Hodgson texted back.Ī spokeswoman for Mr. “Alternate slate of electors for MI and WI because archivist didn’t receive them,” Mr. “What is it?” Chris Hodgson, the aide to Mr. Pence, according to messages released by the committee. “Johnson needs to hand something to VPOTUS please advise,” Sean Riley, an aide to Mr. Pence a list of Trump electors from Michigan and Wisconsin, two states won by Mr. Pence was whisked away from the mob.Īccording to text messages obtained by the committee, an aide to Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, told an aide for Mr. 6, hours before the day’s violence, which had the effect of stopping the certification of the electoral count as Mr. The committee showed that Republicans in Congress were pushing the alternate electors plan even on Jan. elected officials pushed the electors scheme.Īn aide to Senator Ron Johnson tried to arrange for the senator to provide fake electors from Michigan and Wisconsin to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. Biden’s favor had no legal basis - a fact that legal experts say could help prosecutors build a criminal case against Mr. Eastman that the broader effort they were pursuing to convince Vice President Mike Pence to block or delay certification of the Electoral College count in Mr. Trump was told about the meeting with the White House Counsel’s Office. Giuliani the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows and other aides, where they were told that the plan was not legally sound, according to recorded testimony from a West Wing aide, Cassidy Hutchinson. Eastman were undertaking the scheme, the White House Counsel’s Office held a meeting with Mr.
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helping the campaign gather these contingent electors” if Mr. Eastman “about the importance of the R.N.C. McDaniel said in a video clip of her deposition to the committee. Trump called Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National Committee chairwoman, to ask her to talk to one of his outside lawyers, John Eastman, who was on the line, about the plan, Ms. Biden through his victories in swing states like Arizona and Georgia. Trump was directly involved behind the scenes in trying to put forward the alternate slates of Trump electors that he hoped could replace the electors awarded to Mr. Trump’s personal involvement in the fake elector scheme. The House committee put forth evidence of President Donald J. A slate of fake electors shown during Tuesday’s hearing.