Jan. 6 committee member Lofgren weighs in on unsealed Trump evidence
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🗓️ 3 October 2024
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| 0:00.0 | That poll was conducted before the unsealing of a court filing that offers new insight into the events of January 6th. |
| 0:08.0 | Representative Zo Lofgren was one of the lawmakers tasked with investigating that day and what led to it. |
| 0:14.0 | She joins us now from San Jose. |
| 0:15.9 | Congresswoman, welcome back to the news hour. |
| 0:18.0 | Happy to be here. |
| 0:19.0 | So before we turn to that court filing, |
| 0:21.0 | I just want to ask you about what Lisa Desjardin was just reporting from our poll. that |
| 0:23.0 | the court filing I just want to ask you about what Lisa Desjardan was just reporting from our poll |
| 0:25.0 | that some 58% of adults say they are concerned there will be voter fraud in this |
| 0:31.0 | election. What's your reaction to that? |
| 0:33.4 | And what kind of impact do you think that can have on the election? |
| 0:37.1 | Well, it's unfortunate that so many people |
| 0:40.2 | are believing the lies that the former president has been spouting now along with other Republicans |
| 0:46.7 | for quite some time. |
| 0:48.9 | Voter fraud is vanishingly small in this country. |
| 0:52.8 | I mean if you investigate it you get maybe a handful and they're usually in city |
| 0:57.8 | council races. |
| 0:59.8 | You know it's not ever been a factor, but if people believe that it is, you know, maybe they won't vote. |
| 1:08.6 | Maybe they think it won't make a difference. |
| 1:10.2 | So that's disappointing, and I wish that Trump would stop lying about this and I |
| 1:16.8 | certainly wish my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would tell the |
| 1:20.7 | truth as well. Let's turn now to that latest news from the filing that was unsealed yesterday. |
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