of my district votes early. >> and it would have mandated paper ballots, but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. >> with no guidance criteria, the legislature, after the election, could dismiss the election, and i said, welcome to fascism. >> hb 2596 elections. >> and i said i will give this the respect it deserves. >> education. >> so i sent it to 12 committees so we would have a long vetting process. >> military affairs. >> typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill, you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees, then you're getting a message. >> judiciary. >> i sent it to 12 committees. >> transportation. >> it was theoretical, and i admit it. >> it's no overstatement to say that because bowers stood up for democracy, he will no longer be in the state legislature. >> i'm rusty bowers. >> terminated in the state house, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. >> i stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. >> my opponent is david farnsworth. >> david farnsworth is going to do the job. >> their positions on the major is

. >> in arizona, the republican speaker of the house, rusty bowers, is an artist by trade. but last february, bowers was thrown into a real-life drama. >> the bill number was 2596. >> 2596, one of more than 100 bills submitted in arizona to tighten access to the ballot box. the measure would have scrapped early voting. all voting would be on election day only. >> 90% of my district votes early. >> and it would have mandated paper ballots. but most egregious to rusty bowers was this. >> with no guidance criteria, the legislature after the election could dismiss the election. and i said, welcome to fascism. >> hb 2596 elections. >> and so i said, i will give this the respect it deserves. >> education. >> so i sent it to 12 committees so we would have a long vetting process. >> military affairs. >> typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees then you're getting a message. >> judiciary. >> i assigned it to 12 committees. >> transportation. >> it was theatrical, and i admit it. >> it's no overstatement to say be

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here's the former speaker of the arizona house, conservative rusty bowers, describing a 2020 call he got from trump coup lawyer john eastman. >> and what did dr. eastman want you to do? >> that we would, in fact, vote, take a vote to overthrow, i shouldn't say overthrow, that we would decertify the electors and because we had plenary authority to do so. i said, what would you have me do? and he said, just do it and let the courts sorted out. >> plenary authority. absolute. total authority. the state legislators have total authority over who wins an election. we now have new reporting from washington post and special counsel jack smith has taken a keen interest in the fake electors plot, focusing specifically on potential fraud. new york times recently reported that one of the trump campaign's key players in this scheme may actually be cooperating with federal prosecutors. and tomorrow, republican georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger who trump infamously called and told to find votes to overturn the georgia election, will meet with prosecutors for the first time on the counci

so let us bring in former republican arizona house speaker rusty bowers who was pressured by giulianierturn biden's win in the state. mr. bowers, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. can you just remind, you were pressured by rudy giuliani and trump and now that this is coming to a head, in terms of the investigators having spoken to rudy giuliani. can you remind us of what specifically they asked you to do? >> well first they asked me for a special committee. and i said to end. and then the committee was to find sufficient, and listen to the claims of fraud, et cetera. to have doubt and with that doubt they could use this idea that plenary power for legislatures to throw out the biden electors and putting trump electors. that is what they were asking me to do. >> so what do you think rudy giuliani will share with investigators about this? >> i understand some of the things he said about our conversation so i wouldn't know. it would be an interesting conversation. i would love to hear. >> so would we all. >> but what has he shared about your conversation? >> well i just met

he ask trump together badger rusty bowers. he goes down to georgia and tells a whole pack of lies.is exactly where smith is otherwise in the investigation talking to raffensperger and the like. here's what it means. he's gone in with a proffer. that means he has given information but under circumstances where they won't hold it against him. they'll just evaluate whether they want him, want him for what? give him immunity or an easy deal, and then what's he giving in exchange has to be information about donald trump. so this -- the proffer, yes, he didn't -- doesn't have to do it. you can call it voluntary in that way, but don't think that he's like a good citizen just finally getting this all off his chest. he's trying to cut a deal, ask he knows the time is very short. >> harry litman, let me play that sound you just alluded to, rusty bowers describing rudy's role in the arizona plot. >> my recollection, he said we've got rot lots of theories. we just don't have the evidence. and i don't know if that was a gaffe, or maybe he didn't think through what he said, but both myself and o

rusty bowers tell.sk because they love people in the political arena. i'm certainly very sorry for what you and your staff and your family have been through. i hope you'll come back and keep us posted on the fate of your lawsuit against kari lake. stephen richer, thank you so much for spending some time with us today. >> i appreciate it. i hope this is a turn for the better. thank you. >> good luck with everything. when we come back, facebook whistleblower frances haugen and the very real fear that disinformation spread on social media could have a big impact heading into the 2024 election season. stay with us. with us you like t? i got a great price on it. - did you see my tail when that chewy box showed up? - oh, i saw it. - my tail goes bonkers for treats at great prices. sorry about the vase. - [announcer] save more on what they love with everyday great prices at chewy. (pensive music) (footsteps crunching) (pensive music) (birds tweeting) (pensive music) (broom sweeping) - [narrator] one in five ch