Transcripts for CNN CNN Special Program 20240604 00:06:00 :

ballots which were going to be more prevalent because of the pandemic, became a perfect new foil for trump s old claim. voting by mail is rot with fraud and abuse. when you do all mail-in voting ballots, you re asking for fraud. reporter: alyssa pharon griffin the white house director forethen president trump to december 2020. pulled him into the oval reminding her many senior citizens would vote by mail and deterring people from turning out and from voting in the way they would. reporter: all of this caught the attention of congresswoman liz cheney. a rock red conservative and daughter of former vice president dick cheney. at the time number three in house republican leadership. the conference chair. it concerned me, because we wanted people to be able to vote as republicans. i wasn t concerned about it from a constitutional perspective at