With the U.S. presidential election outcome clouded by claims of vote fraud, Republican legislators in several swing states have convened "election integrity" hearings to hear testimony from various witnesses, including members of the legal team.

On Nov. 30, 2020, Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani was among those speaking at an unofficial hearing organized by Arizona state legislators.

This episode of the Notable Speeches podcast features Mr. Guiliani's opening statement from that hearing, in which he alleged that vote totals in Arizona and several other states were skewed by a massive, coordinated fraud related to mail-in ballots.

He urged Arizona lawmakers to excise their authority, under the U.S. Constitution, to choose which electoral college delegation would vote on behalf of the state later this month when Electoral College members cast their votes for the president and the vice president.

During his remarks, Mr. Giuliani mentioned this analysis by law professor John C. Eastman: "The Constitutional Authority of State Legislatures To Choose Electors."

The audio of Rudy Giuliani's statement has been slightly abridged for this podcast.

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