freeman's neighbor she was there because ruby freeman was in danger, and she has been sent to provide assistance. ms. freeman is so freaked out after the past month at that point she calls 911 again, and she asks them to send a police officer over to her house just so she can step outside her front door to talk to this stranger. the stranger says she's there to do and ms. freeman is in danger, she's been sent to protect her, to get her protected from some imminent threat. she wants to hear about that, but she asks for a police officer to be there. she calls the police department, tells the woman i will talk to you but not without a police officer present. police officer arrives and speaks with the woman outside ruby freeman's house, quote the woman gave her name as trevian kutti and said she was sent by a high profile individual whom she didn't identify to give ms. freeman an urgent message. police suggested the two women if they were going to meet should meet at a police station so ms. freeman could feel safe. so they all went to the police station, and ruby freeman and trevian kutti

she offered legal assistance in exchange, ruby freeman recalled her saying, quote, if you don't tell everything, you're going to jail. growing suspicious, freeman jumped from her chair and saying, quote, the devil is a liar, before calling for an officer. later at home, she found the woman was a major trump supporter. and this, my friends, is where the story that couldn't get any weirder gets weirder because in addition to being a major trump supporter, that woman, travian kutti apparently works for kanye west, the music star. it's important to note kanye west was a trump supporter and briefly ran for president in 2019, that his supposed campaign was actually run by trump operatives and he didn't mind people knowing that. in addition to working for kanye west in an online biography now deleted from the web, said to serve in the young black leadership counsel under president donald trump. we haven't found evidence there was a young black leadership counsel, but she claims there was and she was a part of it. we have tried to reach her and find information, and when i say we tried multip

there's ruby freeman sitting with her -- and kutti on the left side of the screen. there's that guy in the light-colored shirt on the right. kutti introduced him to freeman as somebody who worked for her. "reuters" has identified that guy as another leader in black voices for trump during the campaign who, in fact, works for the republican party in georgia. for the record, that guy tells "reuters" he was just the driver that day. he had nothing to do with the meeting. but just step back here for a moment. just appreciate what we now know happened here. so this is in the midst of what at this point is already a weeks-long pressure campaign, right, by president trump and his allies in georgia. everybody from president trump and his lawyer, rudy giuliani, everybody on down, is hyping this whackadoodle conspiracy theory about a random atlanta election worker and her being the mastermind of the crime. they're doing that in order to justify getting republican officials in georgia to overturn the election results and say that trump won. that election worker is getting threa

, she had 48 hours to come clean or else, the person she called up and put ruby freeman on the phone with, she claimed could get freeman protection that guy was a trump campaign operative. his name is harrison floyd. we spoke with him directly. he confirms that he was the harrison on that phone call with ruby freeman. and until shortly before that phone call took place, harrison floyd was the executive director of a thing called "black voices for trump." this is not like a volunteer organization of trump fans. something just associated with the trump campaign. harrison floyd was an employee of the trump campaign. look, we got these fec records that show he was paid by the trump campaign, he got a paycheck every two weeks through november 2020. he tells us that he was the one who sent that woman, kutti, to go to ruby freeman's house in georgia in january. now mr. floyd claims he was acting as a private citizen when he did that, he says he was no longer on the trump payroll, he says he also never threatened ruby freeman. mr. floyd tells reuters he received calls from people offering rub

a woman named trevian kutti showed up at ruby freeman's doorstep. she said she was representing a high-profile individual who wanted to help freeman. what kutti did not reveal is she was a publicist to kanye west, a trump ally who himself ran a halfhearted campaign for president in 2020. we reached out to kutti to ask who she appeared on behalf of that day, who was this high-profile individual. we have not heard back. now, put yourself in ruby freeman's shoes. okay? at this point she has been harassed to her breaking point by trump allies for weeks. her name, she's been doxxed, they know her address. there are people outside her house. she's calling the cops. this woman shows up. "i'm coming to help you from a high-profile individual." so she agrees to meet with kanye's publicist in a safe location, a local police station, where kutti outlined a threat wherein mysterious figures would show up to freeman's house and put her and her family in jail if she did not publicly admit to stealing the election for joe biden, something she did not do. it would -

so, ruby freeman after this woman shot a better doorstep, saying that she was there to help and that this was gonna happen in 48 hours, ruby friedman agreed to meet with that woman. she agreed to meet with her at a local police station. she was so freaked out after a month of threats and harassment, that was the only place you felt self safe moore reading with this random stranger. because this meeting happened in the police station, part of this was happening on a police body cam. they obtained body camera footage and appears from the meeting was edited and subtitled by reuters. >> no problem. >> -- [inaudible] we would like to let you know first and foremost, we have put in place -- [inaudible] >> -- [inaudible]. . >> we didn't want to frighten you but we had to find you within this timeframe, we have put in place a way to move you to secure your from what way me authorized over the next 48 hours, i cannot say specifically what will take place if i just know it will disrupt your freedom. and the freedom of one or more members of your family. this woman tells ruby freeman she will pu

donald trump even mentioned that woman, ruby freeman, 18 times on that now infamous phone call with theretary of state. because of that, freeman's life was essentially ruined. i mean she's barricaded in her house. there are people outside. her family got death threats. that may be why she ultimately agreed to listen when she's barricaded in this, you know, whirlwind, to this publicist who shows up at her door and offers to help. now, we need to pause for some context here. kuti was first identified as the publicist for rapper kanye west who now goes but ye, and it was notable because west was a close ally of donald trump. west himself ran a campaign in 2020 that many suspected was a trick to siphon votes away from joe biden. but a spokesperson for the rapper says she was not affiliated with him at the time of the incident. the poll worker is the subject of this lie that she stole the election, and she is barricaded in her house. kudi shows up and says, i work for a high-profile individual, she has crucial information for her and her family. the two agree to speak at a local police stati

trump used ruby freeman's name in that call 18 times. he called her a professional vote scammer and a hustler. she runs a fashion accessories business. she is a retiree. she came in as a temp worker. as an election worker. after that call, the head of the elections in fulton county said the harassment of these two women got even worse. quote, and it just kept going. well, now a new lawsuit the women have filed against the right wing website that first publicly identified them in that lawsuit they claim at least on two occasions strangers showed up at the home of one of their relatives and tried to push into the house to make a citizens arrest. also, on january 6th, at the same time trump supporters were in d.c. attacking the u.s. capitol a crowd in suburban atlanta was attacking ruby freeman's house. surrounded her house on foot and vehicles shouting at her through a bull horn. by then thankfully ms. freeman herself had fled her house for an undisclosed location. she fled on the advice of the fbi and did not return home for two month. he

. >> ruby freeman is 62 years old. she's the woman on the receiving end of all the vitreal and all the threats and as of december 6, that night, that 911 call last year, it was in-person intimidation and she's not a public figure. she's a 62-year-old retiry, ran

donald trump himself brought up ruby freeman no less than 18 times during his now infamous phone call to georgia's secretary of state demanding they find enough votes to overturn the election results. trump referred to freeman as a professional vote scammer, a hustler. are you sensing a theme here in the way they talk about her? a known political operative who stuffed the ballot boxes. >> ruby freeman and her daughter are suing rudy giuliani, a right-wing cable channel and a far-right conspiracy website that spread the false accusations about that that resulted in threats and people outside their door and think, that menacing visit from an emissary of the trump campaign. freeman received that visit who happened to be a one-time publicist for kanye west. a message she delivered on january 4th was that freeman was, quote, confessed to trump's voter fraud allegations or people would come to her home in 48 hours and take her to jail. >> i cannot say what specifically will take place. i just know that they will -- [ inaudible ] >> ruby freeman, of course, to her tremendous credit did not g

results. 18 times the then president of the united states named this individual, random woman, ruby freemanyou think happens when someone like that gets set up to be the target by the right wing press? what do you think happens? freeman went onto make a series of 911 emergency calls saying she got a flood of threats saying it's scary because they are saying stuff like we're coming to get you. we're coming to get you. people even showed up banging on her door. trump supporters threated her teenage son by phone in tirades raced with racial slurs. moss who is known for her plond braids changed her appearance, avoided going out to public. freeman quit her job and moss took time off. now the two of them are suing the publication gateway pun yn dit for defamation. in a statement freeman said i want them to know my daughter and i are real people and never want them to do this to anyone else. it's sort of a remarkable set of facts before us here. what sort the theory of the lawsuit? >> it's a defamation lawsuit. i'm not lawyer but my understanding is they were not public figures. they were people t

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raffensperger that was released the sunday before the tuesday insurrection, donald trump name checks ruby freemanas terrorized. i want to read from the reuters reporting about what happened to her. a panicked freeman called 911 after hearing loud banging on her door just before 10:00 p.m. strangers had come the night before too. she begged the dispatcher for assistance. lord jesus, where's the police, she asked, according to the recording obtained by reuters in a records request. i don't know who keeps coming to my door. please help me. after freeman went into hiding, she stayed with friends. they soon asked her to leave, fearing for their own security. the constant threats so terrified the two women that they did not return calls from the fulton county district attorney's office investigators. this is what trump said about freeman. he referred to her by name during that phone call with raffensperger. ant call, he called freeman, quote, a vote scammer, a professional vote scammer and hustler. what trump wrought for these women is not part of the defamation lawsuit. trump is not named in the suit,

i started getting phone calls from a lot of people saying that ruby freeman wanted immunity. she wanted to talk to the president. so you see, floyd just wanted to help or ruby friedman when she reportedly told her she was going to jail if she did not admit to crimes that she did not commit. hunter walker's piece is titled, former trump campaign aide admits involvement into than involving kanye's publicist and georgia election worker. and hunter, this has been truly one of the most bizarre stories i have ever seen. who is harrison floyd? and what is his connection to trump? >> i think it is important for your readers, sorry, your viewers to understand the black voices for trump is actually part of the trump campaign. he is the executive director of this coalition. which was basically the centerpiece of the trump campaign's effort to black voters. potentially, this length this coup incident directly to the trump campaign. in my conversation with harrison floyd, who also ran for congress very briefly in 2019, he insisted that he is not employed by the trump campaign after novembe

and that's what ruby freeman was. ruby freeman just joined on because a bunch of people just got covid, and her daughter who's an election worker said we need more people, please stop by. and what did she do to deserve all this harassment, deserve that 911 call, she moved a box of ballots from under a table and put them on top of a table. complete lies, but they were pushed on the internet by anonymous people, picked up by the gateway pundit and then for months they wouldn't let it go. on january 6th when people were storming the capitol ruby's house had people around it with bull horns, outside in vehicles, people banging on the door again. and, you know, that just continued for months. her life had, you know, fundamentally changed because she decided to try to help out her daughter who was trying to do the right thing and help outlet during an election. >> unbelievable. betsey, the gop it's not just vocalizing these, not just talking about them. we learned a republican running to replace a democrat in the statehouse

he writes, quote, at the height of the harassment, ruby freeman said strangers 2019 attempted to pushe a citizen's arrest. freeman was eventually forced to shutter her business and flee her home for two months at the recommendation of the fbi, the suit says. joining us now is nbc news senior reporter ben collins and sam stein is back. ben, this is the nightmare scenario that a normal person targeted by donald trump's lies has her life and her daughter's life upended. take us through your reporting. >> yeah, you know, ruby freeman was a private figure when this happened. she was captured on security camera in atlanta in a voting center and what was her crime here? she took ballots from underneath a desk, placed them on a desk and started counting them again as per the instructions from inside of the room. that's what was going on there. but to them, to the trump administration that was trying to find anything at that moment to say that there was fraud in this election, you know, they used the security camera footage to say that she was somehow cheating in the election, this was a suitc

it turns out ruby freeman was right to be concerned. n't safe there. the next day a pro-trump mob surrounded her home shouting at her through bull horns. as if we needed more proof? we are really, really living in a time that is wild. it is stranger than fiction. not really happy about it either. that does it for me, i'm zerlina. you can find me monday through friday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on peacock. on the choice from msnbc. be sure to follow us on facebook, twitter, tiktok and youtube. more news is coming up right here on msnbc. >>> good morning, everybody. we begin with breaking news. a devastating outbreak of tornados pounding several states overnight leaving dozens of people dead. at the moment it appears kentucky was hit the hardest, four tornados swept through the state, one of which stayed on the ground for 227 miles after touching down. now, here's what governor said. >> the city of mayfield has been devastated, a roof collapse at a candle factory has resulted in

18 times in that phone call to the secretary of state a woman named trevian kutti showed up at ruby freeman'se said she was representing a high-profile individual who wanted to help freeman what kutti did not reveal is that she was a publicist to kanye west, a trump ally who himself ran a half-hearted campaign for president in 2020 so she agrees to meet with kanye's publicist in a safe location, a local police station, where kutti outlined a threat wherein mysterious figures would show up to freeman's house and put her and her family in jail if she did not publicly admit to stealing the election for joe biden >> seth: the president and his gang tried every avenue they could possibly find to stage a coup to overturn an election they came very close, and they'll try again. they tried so many things, even kanye is apparently involved now, although he legally changed his name, so when trump introduces him now, he probably says - >> hear ye, hear ye. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause we'll be right back with patti lupone, everyone [ cheers and applause ♪

the lawsuit states fulton county poll workers ruby freeman and her daughter, who are both african americanreceived death threats after a "campaign of malicious lies designed to accuse them of interfering with a fair and impartial election, which is precisely what each of them swore an oath to protect." in minnesota, a jury has found former brooklyn center police officer kimberly potter guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of daunte wright during a minor traffic stop in april. video from the killing showed potter, who is white, pointing her nine millimeter pistol at wright, who was black, repeatedly shouting "taser!" before firing a single bullet into wright's chest. potter claims she drew the pistol by mistake. kimberly potter will be sentenced in february. she faces up to 15 years in prison, although under minnesota sentencing guidelines, she could receive as little as six years in prison. in california, los angeles community advocates are condemning the police killing of valentina orellana-peralta, a 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot by lapd thursday

i will want everyone to listen to a 911 call ruby freeman played on january 4th after a woman later identifiedkanye west publicists arrived at her home asking her to confess to election fraud. >> they kept saying that time is running out and i will need some representation. they are saying i need help and they could help me because they said that her coming after me. >> do you know who these people are? >> no, that is why one of the police to come and i go outside to talk with the police there. >> what is your reaction to the threats that they face? >> thanks for having me, jonathan. we have been saying all year now that when you look at the voter spreads both in terms of legislation and the wider narrative, that one of the most dangerous aspects -- all of it is bad, criminalizing giving out giving food and water. criminalizing officials that send out ballots to people. there's been this attack on local boards of elections, and on local election officials, like ms. freeman. what is happening with ms. freeman is bad, and a different kind of universe, in a multi- verse, and might even be comical

this is one of many threats ruby freeman received after being falsely accused by donald trump of riggingpt your freedom and. [ inaudible ] the

in a new lawsuit, ruby freeman and shea moss say the shatrump media voices spread lies during the 2016 says both women are afraid to live normal lives. oan and giuliani did not respond to requests for comment. both already face multi-billion dollar destination suits from dominion voting systems. and, paula, on a legal standpoint this is fascinating. these are private citizens all around the country really, but these two specifically calling out oan and giuliani it's almost like their civic duty to be elections. and they're being demeaned or defamed or say they are being demeaned or defamed for being that important part of democracy. >> that's right. being accused of being part of a conspiracy, being accused of not properly executing their jobs. you can't say these things. there is no evidence to support this. not only is their reputation at stake, these are people who fear for their lives. they have been harassed. people have shown up to their homes. absolutely this defamation case is one of several working its way through the courts stemming from false claims that were made in the wak

it is about two election workers in georgia, ruby freeman and her daughter, who were loudly and repeatedlyly accused by donald trump and his campaign of somehow rigging the election count in fulton county georgia. she and her daughter had been repeatedly cleared of any wrongdoing, but despite that, trump, his lawyer rudy giuliani, budge of trump media outlets repeated the same boeing bogus allegations. they have filed a federal lawsuit against rudy giuliani and one pro trump news outlet for defaming them. the complaint says, quote, the harm they have caused to plaintiffs' reputations, privacy, safety and earnings and other loss is immense. i don't know if rudy giuliani has a good lawyer at this point. i don't know who he still would be able to call if he wanted to try to get one. watch this space. >>> all right, that's going to do it for us tonight on this beautiful christmas eve eve. we'll see you again tomorrow. >>> as we prepare to mark the new year, we also know that means january 6th is coming. one year since the attack on the capitol. i sat down recently with three of the officers wh

her name is ruby freeman.ave her house on january 6th, the day of the insurrection. she had to leave her house for safety because a crowd had gathered outside. she didn't return for several weeks. she was getting emails, text messages, even christmas cards that were threatening, messages to her that were quite harassing. and the other woman, moss, said people were showing up at her grandmother's house and were trying to make a citizens arrest. so we have asked for comment from oan and from giuliani in response to this lawsuit. we haven't heard anything back yet. they will have some time to come back, make their arguments in court. there is a long road ahead. it is a serious defamation case. but i can say right now we have already seen cases like this from places like dominion voting systems against julie, oan, and specifically against giuliani, it wasn't frivolous at all. a judge looked at it and allowed it to move forward toward trial. this really is a serious case that both the right wing media and rudy giul

reuters reporting this week, that election worker ruby freeman pressed to confess to fake charges that that she had medaled in the election. also seeking accountability, social media companies, but not the ones you would think. collecting evidence from facebook, youtube, parlor, but no significant case files highlighting the mountains of messages discussing tactics on the reddit thread turned social media site "the donald," many users discussing plans for gallows and how to transport the materials needed including secretly bringing firearms into the district despite dc's weapons ban. and the last piece of this puzzle, why did all these people end up here in the first place? a topic i investigate in my new podcast, american radical, where i explore the life of a woman from my hometown who died during the insurrection. it actually led me to ask how on earth, q-anon conspiracy theories became real life matters where people lost their lives. >>> lots to discuss this hour, ben collins, signier reporter nbc news, tubman, senior editor insider and liz plank, editor and columnist of the man en

this is one of many threats ruby freeman received after being falsely accused by donald trump of rigging votes in the state against him. >> i cannot say what specifically will take place. i just know that it will disrupt your freedom and. [ inaudible ] the freedom of one of more of your family members. >> that video is part of a night mare story detailed in two-must read reports that shed light on the disturbing power of the big lie. the video recorded at a police station shows the 62-year-old freeman with a woman that threatened freeman that people were going to disrupt her freedom. and as unbelievable as it may sound,cutty is a publicist for kanye west who is friends with donald trump. cutty showed up saying she was sent by a high profile individual to give freeman an urgent message, confess to trump's voter fraud allegations or people would come to her home in 48 hours and she would go to jail. that's why they agreed to meet at a police station where cutty put freeman on the phone with someone that tried to get freeman to implicate herself in committing voter fraud on election day. de

a site claimed ruby freeman and her daughter, shea moss, manipulated ballots during the counting process. the lie about them led to death threats and angry people showing up at their home resulting in this 911 call. >> last night about 10

that's what ruby freeman was. she joined on because a bunch of people got covid and her daughter said we need election people. please stop by. she moved a box of ballots from under a table and put them on top of a table. trump campaign workers said this was a suitcase of ballots ruby brought with her. complete lies. but they were pushed on the internet. for months, they wouldn't let it go. on january 6th, ruby's house had people around it with bullhorns. that just continued for months. her life fundamentally changed because she tried to help out her daughter who was trying to do the right thing and help out during an election. >> it is not just talking about them. signs posted alongside roadways. one of our producers in georgia has seen them. is this a litmus test? can you only run if you are running on the big lie? >> we'll know within a couple months as these primary contests are coming up and as these elections play out. it's certainly something that seems to be beneficial to many of these candidates. if it wer

i want everyone to listen to the 911 call ruby freeman placed on january 4. woman later identified as kanye west publicist. arrived at her home asking her to confess to election fraud. >> they keep saying that time is running out. and i'm going to need some representation. they're saying that i need help and they can help me because they say they coming after me. >> do you know who these people are? >> no. that's why i want the police to come. and i'll go outside and talk with them with the police being there. i'm not talking now. >> cliff, what's your reaction to the threats she faced? >> thanks for having me. we have been saying all year now when you look at the voter suppression taking place, both in term of legislation and terms of the wider narrative the big lie. that one of the most dangerous aspects all of it is bad. the criminalizing. giving out food and water. the criminalizing election officials that send out ballots to people. the most dangerous thing we have been saying all year has been this attack on local boards of elections. on local election

it's about to election workers in georgia, one named ruby freeman, and her daughter, who were loudlyrigging the election in fulton county, georgia. miss freeman and her daughter have been repeatedly cleared of wrongdoing but despite that, trump, his lawyer rudy giuliani and a bunch of trumpy media outlets have been repeating the same bogus allegations against ms. freeman and her daughter. before we got on the air, we learned that ms. freeman and her daughter have filed a lawsuit against rudy giuliani and one pro trump news outlet, one america news network. -- they are responsibility for the partisan character of the accusations against ms. freeman and ms. moss. they harm but is immense, including peculiarity loss. i don't know if rudy giuliani has a good lawyer at this point and i don't know who he would call if he would want to get. one but watch the space. tch the space. it goes on clear. no mess just soothing comfort. try new vicks vapostick. as a professional bull-rider i'm used to taking chances. but when it comes to my insurance i don't. i use liberty mutual, they customize you

and low-level poll workers alike have been target miss this ongoing insurrection. 62-year-old ruby freemansubject of baseless conspiracy theories. right-wing figures branded them as masterminds behind a massive effort to steal the election in georgia for joe biden. even the twice-impeached disgraced former president and his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, singled them out by name. now, those false but high-profile accusations quickly led to real-world harassment. they received violent messages and frightening visits to their home. take a listen to a 911 call that freeman made last december. >> i've been having terrific threats, i've been having harassing phone calls and e-mails. and they came out and made a police report yesterday. and last night, about ten minutes after nine, somebody was bamming on the door. and now somebody is bamming on the door again. oh, they screaming. they still bamming on the door. >> okay. >> they still bamming on the door. lord jesus, where's the police? >> they are on the way, ma'am. >> oh, god. >> these are poll workers. the harassment lasted through past summ

on december 6th and a woman named ruby freeman in cop county, georgia, the suburbs of georgia called