WHAT DID THEY LEARN WHEN THEY
WENT UP AGAINST THIS KIND OF
POTENTIAL WITNESS TAMPERING
BEFORE?
LUCKILY WE HAVE THE FORMER LEAD
INVESTIGATOR FOR THE
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATES INTO
JANUARY 6th.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANKS FOR THE INVITATION,
RACHEL.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS HANGING THREAD FROM
THE JANUARY 6th INVESTIGATION,
WHICH DOES FEEL LIKE IT’S GOT
SOME RESONANCE WITH WHAT’S GOING
ON NOW.
I KNOW THEY MADE CRIMINAL
REFERRALS FOR TRUMP AND JOHN
EASTMAN, AND INCLUDING THE
LAWYER REPRESENTING CASSIDY
HUTCHINSON.
HE SUED THE COMMITTEE FOR
SUGGESTING HE TRIED TO WRONGLY
INFLUENCE HIS CLIENT.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT ALL
ENDED UP.
>> SURE.
YOU MENTIONED ONE THREAD.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO THREADS
SIGNIFICANT HERE.
THE FIRST THREAD IS HOW THE
MONEY WAS RAISED IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
SO AS THE SELECT COMMITTEE
SHOWED, RACHEL, THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN VERY QUICKLY PIVOTED TO
A MASSIVE FUND RAISING OPERATION
AND ESSENTIALLY PEDDLING
ELECTION LIES.
STOP THE STEAL BECAME A CASH
MACHINE AND RAISED ABOUT $250
MILLION BETWEEN THE ELECTION AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S INAUGURATION.
THAT WENT INTO THE SAVE AMERICA
PACT, WHICH WE SAW AS THE ENTITY
THAT WAS PAYING THE FEES OF
WITNESSES BEFORE THE SELECT
COMMITTEE.
THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE MONEY TO
THIS -- IN THIS EFFORT WERE TOLD
IT WAS GOING TO THE ELECTION
DEFENSE FUND, IT WAS GOING TO
SORT OF FUEL AND PAY FOR
LITIGATION OR OTHER EFFORTS TO
REVERSE THE RESULT OF THE
ELECTION.
IT DID NOT GO TO ANY SUCH THING.
THERE WAS NO ELECTION DEFENSE
FUND.
IT WENT TO SAVE AMERICA PACT. THE FIRST THREAD IS ESSENTIALLY
THE LIES AND THE GRIFT THAT THE
TRUMP FOLKS PERPETUATED AND THAT
MONEY GOES TO PAY THE LEGAL FEES
OF MORE THAN A DOZEN WITNESSES,
NOT JUST CASSIDY HUTCHINSON BUT
OTHERS.
A LOT OF THOSE WITNESSES DID NOT
REMEMBER VERY SALIENT THINGS AND
IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS THAT
OTHERS SAID THEY WERE PRESENT
FOR.
ONLY CASSIDY SUGGESTED DIRECTLY
SHE WAS COACHED TO LIE.
SHE INDICATED HER FIRST
TRUMP-FUNDED LAWYER ESSENTIALLY
ENCOURAGED HER TO HOLD
INFORMATION BACK AND SAID YOU
DON’T NEED TO TELL THEM ABOUT
THAT, THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU
DON’T KNOW.
BUT WE HAD THE SUSPICION AND WE
ARTICULATE THIS IN OUR REPORT
THAT A LOT OF THE TRUMP-FUNDED
LAWYERS ESSENTIALLY WERE
COACHING WITNESSES TO OBSCURE