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jake tapper: at the end of the evening, no seizure orders were issued. the president decided to go in a different direction. he would take it in a tweet. kaitlan collins: what he wanted was to show everyone who was telling him he lost the election that people agreed with him. jake tapper: the tweet and the violence that followed ahead.

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was doing in terms of his election fraud claims. did you have any apprehension of becoming deputy attorney general? richard donoghue: no, i didn't have any concerns about that. i had a great deal of confidence in the team. i wanted to be part of the team. you want to be there when it matters. donald trump: can't ever accept when they steal and rig and rob. can't accept it. jake tapper: after attorney general bill barr resigned, richard donoghue was appointed to the number two position in the department of justice, the deputy to jeffrey rosen, the new acting attorney general. the two men inheherited a department under constant and public attack by the sitting president of the united states fighting to hold on to an election he falsely claimed had been stolen. kaitlan collins: trump thought the justice department was an arm of his presidency in a way for him to tell them what to do and they should do his bidding and what he wanted. jake tapper: as the new targets of trump's ire, rosen and donoghue fielded near-daily complaints

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"be there, will be wild!". kaitlan collins: what he wanted was to show these lawmakers, not just in washington, but everyone who was telling him he lost the election, he wanted to show them that people agreed with him, and people backed his lies about the election. jake tapper: donald trump was summoning his true believers to washington d.c. and evidence pieced together by the january 6 committee shows they heard that call and began planning immediately. jamie raskin: women for america first, a pro trump organizing group had previously applied for a rally permit for january 22nd and 23rd in washington d.c. but in the hours after the tweet, they moved their permit to january 6th. jake tapper: the next day, ali alexander, a trump supporter and leader of the group stop the steal created a website to share and promote logistics about the rally. jamie raskin: it included event times, places, speakers

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marc short: many times. speaker: and had been consistent in conveying his position to the president? marc short: very consistent. kaitlan collins: you basically cannot overstate the pressure that trump was putting on pence in the lead up to january 6th. donald trump: i hope that our great vice president-- our great vice president comes through for us. he's a great guy. of course, if he doesn't come through, i won't like him quite as much. jake tapper: that night, pence's outside lawyer, richard cullen, phoned retired judge michael luttig, an esteemed conservative republican, for help and advice. michael luttig: he said, judge, do you know john eastman? and i said, yes, john was a clerk of mine about 20, 25 years ago. and he said, well, john's advising the president and the vice president that the vice president does not have to accept the electoral college votes as they have been cast. i said, well, richard, you can tell the vice president that i

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i just want to bring some facts to your attention-- jake tapper: and then there was georgia where the republican secretary of state brad raffensperger got an hour long call from president trump. donald trump: brad, what are we going to do? we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. kaitlan collins: trump probably put more pressure on brad raffensperger than anyone else. it was immense. donald trump: all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. kaitlan collins: and i think it's the phone call that everyone remembers, that was later leaked, where he in turn berated brad raffensperger. donald trump: they're going around playing and laughing at you behind your back, brad. kaitlan collins: he praised him. he seemed to try to charm him at times, and even indicated that if he did not act, that there could be criminal liability for those actions. donald trump: you're not reporting it. that's a criminal-- that's a criminal offense.

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jake tapper: this desperate scheme to overthrow the election results had been conceived weeks earlier. speaker: who do you remember being involved in those early discussions around the thanksgiving time regarding having alternate electors meet? cassidy hutchinson: mr. giuliani, several of mr giuliani's associates, mr. meadows. jake tapper: one of the biggest supporters of this outrageous attempt to subvert american democracy was law professor and trump attorney john eastman. john eastman: the entire executive branch is headed by one guy-- kaitlan collins: trump saw him on fox news and shortly after that, he was in the oval office. jake tapper: fraudulent electors were just step one in eastman's plan which he outlined in these memos and justified with false claims of "illegal actions by state and local election officials". step two in his plan would have to be executed by vice

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was doing in terms of his election fraud claims. did you have any apprehension of becoming deputy attorney general? richard donoghue: no, i didn't have any concerns about that. i had a great deal of confidence in the team. i wanted to be part of the team. you want to be there when it matters. donald trump: can't ever accept when they steal and rig and rob. can't accept it. jake tapper: after attorney general bill barr resigned, richard donoghue was appointed to the number two position in the department of justice, the deputy to jeffrey rosen, the new acting attorney general. the two men inherited a department under constant and public attack by the sitting president of the united states fighting to hold on to an election he falsely claimed had been stolen. kaitlan collins: trump thought the justice department was an arm of his presidency in a way for him to tell them what to do and they should do his bidding and what he wanted. jake tapper: as the new targets of trump's ire, rosen and donoghue fielded near-daily complaints

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kaitlan collins: what he wanted was to show these lawmakers, not just in washington, but everyone who was telling him he lost the election, he wanted to show them that people agreed with him, and people backed his lies about the election. jake tapper: donald trump was summoning his true believers to washington d.c. and evidence pieced together by the january 6 committee shows they heard that call and began planning immediately. jamie raskin: women for america first, a pro trump organizing group had previously applied for a rally permit for january 22nd and 23rd in washington d.c. but in the hours after the tweet, they moved their permit to january 6th. jake tapper: the next day, ali alexander, a trump supporter and leader of the group stop the steal created a website to share and promote logistics about the rally. jamie raskin: it included event times, places, speakers and details on transportation to washington d.c.

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jake tapper: and then there was georgia where the republican secretary of state brad raffensperger got an hour long call from president trump. donald trump: brad, what are we going to do? we won the election and it's not fair to take it away from us like this. kaitlan collins: trump probably put more pressure on brad raffensperger than anyone else. it was immense. donald trump: all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. kaitlan collins: and i think it's the phone call that everyone remembers, that was later leaked, where he in turn berated brad raffensperger. donald trump: they're going around playing and laughing at you behind your back, brad. kaitlan collins: he praised him. he seemed to try to charm him at times, and even indicated that if he did not act, that there could be criminal liability for those actions. donald trump: you're not reporting it. that's a criminal-- that's a criminal offense.

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no seizure orders were issued. the president decided to go in a different direction. he would take it in a tweet. kaitlan collins: what he wanted was to show everyone who was telling him he lost the election that people agreed with him. jake tapper: the tweet and the violence that followed ahead.

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