Trump Ally Who Was Indicted With Him in Georgia Says they Considered Chartering Private Jet to Fly Fake Elector Certificates to DC Ahead of January 6th
The “stop the steal” movement was more than just election interference lies spouted by Donald Trump which culminated in an attack on our nation’s Capitol by his idolaters. Evidence now suggests that the former president and his team sought to overturn a legitimate US election using fake elector certificates set to be signed in states where Trump lost and a new report outlines the measures they took to get them to DC. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00 The "Stop the Steal" movement was more than just election interference lies spouted by Donald Trump,
00:04 which culminated in an attack on our nation's capital by his idolaters.
00:08 Evidence now suggests that the former president and his team sought to overturn a legitimate US election,
00:14 using fake elector certificates set to be signed in states where Trump lost.
00:19 According to a new report by CNN, former Trump ally and lawyer Kenneth Chesebro,
00:23 who was indicted in Georgia alongside Trump but has since taken a plea deal,
00:27 is now talking about the plot to overturn the election.
00:30 They had a plan to have fake electors cast their ballots despite Trump losing in Michigan and Wisconsin.
00:36 The plot was based loosely on what happened in Hawaii during the 1960 election between Kennedy and Nixon.
00:42 Nixon won the initial state election by a mere 140 votes, triggering a recount.
00:47 But Kennedy's elector nominees voted as well, just in case the recount ended in a Kennedy win, which it did.
00:53 The new report outlines that when Trump and his team attempted to do the same,
00:56 albeit in a situation that didn't warrant those same actions,
00:59 they weren't sure if they could get those fake elector certificates to DC.
01:03 And into the hands of Vice President Mike Pence ahead of the Congressional Election Certification on January 6th,
01:09 Chesebro said the team were freaked out and considered chartering a private jet.
01:13 The fake elector certificates were ultimately brought by a Wisconsin Republican official
01:18 and a Trump staffer, where the January 6th committee says GOP Representative Mike Kelly helped deliver them in the end.
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