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Pennsylvania. over 40 times we went to court against the former president and his enablers and won every time in order to protect and preserve our democracy and respect the will of the people. >> the philadelphia inquirer asked five republican candidates about the 2020 election. only one acknowledged biden won. none would say if they would have certified pennsylvania's election results. talk about what is at stake in terms of electing a democrat that will stand for democracy. >> what is at stake here in pennsylvania and across the country is that we need leaders who are willing to speak the tr...

Much for coming to the last word. elected officials in arizona released a 93-page report debunking every claim made by the cyber ninjas in the sham audit and the cyber ninjas are shutting down. a similar partisan audit is still being pushed in pennsylvania, even if no fraud is found. has the damage already been done? >> no fraud was found here in pennsylvania. other than maybe a handful of cases where individuals were trying to cast an extra ballot for donald trump. what is happening here in pennsylvania is a sham audit, one where republicans in the state senate have demanded the private perso...

Happened a year and a day ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general merrick garland vowed to take as long as it takes and whatever it takes. he is delivering. the department of justice charged more than 700 members of the trump mob and so far 75 sentenced and 36 receiving jail time including a north carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son into the capitol on january 6. today virginia spencer was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 36 months probation. the judge said she did not believe spencer understood the ...

I am on the house judiciary committee and a former white house counsel chose to litigate the subpoena, we only got him in two years later. we need to make sure that the folks don't run out the clock. that is why we have to pass legislation on the inherent contempt bill allowing congress to enforce our own subpoenas. >> thank you both very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you john. >> coming up, a turning point on voting rights. president biden's speech thursday fulfilled many democrats long-standing hopes he would fight against those that threaten democracy. now his allies hope the speech...

Up as well. either we believe in a democracy or not. the idea of making voting inconvenient or inaccessible to people on purpose, to gain advantage is not new. it is not new. but it is a problem whose ugly undersides, i think, are apparent for everybody to see. we have real reform legislation that moved through the house. it has the support of the american people. and it is stuck in the senate because people are hiding behind procedural rules and other excuses. i do think we need to dial up the heat. >> this week mitch mcconnell said that he would be open to reforming the electoral count act. ...