>>> WHAT TO THE FACTS AND THE
EVIDENCE SHOW.
CERTAINLY I'VE BEEN CLEAR, HE'S
BEEN GUILTY OF THE MOST
DERELICTION OF DUTY THAN ANY
PRESIDENT IN OUR NATION'S
HISTORY.
YOU HAD A FEDERAL JUDGE IN
CALIFORNIA SAY IT'S MORE LIKELY
THAN NOT THAT HE AND JOHN
EASTMAN COMMITTED TWO CRIMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
FACTS.
I THINK THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE WILL DO THAT, BUT THEY
HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
PROSECUTION UNDERSTAND INGING WH
IT MEANS IF THE FACTS AND THE
EVIDENCE ARE THERE AND THEY
DECIDE NOT TO PROSECUTE, HOW DO
WE THEN CALL OURSELVES A NATION
OF LAWS.
>> THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET AS
LIZ CHENEY IS KNOWN TO DO.
MICHIGAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE
SPOKE TO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN
MARCH ABOUT THE FAKE ELECTOR
SCHEME IN HER STATE.
YOUR REACTION TO TODAY'S
BREAKING NEWS.
WE'VE TURNED TO YOU OVER THE
YEARS SINCE THE ELECTION OF 2020
AND EFFORTS TO STEAL IT FROM
DONALD TRUMP.
NEWS TODAY TRUMP HAS RECEIVED A
TARGET LETTER FROM JACK SMITH IN
THE GYMNASTICS PROBE.JANUARY 6th
>> I THINK I WE'RE MOVING
FORWARD JUSTICE BEING SERVED.
IF WE ALLOW THAT TO STAND
DESPITE EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS
AN EFFORT TO UNDERMINE OUR
DEMOCRACY, THEN, YOU KNOW, AS
LIZ CHENEY SAID, WE ARE NOT A
NATION OF LAWS.
AND INDEED WE ARE.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THERE IS A
WIDE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
THAT'S LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED
AND THAT IT'S A FACT AND
EVIDENCE-BASED INVESTIGATION TO
SIMPLY ENSURE JUSTICE IS SERVED
SO WE DO NOT SEE A REOCCURRENCE
OF THESE ATTEMPTS IN THE FUTURE.
>> BIG NS HAPPENING AT THE
STATE LEVEL AS WELL ON THE
CRIMINAL CASUALTY FRONT.
IN YOUR STATE, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ANNOUNCING CHARGES
AGAINST 16 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS EACH,
ALL FELONIES, IF CONVICTED,
LEADING TO LENGTHY PRISON
SENTENCES.
I GUESS TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS.
WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ON HER
RADAR.
SHE HAS REFERRED IT TO DOJ AND
TOOK THE CASE BACK AND FOCUSED
ON IT ANEW, SEEING LITTLE ACTION
AND MOVEMENT FROM DOJ IN THEIR
PRE-JACK SMITH SPEERD.PERIOD.
YOUR REACTION TO THE CHARGES IN
MICHIGAN TODAY.
>> THIS WAS AN ACTIONABLE PLAN,
NOT JUST AN IDEA TO LIE TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHO WON
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND HOW
MICHIGAN'S ELECTORAL VOTE SHOULD
GO.
AND IT WASN'T JUST AGAIN AN
IDEA.
THIS WAS AN ACTUAL FRAUDULENT
ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN AND
UNDERMINE THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
THESE DOCUMENTS WERE SUBMITTED
TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND
THEY WERE -- WE RECEIVED THEM
AND THEN TURNED THEM OVER TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR A FULL
INVESTIGATION.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS FOLLOWED
THE FACTS, FOLLOWED THE LAW, AND
ISSUED CHARGES AGAINST
INDIVIDUALS WHO -- FOR WHOM
THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT
OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY KNOWINGLY,
IN MY VIEW, ALLEGEDLY TOOK
ACTIONS TO VIOLATE NOT JUST ANY
LAWS BUT THE VERY LAWS THAT
GOVERN THE ACCESS TO OUR
ELECTIONS AND WHO HAS POWER IN
OUR COUNTRY.
SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL SEE
JUSTICE SERVED HERE.
WE'LL SEE THOUSAND FACTS AND THE
PROCESS PLAYS OUT.
BUT THIS CERTAINLY UNDERSCORES
THERE'S A ROLE FOR STATES TO
PLAY AS WELL IN SEEKING FULL
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL OF THOSE
WHO TOOK ACTIONS TO UNDERMINE
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN 2020.
>> I SPOKE -- YOU'VE RECEIVED A
LOT OF RECOGNITION.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHY YOU DID
IT, AND I KNOW THAT NOTHING
REALLY EVER ERASES THE FEAR OF
HAVING ARMED PEOPLE OUTSIDE YOUR
HOUSE WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE WITH
YOUR CHILD.
BUT THOSE THINGS STIPULATED,
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
RECOGNIZED ALONGSIDE YOU OVER
THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS ARE THE
CLEESE
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS
THEMSELVES WHO PAID THE PRICE OF
THIS INSURRECTION AND ENGAGED IN
WHAT ONE DESCRIBED AS, QUOTE,
MEDIEVAL HAND TO HAND COMBAT.
ONE OFFICER SAID TODAY, "I DON'T
FEEL HAPPY.
I FEEL THIS ALMOST UNRELENTING
SENSE OF RAGE AND GRIEF THAT
IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG AND IT
STILL FEELS LIKE A LONG SHOT."
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> I FEEL ENERGIZED, FRANKLY.
WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF PREPARING
FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE,
AND THIS IS BREAKING NEWS.
I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS ALL DAYS
WITH INDIVIDUALS NOT JUST MANY
MICHIGAN BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT
THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PSYCH FROM
ANY KNOWN OR POTENTIAL TACTICS
THAT COULD BE EMPLOYED AGAIN OR
ANEW TO OVERTURN ELECTION
RESULTS SIMPLY BECAUSE
INDIVIDUALS DON'T LIKE THEM.
SO THE FACT WE ARE SEEING ANY
TYPE OF PROGRESS AT JUSTICE FOR
EVENTS FROM THE PAST GIVES ME A
RENEWED SENSE OF HOPE AND ENERGY
THAT WE'LL SEE JUSTICE, AND THAT
IN SOME WAYS WILL BE OUR BEST
TOOL TO PREVENT A REOCCURRENCE
OF THESE ATTEMPTS IN 2024.
SO I'M HOPEFUL.
AND I THINK THE CHARGES --
FELONY CHARGES OUT OF MICHIGAN
ARE SERIOUS.
THE POTENTIAL CHARGES COMING OUT
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE
SERIOUS.
AND THEY WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED
TO BE DONE IN MY VIEW TO ENSURE