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On today's Newsagents USA, we speak exclusively to the US senator from Utah, Mike Lee,

about the race to be president, about the speaker,

and about why he tried to help Trump secure the presidency in 2020 after he'd lost it.

Would you condemn anyone who was trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election? Let's be clear about what we're talking about here.

There were those who believed we had authority to do it,

and who also believed, not without some good reason,

there were massive irregularities, as there would be any time

the bulk of the country moves to universal mail-in balloting for the first time ever.

There are going to be some irregularities and some serious questions.

So it's too broad a brush to paint with to say, I'm going to paint anyone who raised questions about it, who had concerns, who maybe mistakenly thought we had authority to fix it at that stage,

as someone who's trying to overturn the election. So as for those behind the

so-called fake electors plot, willing to set forward new slates of electors that were not real,

not legitimate, hadn't been duly appointed by any state, yes, I condemn that. And that is, in fact,

trying illegally, unconstitutionally, to overturn the result of an election.

So, legally, do you think that it is right that there are proceedings going on

after there was an attempt to overturn the result of the November election?

What proceedings are you talking about?

Well, I'm talking about Donald Trump facing federal charges.

I'm talking about what happening in Georgia with the indictments there.

I'm talking about the indictments from Washington as a result of the special counsel.

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