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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Past is Prologue: Trump & Allies Prep the Big Lie 2.0

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

After a high-stakes week that included a Vice Presidential debate, a dire warning from Liz Cheney and the unsealing of new evidence in the Special Counsel's case against Donald Trump, Jen Psaki breaks down why election denialism is not just a 2020 problem, but a 2024 problem too. Jen is joined by Officer Harry Dunn and Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, to discuss how Trump and his allies will try to steal the 2024 election, should he lose. Legal experts Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann talk about the Special Counsel's explosive new filing, which reveals Trump's abdication of duty on January 6th, among other things. Next, Jen explains how Trump is exploiting the victims of Hurricane Helene to demonize migrants, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins to discuss efforts to push back against MAGA-amplified falsehoods. Finally, Jen is joined by Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes and Oakland University student Marcus Johnson, whose keen understanding of civics made him the breakout star of a focus group on the Vice Presidential debate.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, everyone, take a big, deep breath because we are just 30 days out.

0:06.0

And all week this week, we were reminded again and again, what's at stake.

0:10.0

So first we're going to talk to two people who know very well what Donald Trump is capable of,

0:14.0

his former attorney Michael Cohen and former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn.

0:18.0

And then the law firm of Weissman and Katiel is here to tell us what

0:22.0

comes next after a new bombshell report from Jack Smith. And later, Secretary Pete Buttigieg

0:27.8

joins me to talk about battling disinformation amid hurricane relief efforts, including his effective

0:34.5

fact-checking of Elon Musk.

0:46.5

Okay, everyone.

0:57.1

So this is one of those weeks that really seem to remind us in pretty stark terms what is at stake in this election? I mean, just take Tuesday night's vice presidential debate. And that moment at the very end when everyone watching was

1:01.8

definitely reminded that this election is anything but normal. Did he lose the 2020 election?

1:10.0

Tim, I'm focused on the future.

1:11.9

Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID

1:17.9

situation?

1:18.8

That is a damning, that is a damning non-answer.

1:21.7

Tim Walts' face says it all.

1:23.6

I mean, the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States wouldn't even say who won the last election.

1:29.8

Okay, but that was only Tuesday.

1:31.4

And then on Wednesday, a new filing from special counsel, Jack Smith was unsealed painting an even more vivid picture of Donald Trump's scheme to overturn that election.

1:39.8

And then on Thursday, lifelong Republican and former congresswoman Liz Cheney reminded the American people why all of this matters.

1:50.1

Donald Trump was willing to sacrifice our capital to allow law enforcement officers to be beaten and brutalized in his name and to violate the law and the Constitution in order to seize power

2:05.1

for himself.

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