The Dec. 6, 2020 memo was unearthed during Trump’s third indictment last week. According to a copy of the memo obtained by the Times, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro admitted that he was proposing a “a bold, controversial strategy” that the Supreme Court ultimately would reject.
, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro admitted that he was proposing a “a bold, controversial strategy” that the Supreme Court ultimately would reject. Chesebro argued that even if the plan failed to pass, it would bring attention to claims of voter fraud and “buy the Trump campaign more time to win litigation that would deprive Biden of electoral votes and/or add to Trump’s column.”week, and shed a light on how the former president’s allies developed their plot to overturn Joe Biden’s win.
The document, which prosecutors described as a “fraudulent elector memo,” revealed that Chesebro proposed the appointment of fake electors, and detailed a “messaging” strategy to use them as evidence of the former president’s supposed victory.is not simply to keep Biden below 270 electoral votes,” Mr. Chesebro stated in the memo.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot previously cited two memos from Chesebro in a December report, but apparently did not uncover the Dec. 6 memo. Prosecutors are using the newly disclosed document as a key link into how the Trump team’s efforts to keep the ex-president in power evolved into a criminal conspiracy.
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