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>>> HELLO. I'M RON JONES.
WE WILL GET STRAIGHT TO THE TOP
STORY TONIGHT AND IT'S A BIG
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. THE
ONE. THE PRESIDENT DOUBLING DOWN ON
CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD IN
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. HE IS HEARD ON THE PHONE ASKING
THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE
TO FIND VOTES TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. THE PHONE CALL TAKING PLACE
SATURDAY AND YOU CAN HEAR THE
PRESIDENT BERATING THE
SECRETARY OF STATE AND
DECLARING HE ACTUALLY WON THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT.
WE WILL START WITH HOPE FORD
WHO SHARES MORE OF THE BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. >> I HAVE TO FIND 12,000 VOTES
AND I HAVE THEM TIMES A LOT.
I WON THE STATE.
>> THE PRESIDENT IN AN
HOURLONG PHONE CALL WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE ASKING FOR
VOTES THAT WOULD PUT HIM ABOVE
BIDEN.
BIDEN.
BIDEN. >>
BIDEN. >> I NEED 11,000 VOTES.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT IN
SPADES ALREADY.
SPADES ALREADY. >> THE PRESIDENT RESTARTING
ALREADY DEBUNKED CLAIMS OF
VOTER FRAUD.
VOTER FRAUD. >> THEY ARE CHANGING
EQUIPMENT ON THE MACHINES.
THAT'S NOT LEGAL.
>> WE DID A HAND RETALLY.
A 100% RETALLY OF ALL THE
BALLOTS AND COMPARED THAT TO
WHAT THE MACHINE SAID AND IT
WAS THE SAME RESULT.
>> THE PRESIDENT REQUESTING
THE VIDEO ALLEGING VIDEO
WORKERS STUFFED AND SCANNED
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS. >> THEY DID IT IN SLOW MOTION.
SHE STUFFED THE BALLOT BOXES.
THEY WERE STUFFED LIKE NOBODY
HAS EVER SEEN THEM STUFFED
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. >> THE VIDEO DEBUNKED SHOWS
STANDARD BALLOT CONTAINERS.
>> WE DID AN AUDIT AND FOUND
THEY WEREN'T SCANNED.
>> NOBODY CAN MAKE A CASE FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. NOBODY.
NOBODY.
NOBODY. THAT'S -- YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE
A CHILD TO THINK ANYTHING OTHER
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. JUST A CHILD.
>> HE WENT PERSONAL, KNOCKING
THE GOVERNOR AND STACY ABRAMS.
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. SHE
WAY. SHE HAS DONE TO THIS PAR
UNBELIEVABLE.
UNBELIEVABLE. I RAN AGAINST HER ONCE WITH
BRIAN KEMP AND I BEAT HER.
IF I DIDN'T RUN BRUINS WOULDN'T
HAVE HAD A SHOT.
HE WAS DEAD.
DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL.
>> LATER TAKING AIM AT HIS
REPUTATION IN GEORGIA.
>> IF YOU KNOW IT OR NOT THEY
ARE LAUGHING AT YOU.
YOU TAKE IT -- THE REPUBLICANS
STATE AND YOU MADE IT ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE FOR REPUBLICANS TO
WIN BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEATING.
>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SAYING THEIR LAWYERS WILL BE IN
TOUCH, ENDING THE PHONE CALL
ASSURING THE RESULTS ACCURATE
AND THANKING THE PRESIDENT FOR
HIS TIME.
HIS TIME.
HIS TIME. >> YOU KNOW THE WASHINGTON
POST WAS THE FIRST NEWS
ORGANIZATION WITH THAT
RECORDING.
RECORDING. THEY ARE HE LEASED THE AUDIO A
COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE
PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT A CALL
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
HOPE FORD SPOKE TO THE
REPORTER.
.
. >>
. >> HE
. >> HE SHOWED A WILLINGNESS TO
SUBVERT THE LEGAL OUTCOME OF
THE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION. >> SHE TALKED TO SCHOLARS
ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
>> THERE'S ONE PART OF THE
CALL IN WHICH HE THREATENS THEM
WITH CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES IF
THEY DON'T ACT.
HE SAID WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
RISKY.
RISKY.
RISKY. BY
RISKY. BY NOT ACTING THEY ARE RISKING
CRIMINAL SANCTIONS AND HE IS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WHO RUNS THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. THAT COULD BE SEEN AS A SORT OF
FORM OF EXTORTION.
>> HE SAID THAT LEGAL SCHOLARS
TELL HER NOT TO GET CAUGHT UP
IN THE WEEDS.
>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROVE
THAT HE KNOW THAT WHAT HE IS
ASKING HIM TO DO IS FRAUD.
YOU CAN REALLY IMAGINE HIM
SAYING WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
ABOUT?
ABOUT? I
ABOUT? I DON'T THINK WHAT BRAD -- WHAT
I'M ASKING HIM TO DO IS FRAUD.
I'M ASKING HIM TO FIX THE FRAUD
I THINK HAPPENED.
THAT MAKES A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION TRICKY BUT THE
SAME ONES SAY THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY. >> TONIGHT THE CHAIR OF THE
GEORGIA REPUBLICAN PARTY TWEETD
THAT THE PRESIDENT FILED BOTH
STATE AND FEDERAL LAWSUITS
AGAINST THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S OFFICE OVER THE RELEASE
OF THAT PHONE CALL.
THE TIMING, THE TIMING OF THIS
CALL IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE
MUST CONSIDER.
MUST CONSIDER. IT IS JUST A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE
THE RUNOFF ELECTIONS RIGHT HERE
IN GEORGIA.
IN GEORGIA. WHAT EXPERTS SAYING ABOUT THE
POLITICAL
POLITICAL
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. > POLITICAL AMISTS SAY THAT
PHONE CALL BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF
STATE COULD IMPACT THE RUNOFF
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. IT COULD BUT WATCH TRUMP'S
VISIT TO GEORGIA ON MONDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >>
NIGHT. >> YOU SHOULD WANT TO HAVE AN
ACCURATE ELECTION.
ACCURATE ELECTION. >> IT'S THE PHONE CALL
CAPTURING ATTENTION NATIONWIDE.
THE PRESIDENT ASKING THE
GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE TO
REWORK OUT AND FIND VOTES FOR
HIM TO WIN GEORGIA.
>> IT'S UNPRECEDENTED.
>> GOP CONSULTANT HAS WORKED
IN POLITICS FOR TWO DECADES.
>> WON AND LOST ELECTIONS BY
AS FEW AS 19 VOTES.
IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.
>> WITH THE RUNOFFS ON
TUESDAY, HE SAID THAT THE
RECORDING COULD IMPACT SENATORS
PURDUE AND LEFFLER BUT IT COULD
HINGE ON HOW TRUMP RESPONDS
WHEN HE MAKES A STOP IN GEORGIA
MONDAY NIGHT.
MONDAY NIGHT. >> HE CAN ENCOURAGE THOSE SAME
VOTERS TO SHOW UP AND HELP WIN
THE SENATE RUNOFFS BIG ENOUGH
SO THAT -- I WILL PUT QUOTES
AROUND THIS, THEY CAN'T CHEAT.
>> A PROFESSOR THINKS THAT
MANY VOTERS HAVE ALREADY MADE
UP THEIR MINDS BY THIS POINT.
>> PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE ARE
PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO
DO SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IT.
PRESIDENT IT. >> ALONGSIDE THE VICE
PRESIDENT ELECT JOHN OSOFF HAD
STRONG WORDS FOR THE SENATORS.
IF DAVID PURSUE AND KELLY HAD
ONE PIECE OF STEEL IN THEIR
SPINES, ONE PART OF INTEGRITY
THEY WOULD BE OUT HERE
DEFENDING GEORGIA VOTERS THAT.
>> IT WAS A BALL,
OF POWER BY THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH
SENATORS FOR THEIR REACTION ON
THIS BUT WE ARE STILL
TO HEAR BACK.
>>> WE WILL BRING IN BRENDON.
YOU LISTENED TO THE ENTIRE
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. ANY
CALL. ANY MAJOR TAKE AWAYS WHAT YOU
HAVE HEARD SO FAR?
>> YOU KNOW THE BINGEST TAKE
AWAY IS HOW MUCH OF THE
DEBUNKED INFORMATION THE
PRESIDENT WAS REPEATING.
FOR EXAMPLE IN THE STATE FARM
ARENA CALLING THE STANDARD
BALLOT CONTAINERS SUITCASES.
WE DEBUNKED THAT A MONTH AGO.
HE SAID THEY WEREN'T STANDARD,
THEY WERE SUITCASES.
THEY WERE STANDARD BALLOT
CONTAINERS.
CONTAINERS. WE HAD A CREW IN THE ROOM WHEN
THEY WERE INITIALLY PROCESSED
BEFORE THEY WERE SCANNED.
IT'S JUST SO MANY OF THESE
THINGS HAVE BEEN PROVED FALSE.
THE PRESIDENT IS REPEATING THEM
AS FACTS STILL TODAY TWO MONTHS
AFTER THE ELECTION.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T
REVEAL YOUR SOURCE, WHO
ACTUALLY GAVE YOU THE ONE HOUR
-- THE ONE HOUR CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE
STATE OFFICIALS BUT DO YOU
BELIEVE THERE COULD BE ANY
OTHER AUDIO FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE
WHITE HOUSE AND ALSO STATE
OFFICIALS?
OFFICIALS? >> YOU KNOW WHAT'S SHOCKING
ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT EITHER DIDN'T KNOW HE
WAS BEING RECORDED AND SHOULD
HAVE ASSUMED ON EVERY CALL THAT
HE COULD BE RECORDED OR THAT HE
KNEW AND DIDN'T CARE AND SAID
WHAT HE SAID.
THAT'S A LITTLE SURPRISING.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID IS
IT LEGAL?
IT LEGAL?
IT LEGAL? GEORGIA IS A ONE PARTY STATE
BUT REMEMBER THAT MEANING ONE
PARTY HAS TO BE AWARE OF THE
RECORDING.
RECORDING. THIS WAS AN INTERSTATE PHONE
CALL MEANING UNITED STATES,
FEDERAL LAW WOULD APPLY AND
FEDERAL LAW ALSO IS ONE PARTY.
AS LONG AS ONE PARTY ON THAT
CALL KNEW IT WAS BEING RECORDED
IT'S NOT WIRE TAPPING IT WAS A
LEGAL CALL.
LEGAL CALL. ARE THERE OTHER RECORDINGS?
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
THIS ONE HAS ENOUGH TO LAST US
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS OF LOOKING AT
JUST SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT
I WOULD HEAR.
THIS ISN'T A TRANSCRIPT.
THESE ARE THE PRESIDENT'S OWN
WORDS ASKING A STATE OFFICIAL
TO OVERTURN A FREE AND FAIR
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> THANK