Emails Show Trump Pushed DOJ to Back His "Big Lie"

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First, Chris discusses new emails showing the Trump White House push to overturn election results with Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Then, Chris discusses the pivotal Biden- Putin summit just hours away with Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller. Chris wraps up the show with Anthony Barksdale on criticism directed at Ocean City, Maryland police following footage showing excessive force during several arrests. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.
0:04.0	One hour before Trump announced, A.G.
0:06.6	Barr would step down, he started putting the squeeze on Barr's replacement.
0:11.6	Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, why?
0:15.5	He wanted him to investigate some of the craziest of the crazy conspiracy theories.
0:21.8	That speculation, unnamed sources, I bet, wrong.
0:26.9	There is no more need for media half-stepping on this story.
0:31.4	We now have the receipts.
0:35.3	Emails that show how Trump, his White House, and allies pressured the Justice Department
0:41.5	to take up his stolen election BS.
0:45.7	And here they are.
0:47.0	Look at this.
0:48.0	December 14th, 457 PM.
0:51.1	For context, December 14th was the day states certified the electoral college votes, sealing
0:57.6	Trump's defeat.
0:58.9	So what was the creator of the big lie doing as the reality was confirmed?
1:04.3	Lying.
1:05.3	A message from Trump's assistant with the subject line from Potus.
1:10.3	It included talking points about a quote, cover-up of voting crimes.
1:14.3	How dominion machines were compromised.
1:16.6	And how Secretary Benson lied.
1:19.0	All of this in Michigan were Trump lost.
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