WEBVTT 00:01.541 --> 00:03.148 BEEN CLEAR AND PLAIN THAT HE DID 00:03.149 --> 00:04.363 THE RIGHT THING AND DONALD TRUMP 00:04.397 --> 00:06.151 DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO 00:06.162 --> 00:07.425 WHAT HE TRIED. 00:07.436 --> 00:10.336 >> AMONG THE 18 TRUMP AIDES 00:10.337 --> 00:11.874 INDICTED IN GEORGIA THIS WEEK 00:11.885 --> 00:13.647 ARE TWO ATTORNEYS WITH TIES TO 00:13.658 --> 00:15.539 THE STATE OF COLORADO. 00:15.541 --> 00:17.872 JOHN EASTMAN AND JENNA ELLIS. 00:17.883 --> 00:19.431 EASTMAN IS CURRENTLY 00:19.465 --> 00:23.125 REPRESENTING THE STATE’S GOP IN 00:23.126 --> 00:25.176 AN ELECTION LAWSUIT. 00:25.177 --> 00:28.037 ELLIS IS AN ADVISORY FELLOW IN 00:28.038 --> 00:30.869 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND POLICY AT 00:30.880 --> 00:32.982 THE CONSERVATIVE CENTENNIAL 00:32.993 --> 00:34.739 INSTITUTE AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN 00:34.750 --> 00:35.260 UNIVERSITY. 00:35.294 --> 00:37.706 ACCORDING TO AXIOS, THE CRIMINAL 00:37.708 --> 00:40.619 CONSPIRACY OUTLINED IN THE 00:40.620 --> 00:42.925 98-PAGE INDICTMENT IS DRAWING 00:42.926 --> 00:44.630 PARALLELS TO ELECTION TAMPERING 00:44.641 --> 00:47.157 IN COLORADO AND SHOWCASES THE 00:47.191 --> 00:49.754 STATE’S TIES TO THE TRUMP 00:49.765 --> 00:51.411 CAMPAIGN’S PUSH TO OVERTURN THE 00:51.422 --> 00:53.138 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. 00:53.139 --> 00:55.341 JOINING US NOW, COLORADO 00:55.352 --> 00:57.048 SECRETARY OF STATE, JENA 00:57.059 --> 00:59.650 GRISWOLD, ALSO CHAIR OF THE 00:59.684 --> 01:00.935 DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF 01:00.936 --> 01:01.568 SECRETARIES OF STATE. 01:01.579 --> 01:03.198 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON 01:03.233 --> 01:04.277 THIS MORNING. 01:04.288 --> 01:07.344 I GUESS FIRST I’D LOVE YOUR TAKE 01:07.378 --> 01:08.972 ON THIS INDICTMENT AND THE 01:08.973 --> 01:12.058 PARALLELS THAT WE WERE DRAWING, 01:12.069 --> 01:13.420 BUT THE INDICTMENT OVERALL. 01:13.431 --> 01:15.637 >> GOOD MORNING. 01:15.672 --> 01:18.741 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. 01:18.752 --> 01:21.141 I WANT TO SAY HI FROM COLORADO 01:21.175 --> 01:21.967 AND BOULDER. 01:21.978 --> 01:24.143 MY OVERALL TAKE IS THAT IT’S A 01:24.154 --> 01:26.244 STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR 01:26.255 --> 01:27.143 JUSTICE, FOR THE AMERICAN 01:27.177 --> 01:28.104 VOTERS. 01:28.115 --> 01:30.645 MAKE NO MISTAKE, DONALD TRUMP’S 01:30.656 --> 01:35.296 ATTACK TRYING TO STEAL THE 01:35.307 --> 01:38.198 PRESIDENCY WAS A DIRECT ATTACK 01:38.199 --> 01:40.735 ON THIS NATION AND EFVERY VOTER 01:40.769 --> 01:41.989 IN THE COUNTRY. 01:41.990 --> 01:43.167 IT’S CRUCIAL HE’S HELD 01:43.178 --> 01:44.302 ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE WE’RE STILL 01:44.337 --> 01:48.687 DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF 01:48.698 --> 01:50.974 WHAT THE ATTEMPTED 2020 STEALING 01:51.008 --> 01:52.835 OF THE PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN. 01:52.846 --> 01:54.939 >> WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH, I 01:54.950 --> 01:56.931 WOULD SAY, COUNTLESS AMERICANS 01:56.933 --> 01:58.892 WHO BELIEVE THE LIES THAT TRUMP 01:58.903 --> 02:01.081 HAS PUT OUT THERE AND THOSE 02:01.116 --> 02:03.455 NAMED IN THIS INDICTMENT AND 02:03.456 --> 02:06.116 OTHERS WHO ARE STILL HELPING HIM 02:06.127 --> 02:07.473 ALONG THE WAY. 02:07.508 --> 02:09.122 WE HAVE AN ELECTORATE, A 02:09.124 --> 02:11.286 POPULATION THAT DOESN’T HAVE THE 02:11.297 --> 02:14.101 FULL PICTURE OF WHAT’S GOING ON. 02:14.135 --> 02:17.290 DESCRIBE THE SITUATION IN 02:17.301 --> 02:19.860 COLORADO AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS 02:19.862 --> 02:20.207 INDICTMENT. 02:20.218 --> 02:21.461 >> YOU MENTIONED THE ELECTION 02:21.495 --> 02:22.251 SECURITY BREACH. 02:22.262 --> 02:25.866 A BIG PART OF THE GEORGIA 02:25.877 --> 02:28.838 INDICTMENT FOCUSES ON THE 02:28.872 --> 02:32.164 ACTIONS AROUND COFFEY COUNTY, 02:32.175 --> 02:32.813 GEORGIA. 02:32.824 --> 02:35.201 COLORADO HAD ELECTION SECURITY 02:35.203 --> 02:38.152 BREACHES FIVE MONTHS AFTERWARDS 02:38.186 --> 02:40.726 WHEN ELECTION SECURITY CLERK 02:40.737 --> 02:42.827 TINA PETERS COMPROMISED HER OWN 02:42.838 --> 02:44.861 VOTING EQUIPMENT TO TRY TO PROVE 02:44.895 --> 02:46.397 THE BIG LIE. 02:46.408 --> 02:49.469 I ACTED SWIFTLY AND ADDRESSED 02:49.470 --> 02:51.816 THE SITUATION AND THEN LED THE 02:51.827 --> 02:54.362 FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN 02:54.363 --> 02:55.669 THE NATION ADDRESSING INSIDER 02:55.680 --> 02:56.468 THREATS. 02:56.502 --> 02:59.088 SO, ONE BIG TAKEAWAY 02:59.089 --> 03:01.013 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE UPCOMING 03:01.014 --> 03:03.395 2024 ELECTION IS THAT STATES 03:03.396 --> 03:07.281 HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE 03:07.282 --> 03:09.523 INSIDER BREACHES THAT ARE BEING 03:09.534 --> 03:11.654 BROUGHT ON BY THE RADICALIZATION 03:11.656 --> 03:13.919 OF SOME ELECTION WORKERS IN THIS 03:13.954 --> 03:15.689 COUNTRY ARE A TRUE THREAT. 03:15.700 --> 03:17.064 THEY SHOULD ACT SWIFTLY, 03:17.075 --> 03:18.664 QUICKLY, THE CLOCK IS RUNNING 03:18.675 --> 03:20.372 OUT TO MAKE SURE THEIR SECURITY 03:20.383 --> 03:23.895 PROTOCOLS ARE READY TO GO FOR 03:23.906 --> 03:25.513 THESE TYPES OF NEW EVOLVING 03:25.547 --> 03:26.202 THREATS. 03:26.213 --> 03:28.568 >> SECRETARY GRISWOLD, IT SEEMS 03:28.603 --> 03:30.445 THAT SO MANY REPUBLICANS 03:30.456 --> 03:33.620 UNFORTUNATELY ARE ACTING IN A 03:33.631 --> 03:35.373 WAY THAT UNDERMINES AND WILL 03:35.384 --> 03:36.888 UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR 03:36.889 --> 03:38.287 OWN ELECTION PROCESS. 03:38.322 --> 03:40.951 IT SEEMS SO SHORT-SIGHTED. 03:40.953 --> 03:43.214 I HAVE A FRIEND WHO RUNS 03:43.225 --> 03:46.132 ELECTIONS IN AN AREA OF FLORIDA 03:46.134 --> 03:50.847 WHO WANTED ME TO ASK YOU ABOUT 03:50.848 --> 03:54.289 GOP STATES THAT ARE PULLING OUT 03:54.300 --> 03:57.281 OF THE CROSS-STATE DATA SHARING 03:57.282 --> 04:00.090 PROGRAM THAT ONLY ENCOURAGES 04:00.101 --> 04:02.076 BEST PRACTICES, THAT ONLY 04:02.111 --> 04:05.526 ENSURES ACTUALLY THAT THE VOTING 04:05.537 --> 04:09.085 IS MORE SECURE THAN EVER. 04:09.096 --> 04:11.224 >> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. 04:11.258 --> 04:13.050 E.R.I.C. IS A CROSS-STATE DATA 04:13.061 --> 04:15.195 SHARING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE 04:15.230 --> 04:17.335 MOST ACCURATE LIST POSSIBLE AND 04:17.346 --> 04:19.544 TO MAKE SURE IF THERE IS AN 04:19.578 --> 04:20.914 INSTANCE OF DOUBLE VOTING, WHICH 04:20.925 --> 04:22.387 REPUBLICANS SAY THEY CARE ABOUT, 04:22.388 --> 04:25.413 THAT WE KNOW AND CAN PROSECUTE 04:25.424 --> 04:27.660 AND TAKE ADEQUATE ACTION. 04:27.695 --> 04:30.385 I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS 04:30.386 --> 04:32.324 THAT ALL THE SUPPOSED INTEGRITY 04:32.335 --> 04:34.563 LAWS THAT ARE BEING PASSED 04:34.564 --> 04:36.104 ACROSS THE NATION ARE REALLY 04:36.105 --> 04:37.592 JUST POLITICAL. 04:37.603 --> 04:40.059 WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS REPUBLICAN 04:40.094 --> 04:42.634 SECRETARIES OF STATE TURN AWAY 04:42.645 --> 04:45.245 FROM ACTUALLY THE BEST PRACTICES 04:45.256 --> 04:47.872 TO SECURE THE VOTE AND REALLY 04:47.883 --> 04:50.712 EMBRACE THE PARTY LINE. 04:50.713 --> 04:53.302 MAKE NO MISTAKE, THESE 04:53.336 --> 04:54.878 PROSECUTIONS WE’RE SEEING, BOTH 04:54.889 --> 04:56.444 THE FEDERAL AND GEORGIA 04:56.455 --> 04:58.219 PROSECUTION ARE FOCUSED ON THE 04:58.253 --> 05:00.003 EVENTS AROUND THE STEALING -- 05:00.004 --> 05:01.505 THE POTENTIAL STEALING, THE 05:01.516 --> 05:02.513 ATTEMPTED STEALING OF THE 05:02.514 --> 05:03.207 PRESIDENCY. 05:03.208 --> 05:05.439 THERE ARE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO 05:05.473 --> 05:06.407 ATTACK AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 05:06.409 --> 05:08.979 AND THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY 05:08.990 --> 05:11.138 REPUBLICAN S WHO ARE STILL NOT 05:11.149 --> 05:12.712 SAYING ANYTHING OR, IN FACT, 05:12.747 --> 05:14.349 SPREADING THE DISINFORMATION 05:14.350 --> 05:17.689 THAT IS DESTABILIZING AMERICAN 05:17.700 --> 05:19.448 DEMOCRACY AND ELECTIONS. 05:19.459 --> 05:21.058 >> SECRETARY GRISWOLD, CAN YOU 05:21.069 --> 05:21.771 QUANTIFY THAT? 05:21.805 --> 05:23.686 I KNOW SECRETARIES OF STATE ARE 05:23.687 --> 05:25.905 ON THE FRONT LINES OF PROTECTING 05:25.906 --> 05:27.599 DEMOCRACY AND THE 2022 ELECTION 05:27.610 --> 05:30.628 THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENTION 05:30.629 --> 05:32.587 PAID TO ARIZONA, MICHIGAN, 05:32.598 --> 05:33.932 PENNSYLVANIA, ENSURING THOSE 05:33.943 --> 05:35.841 STATES STAY IN DEMOCRATIC 05:35.852 --> 05:37.034 GOVERNORS CONTROL, AND ALSO 05:37.035 --> 05:38.929 SECRETARY OF STATE CONTROL IN 05:38.930 --> 05:43.466 PENNSYLVANIA -- EXCUSE ME, IN 05:43.467 --> 05:45.435 MICHIGAN AND ARIZONA, IN 05:45.437 --> 05:45.840 PARTICULAR. 05:45.874 --> 05:47.433 BUT YOU’RE SUGGESTING THAT THERE 05:47.444 --> 05:49.717 ARE A LOT OF SECRETARIES OF 05:49.718 --> 05:51.900 STATE OUT THERE NOW THAT ARE 05:51.911 --> 05:53.446 POSING A THREAT TO FAIR AND FREE 05:53.447 --> 05:53.809 ELECTIONS. 05:53.820 --> 05:56.581 CAN YOU QUANTIFY THIS OR GIVE US 05:56.614 --> 05:59.608 A SENSE OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF 05:59.609 --> 06:01.155 THAT PROBLEM IS LIKE? 06:01.166 --> 06:03.792 >> THE GOOD NEWS IS WE’RE 06:03.803 --> 06:05.494 WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE 06:05.496 --> 06:06.244 DESTABILIZED NATION OF 06:06.279 --> 06:06.841 DEMOCRACY. 06:06.852 --> 06:10.009 SO LEADING UP TO THE 2022 06:10.020 --> 06:11.962 ELECTION, THERE WERE ELECTION 06:11.963 --> 06:13.439 DENIERS RUNNING IN ALMOST EVERY 06:13.440 --> 06:14.933 BATTLEGROUND STATE IN THE NATION 06:14.944 --> 06:17.013 AS SECRETARY OF STATE. 06:17.047 --> 06:18.556 THOSE STATES STOPPED THEM. 06:18.567 --> 06:19.759 THERE’S NOW PEOPLE IN THE 06:19.770 --> 06:20.897 BATTLEGROUND STATES WHO WILL 06:20.932 --> 06:23.737 STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE 06:23.748 --> 06:25.727 AND FOR THE IDEAL THAT EVERY 06:25.729 --> 06:27.756 ELIGIBLE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT 06:27.767 --> 06:29.184 AND UNAFFILIATED DESERVES TO 06:29.219 --> 06:30.742 HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD. 06:30.753 --> 06:33.940 AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE NOW 06:33.951 --> 06:35.874 SIX ELECTION DENIERS SECRETARY 06:35.885 --> 06:38.123 OF STATE, THERE ARE 150 ELECTION 06:38.157 --> 06:39.384 DENIERS DISGRACING THIS COUNTRY 06:39.395 --> 06:40.255 IN CONGRESS. 06:40.266 --> 06:42.696 SIX IN THE U.S. SENATE AND 06:42.730 --> 06:44.083 THEY’RE WALKING THROUGH STATE 06:44.094 --> 06:45.704 LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE NATION. 06:45.739 --> 06:48.468 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE’RE BRACING FOR WHAT IS COMING. 06:48.479 --> 06:50.739 BRACING FOR WHAT IS COMING. 06:50.773 --> 06:57.102 WE ARE PREPARING FOR A SURGE OF 06:57.103 --> 06:57.735 AI-BOOSTED 06:57.746 --> 06:58.841 AI-BOOSTED DISINFORMATION, 06:58.852 --> 07:00.366 ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE GETTING 07:00.400 --> 07:02.163 READY FOR A WAVE OF THREATS AND 07:02.174 --> 07:03.065 POLITICAL VIOLENCE. 07:03.067 --> 07:05.028 TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, WHY THE 07:05.029 --> 07:08.001 PROSECUTIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT IS 07:08.012 --> 07:09.893 THAT WE HAVE TO SEE JUSTICE 07:09.927 --> 07:11.971 SERVED TO MAKE A CLEAR STATEMENT 07:11.982 --> 07:13.082 OF WHAT’S ACCEPTABLE IN AMERICAN 07:13.093 --> 07:13.763 POLITICS. 07:13.797 --> 07:15.730 THE ONGOING ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY 07:15.741 --> 07:18.047 WILL NOT STOP UNLESS THOSE WHO 07:18.082 --> 07:19.697 HAVE INSIGHTED IT ARE HELD 07:19.698 --> 07:22.269 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR UNLAWFUL 07:22.280 --> 07:24.048 AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS.