CAROLINA MARK HARRIS HAS JUST
MET WITH INVESTIGATORS AND WE
UNDERSTAND HE IS COMING OUTSIDE
RIGHT NOW.
IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW WE WILL
TAKE A LISTEN TO HIM.
LET'S STEP IN AND SEE WHAT HE
HAS TO SAY.
BASED ON WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED
HERE AT THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST WEEK, THAT IS WHERE WE
STAND TODAY.
EXCUSE ME?
WHY SHOULD YOU SURF BEFORE
THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED?
IN EVERY ELECTION, THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT COME UP
THAT ARE INVESTIGATED, THERE IS
ALWAYS SOME KIND OF COMPLAINT
FILED THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AND
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING
ON EVEN SINCE 2016. WE NOW INTO
THE ELECTION THAT HAPPENED THAT
FAR, THEY CONTINUE EVEN TO THIS
DAY.
IT DID NOT FOR BID CERTIFICATION
OF MANY OF THOSE RACES.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO DO THEIR
DUTY AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DO
NOT HAVE A STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS AT THE PRESENT TIME
DUE TO THE THREE-JUDGE PANEL
RULING LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY HE WOULD NOT BE
APPOINTING AN INTERIM BOARD
WHATSOEVER AND SO WE CAN'T FIND
OURSELVES IN NO MAN'S LAND AND
WE HAVE ASKED THE COURT TO STEP
IN WITH THE WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO
ASK THAT CERTIFICATION TAKE
PLACE OF THIS RACE.
IN OUR OPINION, INSTEAD OF
STANDING HERE, YOU SHOULD BE IN
D.C. AT THIS TIME GETTING SWORN
IN.
THAT IS TRUE.
DURING THIS HOUR, I BELIEVE AT
1 PM EXACTLY, MY 434th
COLLEAGUES IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WILL RAISE
THEIR HAND AND TAKE THE OATH OF
OFFICE AND WE WILL BE SEATED.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING I THINK
I'M CORRECT THAT I AM THE ONE
SEAT REMAINING OF THE 435 TO BE
SEATED AND SO AGAIN WE ARE
COMMITTED EARLY ON THAT WE ARE
CERTAINLY WANTING TO HELP IN
ANY WAY WE CAN WITH ANY
INVESTIGATION TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT BUT WE BELIEVE
THAT AGAIN THAT I SHOULD BE
CERTIFIED AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN
QUESTION WOULD CHANGE THE
OUTCOME OF THIS ELECTION AND WE
BELIEVE AGAIN THAT IS THE
STANDARD ULTIMATELY THAT THE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS LOOKS TO.
NO MAN'S LAND IS ONLY UNTIL
JANUARY 31.
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY
TRUE.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
NEW LEGISLATION THAT WAS DRAWN
UP, IT TALKS ABOUT JANUARY 31
BUT THEN IT TALKS ABOUT
ELSEWHERE MAY 1. SO WE DO NOT
KNOW HOW LONG IT IS GOING TO
BE.
LOOK HOW MUCH LITIGATION AND
LEGISLATION HAS OCCURRED OVER
THE LAST STATUTE TO SAY WE KNOW
THAT SOMETHING COULD PROCEED ON
A CERTAIN DAY WILL BE VERY
PRESUMPTUOUS.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WHO WILL
TAKE CONTROL OF SEVERAL
COMMITTEES LIKE NANCY PELOSI,
WHO SAID WE WILL NOT SEE YOU?
I THINK THE MESSAGE TO
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WOULD BE THE
MESSAGE I WOULD SHARE WITH
REPUBLICAN LEADERS, BECAUSE
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
BE ABOVE CLINICAL PARTY AND
THAT IS WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND
APPRECIATE THAT STATES ARE THE
ONES WHO RUN ELECTIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
THAT POWER IS HELD TO THE
STATES, IT IS ONLY ON VERY RARE
OCCURRENCES THAT THE U.S. HOUSE
WOULD STEP IN AND TAKE SOME
KIND OF ACTION.
IN FACT, I READ FROM THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE WHO
WAS A DEMOCRAT THAT IT WOULD
NOT BE SEATED TODAY BECAUSE I
AM NOT CERTIFIED.
AGAIN, OUR GOES TO GET
CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING THAT AND
WITHOUT A STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS, WE ARE DOING THAT
THROUGH THE COURTS IN THE
FILING THAT WENT THROUGH TODAY.
IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT,
THEN WE WILL BE CERTIFIED.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TO
VOTERS IN THE NINTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?
WE THINK THERE SHOULD BE NO
REASON TO BE DOUBTFUL THE
LEGITIMACY OF THE OUTCOME
BECAUSE AGAIN THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION THAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON NOW FOR WEEKS INTO
WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE NINTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND
AGAIN TODAY I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY AND WAS TREATED
WITH GREAT RESPECT AND SAT DOWN
WITH LEADERS ON THE STATE BOARD
STAFF AND WE TALKED AND I
SHARED WITH THEM WHAT I KNEW
AND I SHARED WITH THEM
INFORMATION THAT I COULD SHARE
AND IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND
SO I THINK AGAIN I HAVE SAID
ALL ALONG THAT I TRUSTED THE
PROCESS AND THE PROCESS
CERTAINLY HAS BEEN FOLLOWED AND
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW
IT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
COOPERATE IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.
DO YOU THINK THAT THEY DID
ANYTHING WRONG?
I CANNOT ANSWER THAT.
ULTIMATELY, THE INVESTIGATION
WILL LEAD WHEREVER IT LEADS.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION I
DO NOT KNOW ANY MORE THAN YOU
DO IN TERMS OF HIS ATTORNEY WHO
HAS SAID HE DID NOT.
WOULD YOU HIRE HIM AGAIN?
AGAIN, I CERTAINLY HAVE NOT
SEEN ANY REASON AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION THAT I WOULD NOT
HIRE HIM AGAIN.
THAT IS MARK HERE IS WE ARE
HEARING FROM AND HE IS THE ONE
PERSON WHO WAS ELECTED EVEN
THOUGH THAT IS A CONTENTIOUS
THING AT THIS POINT TO THIS NEW
HOUSE OF CONGRESS THAT IS NOT
GOING TO BE SEATED TODAY AS
ELECTION FRAUD ALLEGATIONS ARE
STILL UNDERWAY AT THIS POINT.
THAT INVESTIGATION IS WHAT HE
WAS DOING TODAY, TALKING TO
INVESTIGATORS.
HARRIS WANTS THAT WITH THE
INVESTIGATION AND HE BELIEVES
HE SHOULD BE CERTIFIED IN THE
NUMBER OF BALLOTS IN QUESTION
WILL NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF
THE ELECTION.
IT IS McRAE DALLAS WHO IS
BEING INVESTIGATED AS WELL.
THAT IS THE PERSON WHO
ALLEGEDLY MAY HAVE HAD SOME SAY
IN THE WAY THESE ABSENTEE
BALLOTS WERE ACTUALLY HANDLED.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT TO BE
ADJUDICATED, OF COURSE, AND THE
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE
SAYING THEY WILL NOT CEDE