one of whom, a man named david schaffer, is the chairman of the georgia republican party. and then of course there is the bigger picture here. what this kind of cooperation at the lower levels of this game might mean for the bigger fish. rudy giuliani oversaw the entire fake elector scheme, so i can't imagine this is a great friday night for rudy giuliani. and then there is senator lindsey graham who despite being a senator from south carolina also allegedly pressured the georgia secretary of state to throw out some ballots. and then of course there is president trump himself, who is undeniably at the center of all of this. we're going to have some expert help getting all this done in just a second. but before we do, i want to show you one thing from the legal filing that tonight's washington post reporting is based on. this is the transcript of an exchange between one of fani willis's prosecutors and the defense attorney for these fake electors. funny what was his prosecutor says, quote, here's the deal. either elect or he is going to get this immunity and he is going to

that gop chairmen, david schaffer.leading the fake elector meeting in georgia, on december 14th of 2020. to fulton county d. a., fani willis, who is investigating trump's efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election in georgia, to fani willis, mr. schaffer is key. he has been singled out by the judge overseeing this case for the unique role that he played out in the day those fake electors met. when fani willis offered immunity to a group of fake electors, in exchange for collaboration, mr. schaffer was, reportedly, not included in that group. faced with this reality, schaffer's legal team sent a letter to dea willis, one that was obtained by the atlanta journal-constitution, a letter trying to ward off an indictment against mr. schaffer. the lawyers argument is, everything mr. schaffer did was based on legal advice provided by trump lawyers. quote, every action by mr. schaffer, as a presidential elect, or nominee, or contingent elector, which is what they were calling the fake electors, contingent elec

we should also note that among the fake electors who now of enemy to deal, david schaffer, the architects plot and potential target of criminal prosecution. it always struck me that the fake elector part because it was written in paper and involved people falsely swearing and attesting to something on a document seemed like one of those things that may be in the realm of prosecutable crime is because of the existence of that paper evidence, something that maybe would be criminal. >> just like donald trump on tape. asking for 11,780 votes. sometimes, people who are committing crimes commit them transparently. chris, we've been talking about fake electors for two years. remember how bizarre this whole keeper was. i a group of random citizens showed up and say, they were the field electoral voters, not the electors for the guy who actually won. it's significant that the tva people who planned and let the fake elector scheme, they remain targets. apparently, they have not received offers of immunity. >> that's also interesting. this sort of distinguishing, also important because it's a stran

that includes david schaffer, the chairman of georgia's republican party.tempting to undermine the electoral college. but his lawyers say that he was only following the advice of trump's legal counsel. fulton county district attorney fani willis has indicated in the past that shaver might be charged with crimes. but that the news will not come into later this year. she first attorneys claim that he should be absolved of any criminal liability since he was only following legal advice. meanwhile, the eu's senate minority leader says that he is not sure if republicans will be able to retake the majority next year. during an exclusive interview with cnn, mitch mcconnell made it clear that he knows how quickly things can go south and said that he has been working behind the scenes for months. to find strong republican candidates in key races. o'connell adding quote, we do have the possibility of screwing this up. and that gets back to candid recruitment. i think that we've lost georgia, arizona, new hampshire because we did not have competitive candidates last c

so, i think it raises the temperature on david schaffer right now. >> where does the case go from here know willis has said or charge a decision wouldn't come before july, what is happening between now and then? >> there's still pretrial, pre charging decision, wrangling going on. the district attorney has to respond to trump's, the pro trump lawyers allegation, the whole case should be tossed out of court. they're still sit back and forth. but really, all eyes are on early july, that's the earliest she said that she could announce her decision on whether or not to go full with charges. she already has a grand jury's recommendations, and we've learned from interviews with the special grand jurors, they could involve big names. they haven't said which big names yet. but they could involve big names. but ultimately, the decision is -- whether to proceed with charges or not. >> okay, greg bluestein, thank you for bringing that up. we appreciate it. turning now to the supreme court in the new set of ethics issues threatening the credibility of justices on the bench. this week, propublica p