that we will well, who stormed the capitol, not Donald Trump. Exactly what Donald Trump is saying. So what about his Vice President and whether i think its a terrible thing for him to say if he said it. Didnt, i think im not going to im not going to defend that night. But what im saying is that smith is not allowed to be doing that with the intended effect on the election. I think its an important reminder of the stakes of this election, and i hope everybody goes out and vote liberty plays by the rules to write, lets play by the rules. You cant say, you cant be Chastising The Trump and republicans for Election Interference and then have Jack Smith interfering with election or the United States Naval Academy has a speaker coming this week on the tenth to derive Donald Trump and clear violation of department all right. Policies. 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