There were doubts about alternate electors across seven states and within the Donald Trump campaign.
There was a problem: Joe Biden had already been declared the certified winner in Pennsylvania. So a number of the Republicans on the Dec. 12 conference call, who had volunteered to serve as Trump electors if he won the state, said they were uncomfortable portraying themselves as legitimate electors, according to a federal indictment filed against Trump last week accusing him of trying to overturn the 2020 election.
In five other states, Republicans did not hedge. Instead, they signed paperwork claiming to be electors for the president and casting their votes for Trump, even though he had lost their states. Electors in a seventh state, New Mexico, included contingency language similar to that in Pennsylvania. The Trump campaign then moved ahead with plans to use all the certificates to pressure Congress not to certify the electoral college count for Biden.
Special counsel Jack Smith on Aug. 1 announced four charges against former president Donald Trump in his investigation into the 2020 election. Out in the states, similar doubts percolated. New Mexico electors included contingency language similar to the Pennsylvania language. It is not clear why the Trump campaign included New Mexico in the scheme, since Biden won the solidly Democratic state by more than 10 percentage points. The other six states produced Biden’s narrowest winning margins.
Thomas W. King III, the general counsel for the state Republican Party, sent a Trump campaign official an email the day before the electors were set to meet saying he understood the Trump electors in Pennsylvania were told they would receive “indemnification by the campaign if someone gets sued or worse.”
Three days before the electors were to meet, Lawrence Tabas, the chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party, contacted Hitt, his counterpart in Wisconsin, to ask if the Republican electors in his state would be meeting. Hitt confirmed they would be.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Why Donald Trump may take the stand at his own trial: state attorneySpecial Counsel Jack Smith has Donald Trump in a 'trick bag' with these new indictments, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said.
続きを読む »
Opinion | Donald Trump, Hunter Biden and the Rule of LawFrom WSJopinion: The global rule of law as it has existed since World War II may be under challenge, writes DanHenninger
続きを読む »
Judge Chutkan gives Donald Trump new deadline after Truth Social threat'The Truth post cited is the definition of political speech...' a spokesperson for Trump said overnight.
続きを読む »
Donald Trump delusional if he 'believes his own defense,' GOP rival saysTrump maintains that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him but it's unclear if he'll say that in court.
続きを読む »
Republicans compare Donald Trump to jailed Putin criticAlexei Navalny had his prison sentence extended on charges many have dismissed as attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to silence him.
続きを読む »
PolitiFact - Donald Trump indictment: What to know about 2020 election, Jan. 6 investigation and chargesFormer President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Here are some questions and answers about what this means, and what’s next.
続きを読む »