Eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the RNC helping the campaign gather contingent electors in case legal challenges that were ongoing change the result,” McDaniel said in video testimony. 14, 2020, when the legitimate members of the Electoral College were required to meet and vote. Eastman urged her to help identify false electors to meet and cast votes for Trump on Dec. In fact, Trump had called RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel and handed the phone to attorney John Eastman, an architect of Trump’s plan to remain in power, according to newly revealed video of her testimony to the committee. Even without the compliance of those lawmakers, Trump pushed the Republican National Committee to help identify and coordinate false slates of electors in the states. 6 and the months-long effort by Trump and Giuliani to browbeat state legislative leaders. The panel drew a direct connection between the events of Jan. “You are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath,” he recalled saying.
Michigan State Senate leader Mike Shirkey recalled in video testimony how, after Trump tweeted out his phone number, he received thousands of messages from Trump supporters asking him to appoint Michigan’s electors through the legislature.Īrizona State House speaker Rusty Bowers rejected similar pressure from Trump.
In video and live testimony, state legislative leaders in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan - all Republicans - described repeated, sometimes daily pressure from Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The committee laid out an intense pressure campaign, led primarily by Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani, to push state legislatures to appoint pro-Trump electors and override the will of voters in their states. The attempted handoff shows just how much former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to lean on Pence to introduce false slates of electors that could have thrown the 2020 election from Biden to Donald Trump.
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