evidence, and we are thinking about how best to mapply the rue of law in a very unconventional situation. >> new mexico was one of the states targeted with fake electors. you were one of the state attorneys general who referred the case to the justice department. what -- what do you think will actually come of it? do you suspect the people involve will be charged? and what would charges actually be? >> well, i want to be clear, these investigations are not targeting lawful auditing free speech. every american has a right to protest, challenge, litigate, and sue in a court of law. what is brazen is that there might have been some type of coordinated effort by the small group of individuals, and we really believed when we confirmed some of this conduct in each respective state, that the doj was the best positioned to gather the evidence because of the multistate,