Now to the new report overnight that former President Trump
personally called two Republican members of the Detroit County Election
Board and allegedly pressured them to vote against certifying Biden's
victory
in 2020. This as Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after
being ordered to pay nearly $150 million for defaming two
former Georgia election workers.
John Karl is joining us now from Washington with the
latest John.
Good morning, Good morning, wit.
If it sounds familiar, it's because it is.
The reported call documents yet another effort by Donald Trump
to pressure local election officials.
In yet another state to overturn his election loss to
Joe Biden.
Overnight, a new report in The Detroit News,
the Michigan newspaper, reporting that Trump personally called two Republican
members of Detroit County Election Board after he lost the
2020 election and pressured them to vote against certifying Joe
Bidens legitimate victory. The paper says it reviewed a recording
of the call where Trump they report told the two
board members.
Quote we can't let these people take our country away
from us and we're both he and Republican Party chair
Ronna McDaniel.
Promised to get them attorneys if they went along with
the demand to refuse to sign the certification.
ABC News has not independently confirmed the report,
and The Detroit News has not released the audio of
the reported call.
The Trump campaign doesn't deny the reporting.
A spokesperson telling ABC News that Trump's actions,
quote, were taken in furtherance of his duty as president
to ensure election integrity.
Trump is already facing four federal charges for what Special
Counsel Jack Smith called a quote.
Conspiracy to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential
election.
Using knowingly false claims of election fraud and on Thursday,
Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani declared bankruptcy.
It's the latest chapter in a dramatic fall for the
man once dubbed America's mayor.
This is the greatest mayor our city has ever had,
Rudy. Come on up here.
Now, under the weight of a mountain of debt,
Giuliani is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In addition to millions of dollars in other debts,
Giuliani owes 2 Georgia poll workers he falsely accused of
ballot fraud $148 million.
A judge saying that Ruby Freeman and Shea Moss could
start to collect immediately.
I don't regret a damn thing.
Like Trump, Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel doesn't deny this
call in which she has heard offering those election officials
in in Detroit to get them lawyers if they go
along with Trump's demands, she told The Detroit News.
Quote, what I said publicly and repeatedly at the time
is that there was ample evidence that warranted an audit.
Michael seems to be something new every day.
John, thank you so much for that.