DOJ criminally investigating plan for alternate Trump electors with focus on Trump lawyers, report says

[onthedarkside]

Attorney General Merrick Garland

 

The Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into the formation of alternate slates of presidential electors for Donald Trump as part of a plan to undo President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election, The New York Times reported Thursday.

 

That probe is particularly focused on a team of attorneys who were working for Trump on that effort, The Times reported.

 

The newspaper said that a federal grand jury in Washington earlier this year issued subpoenas to people connected to the plan to put forward alternate electors. They sought information about Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Giuliani’s colleague in the election cases, and another Trump lawyer, John Eastman.

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/16/doj-criminally-investigating-plan-for-alternate-trump-electors-.html

 

 

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Trump Campaign Coordinated Fake Elector Scheme

Washington Post: “At the time, the gatherings seemed a slapdash, desperate attempt to mimic President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede.”

 

“But internal campaign emails and memos reveal that the convening of the fake electors appeared to be a much more concerted strategy, intended to give Vice President Mike Pence a reason to declare the outcome of the election was somehow in doubt on Jan. 6, 2021, when he was to preside over the congressional counting of the electoral college votes.”

 

“The documents show Trump’s team pushed ahead and urged the electors to meet — then pressured Pence to cite the alternate Trump slates — even as various Trump lawyers acknowledged privately they did not have legal validity and the gatherings had not been in compliance with state laws.”

 

https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/20/trump-campaign-coordinated-fake-elector-scheme/

 

 

[Bluespunk]

14 minutes ago, onthedarkside said:

The Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation into the formation of alternate slates of presidential electors for Donald Trump as part of a plan to undo President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election,

Fantastic news. 

[Jingthing]

But Trump fans should not worry!

 

Seriously, I think at this point it's clear that Mr. Trump is <deleted>ting himself wondering how good the steaks are at Club Fed. 

 

Trump: 'Sooo Many Witnesses to Everything Good' on Jan 6 (mediaite.com)

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Supporters of former President Donald Trump concerned over the damning January 6th Select Committee hearings can take some solace in the knowledge that the 45th president appears to have something of a plan.

In a Sunday morning post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump insisted that he has “sooo many witnesses to everything good”  Those extra two “o’s” in “sooo” suggests a LOT of witnesses to “everything good” which, if true, could be huge.