Democracy in Doubt, Ep 2: An audacious pitch to reverse Arizona's election results

In the second of a five-episode series, The Gaggle hosts Yvonne
Wingett Sanchez and Ron Hansen break down Rudy Giuliani’s audacious
pitch in Dec. 2020 to reverse Arizona election results ­– a plan
that would involve the help of Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers
and Senate President Karen Fann. Trump and his allies, including
Giuliani, had for weeks pointed to purported irregularities in
Arizona, claiming they contributed to a stolen election. A day
earlier, Giuliani headlined a meeting at a Phoenix hotel where he
and other Arizona Republicans presented claims of widespread voter
fraud. The next 35 days would see divisions within the party, talk
of subpoenas, more White House calls and then, Jan. 6. In a
four-month investigation, The Arizona Republic interviewed dozens
of people who were in and around the effort to alter the election
outcome and the ballot review that for months sustained outrage
over Trump’s loss. Some talked on the record about their
experiences, while others spoke on the condition they not be
identified in order to speak candidly about private conversations.
The Republic also reviewed thousands of pages of documents obtained
through public records requests and in an ongoing lawsuit against
the Senate and the company it hired to conduct the ballot review.
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