a man who to this day is part of the group that is privy to the deepest intelligence matters. a man who is also one of 147 lawmakers to vote to overturn election results. on that note, there's more on the trump allies in seven states who submitted phony electoral vote certificates signed by bogus electors to the national archives falsely declaring that he won there. so as patently absurd as that sounds, remember, this was part of team trump's legal game plan, having vice president pence declare slates of electors invalid, recognize competing slates or simply kicking it all to the supreme court, where the former president thought he would prevail. which may explain why on january 6th the former vice president added very specific language never used or needed before that day to the standard invocation as he read the results state by state. listen. >> after ascertaining that the certificates are regular in form and authentic, the tellers will announce the votes cast by the electors for each state, beginning with alabama.