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Stephen Richer: “Right. We were all getting text messages. Some of the board…”

Featuring: Stephen Richer, Republican | Maricopa County Recorder | Arizona

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Stephen Richer | Full Episode 4.26.24 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Published | Video Starts at 03:51

The indictment alleges that these eleven individuals had schemed to create a false set of electors whose votes in the electoral college could then be counted for Trump Pence instead of Biden Harris, thus throwing the election to Donald Trump. Right. We were all getting text messages. Some of the board members were getting calls from Rudy Giuliani, from the president of the United States, to the effect of were all Republicans, we need to do something about this. And so the board of supervisors then reached out to you, the incoming recorder of Maricopa county, who is also a Republican. Yes. (03:51–04:06)

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Asserts that board members received pressure from Rudy Giuliani and the President to take action regarding the election results.

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