Caught on tape: Roger Stone dictates elector plot ahead of Biden win

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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MSNBC’s Jason Johnson hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, August 17, and reports on exclusive video that shows Roger Stone pushing a plot to overthrow the 2020 election, Trump’s Georgia probe and the GOP’s war on education. Chris Jones, Donald Ayer, Katie Phang, Lisa Rubin, Nick Akerman and Emily Bazelon join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Beat.
0:01.8	I'm Jason Johnson and for Ari Melber.
0:05.0	Really big show.
0:06.0	We have a lot to get to.
0:07.0	We start with Donald Trump's indicted coup effort and the intriguing exclusive video of
0:11.8	Trump ally Roger Stone.
0:13.8	Let's be clear.
0:15.2	Stakes is high this week because Associates name checked in the January 6th Committee's
0:19.6	report and deemed unindicted co-conspirators by special counsel Jack Smith got hit with
0:25.1	racketeering and conspiracy charges in Georgia.
0:28.3	It is legal accountability for people who may have hoped they were in the clear.
0:33.0	And the video, the video showing Stone talking about the electors scheme in the early days
0:38.4	of November 2020 hints at more dots to be connected.
0:42.6	That's the context for the massive reaction to the tape first aired right here on the
0:47.4	beat last night.
0:49.2	The reaction coming from outlets across the media landscape to right here on MSNBC.
0:55.8	Trump ally Roger Stone dictating an outline of that plot to his assistant.
1:01.1	Exclusive new evidence obtained by my colleague Ari Melber shows could have some explaining
1:06.2	to do.
1:07.2	He's laying out the fraudulent electors scheme.
1:11.2	It's amazing.
1:12.2	He hasn't been in indictments.
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