Welcome to the whole story. Im anderson cooper, since his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed in the election was stolen. The results somehow rigged by democrats. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but that hasnt stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies now, many of those same defeated in november. Cnns Donie Osullivan spent the past few months with some of trumps biggest promoters, who continued to spread doubts about the security of the election and are doing whatever they can to ensure trump win. He begins with the most famous Pillow Salesman in america. [music playing] Donie Osullivan how are you . My name is Donie Osullivan. Woman ok, tony. Donie Osullivan Donie. Man johnny osullivan. Donie osullivan no, not johnny, like johnny mitchell. Man tony . Donie Osullivan Donie woman donie . Man are you an irish boy . Donie osullivan yes. Man god bless you. So am i. Donie osullivan as a journalist, i sp
Anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. I m anderson cooper. Since his defeat in 2020, former president donald trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed the election was stolen, the result somehow rigged by democrats. There s no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but that hasn t stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies. Now, many of those same allies are gathering again, ready to claim fraud if the former president is once again defeated in november. Cnn s donie o sullivan spent the past few months with some of trump s biggest promoters, who continued to spread doubts about the security of the election and are doing whatever they can to ensure trump win. He begins with the most famous pillow salesman in america. [music playing] donie o sullivan: how are you? my name is donie o sullivan. Woman: ok, tony. Donie o sullivan: donie. Man: johnny o sullivan. Donie o sullivan: no, not johnny, like johnny mitchell. Man: tony? donie o sullivan: donie woman: doni
days before republicans assume the majority in the house and likely dissolve the january 6th committee, members released a new batch of testimony involving efforts of those closest to the former president and their attempts to overturn the election. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. and included in the new transcripts is testimony by donald trump jr. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election, as in overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his fathers allies would soon attempt. and there is also some rather unflattering testimony involving first lady melania trump s opinion of trump jr. and others in her husband s inner circle. also tonight, new details of a purported conversation involving senator lindsey graham who said he would become a champion of these baseless election fraud claims if the president s allies could, quote, just give me five dead voters. it is a lot to unpack. let s s
soccer, perhaps the greatest ever to play the game. the news continues, so let s hand it over to alisyn camera at that for cnn tonight. good evening everyone, i m alisyn camerota. there is new intriguing details from the january 6th committee tonight. you ll hear how lindsey graham vowed to champion donald trump s election lies if only the white house could find him, quote, five dead voters. we ll explain. you ll also hear what donald trump thought about the appearance of the january 6th rioters. spoiler alert, they were not his type. and you ll hear about the text that don jr. sent to mark meadows the day after his father lost the election. it was basically a roadmap for how to unconstitutionally keep trump in office. don jr. says he cannot remember who sent him that text. but see if you recognize some of the unique language in that text as a clue. and as predicted, there are new developments and new lies from congressman-elect george santos. he s the one who lied ab
it up. you got to do what you got to do. thank you. and thank you at home for joining us. i m whitney wild, christine romans coming back on monday. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is friday, december 30th, don is off today. recovery, though is in sight. we ll see. i think a lot of people will be skeptical, but that is what southwest airlines is saying this morning as they hope to resume regular service today with, quote, minimal disruptions. and airports are still trying to figure out what to do with the piles of unclaimed luggage. we re live at chicago s midway international airport. and vladimir putin and xi jinping holding a meeting. also the house january 6th committee releasing a new batch of transcripts and what we re learning about texts involving donald trump jr. and lindsey graham. a new claim from congressman-elect george santos is putting his own mother s death into question. that s right. this morning we start with sou