Source: CBS News
Georgia secretary of state who Trump asked to "find" votes meeting with Jan. 6 investigators
Jun 28, 2023 · 4m 36s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-CUtGzR0U
SHORTAGE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. >> THE FAA SPEAKS TO THIS AND IS STANDING READY TO FACE ANY ISSUES THEY ARE FACING. >> Reporter: THIS COMES AS AAA PREDICTS RECORD-BREAKING TRAVEL VOLUME OVER THE LONG FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EXPECTED TO FLY TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. JARRED HILL, CBS NEWS. >>> IN GEORGIA, SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD ROETHLISBERGER IS SET TO SPEAK WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TODAY
AS THE INVESTIGATION TO DONALD TRUMP'S FOR OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION INTENSIFIES. IN JANUARY 2021, THE FORMER PRESIDENT PRESSURED ROETHLISBERGER TO FIND MORE VOTES TO REVERSE HIS LOSS IN THE ELECTION. WE ARE JOINED TO TALK ABOUT THIS WILL BY ROB, EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER THIS INFAMOUS REQUEST, JUST FIND 11,000 MORE VOTES. THAT IS WHAT WAS SAID ON THE PHONE CALL. THIS IS HIS FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT. WHAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THIS? >> AS YOU SAID, ARE IN THE FOLLOWED OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLED HIM AND SAID CAN YOU FIND 780,000 VOTES. WHAT THEY WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATORS IS THE FALLOUT OF THAT. BRAD RAFFENSPERGER HAS SINCE TESTIFY BEFORE THE U.S. SELECT COMMITTEE AND SAID THERE WERE NO VOTES TO FIND. IN
THE FALLOUT OF THE ELECTION, HIS FAMILY WAS THREATENED AND HE FELT IN DANGER. WE SHOULD EXPECT FOR HIM TO TOUCH ON THE FALLOUT FROM THE ELECTION AND WHAT WAS SAID ON THE CALL AND TESTIFY TO THE FACT HE HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO FRAUD IN GEORGIA OR WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN GEORGIA IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, PROSECUTORS, AS YOU MENTIONED,
HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE EVENTS AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN JANUARY 6th FOR SOME TIME NOW. THEY HAVE IN RECENT WEEKS BEEN HONING IN ON CERTAIN STATE AND EVENTS IN CERTAIN STATE. NOW IT APPEARS THEY ARE TALKING TO GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS NOT A GRAND JURY TESTIMONY WHERE HE WAS SUBPOENAED AND HAS TO COME TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO
TALK TO INVESTIGATORS. INSTEAD, THROUGH HIS SPOKESPERSON, IT WILL BE AN VOLUNTARY INTERVIEW WITH INVESTIGATORS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT FUNDRAISING AND THOSE ALTERNATE ELECTORS, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THE DOJ IS LOOKING INTO. CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE ALTERNATE ELECTORS SCHEME AND WHAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE DOJ IS LOOKING AT. >> SURE. AFTER THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PROSECUTORS ARE LOOKING INTO
WHETHER AND HOW CERTAIN TRUMP OFFICIALS AND TRUMP ATTORNEYS COULD HAVE PRESSURED INDIVIDUALS AND STATES TO COME TO THE CAPITAL AND REPRESENT THAT JOE BIDEN WAS NOT THE WINNER AND INSTEAD DONALD TRUMP WAS. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO THIS. IN RECENT WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE ELECTORS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO TESTIFIED BEFORE A GRAND JURY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
A TRUMP AIDE WAS CONNECTED TO THE SCHEME AND APPEAR BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. IT APPEARS THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THIS. ANOTHER THING TO RECOGNIZE, AS WELL, INVESTIGATORS HAVE POLLING DATA FROM TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN FROM AFTER THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, , EXCUSE ME, ELECTION DATA, THAT THEY COMMISSIONED FROM TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS TO EVALUATE THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CBS NEWS, WE HAVE
REPORTED THAT ONE OF THOSE, AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE FOUND THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN THE ELECTION AND THE REPORT DEBUNKED A LOT OF THOSE CLAIMS. THEY ARE BRINGING THESE REPORTS TO WITNESSES IN THE GRAND JURY TO ASK THEM ABOUT THAT. >> THIS IS LIKE A JIK OCTOPUS, SO MANY TENTACLES ALL OVER THE PLACE. ANOTHER QUESTION TO ASK YOU ABOUT, SPOKESPERSON FOR FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY
RUDY GIULIANI HAS CONFIRMED THAT INVESTIGATORS WITH THE SPECIAL COUNCILS OFFICE RECENTLY INTERVIEWED HIM AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY 6th RIOT. WE HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE EFFORTS IN GEORGIA AND NOW WE ARE BACK TO THE JANUARY 6th RIOTS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> Reporter: OUR COLLEAGUES AT CBS NEWS COME FROM LAST NIGHT THAT GIULIANI DID APPEAR WITH INVESTIGATORS FOR VOLUNTARY INTERVIEW. GIULIANI'S
FOLKS SAY HE IS NOT A TARGET OF THIS INTERVIEW BUT INSTEAD, WAS THERE VOLUNTARILY AND IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
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