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Trumpland with Alex Wagner

'The evidence is going to be significant': Trump's own words are Georgia prosecutors' best weapon

Trumpland with Alex Wagner

MS NOW, Alex Wagner

News, Society & Culture

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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...Plus, Right-wing online group's programming approved for Florida students

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0:00.0

We have been keeping our eyes on the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. where a grand jury

0:05.2

may be on the verge of indicting the former president for his attempt to overturn the

0:10.2

2020 election. That grand jury did not meet today. We do not know why they didn't meet or

0:15.9

what that means for this investigation, but the jury is expected to meet again on

0:20.7

Thursday. In the meantime, we have significant revelations about what Special Counsel Jack Smith may be investigating.

0:30.0

This week we got new reporting that the Special Council has been focusing in on a White House meeting on Valentine's Day of 2020, February 14th, which was of course months before election day.

0:42.0

On that day, President Trump reportedly met with

0:45.1

senior US officials and White House staff to discuss the election itself and during

0:51.7

this meeting the president was apparently bragging, not just about, well, all the things he always brags about, but about just how secure the election was going to be.

1:03.2

According to the reporting we have, Trump touted his administration's work to expand the use

1:08.7

of paper ballots and support security audits of vote tallies.

1:13.6

President Trump was so encouraged by federal efforts to protect election systems

1:19.0

that he suggested the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security hold a press conference to take credit for their work.

1:27.0

Bragging about the security of election systems.

1:31.0

All the way back in February of 2020. President Trump knew the election

1:37.0

was going to be secure. He knew so well that he wanted the FBI and Homeland

1:41.8

Security to go out and tell everyone how secure

1:44.6

America's elections were. Put a press release out, tell the public, take credit for it

1:49.1

in advance. And then something unthinkable happened, a global pandemic.

1:56.0

Within weeks of that meeting, COVID-19 was spreading and it was spreading rapidly across the United States. People were staying home for the most part but

2:05.0

remember this was an election year. So states across the country started expanding

2:09.8

access to mail ballots in order to keep people safe. People could still stay home, but they could also exercise

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