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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Hall

Emails reveal Trump campaign efforts to subvert Electoral College certification: ‘We would just be sending fake electoral votes’

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Advisors to Donald Trump who were involved in the former president’s scheme to overturn the 2020 election appeared to recognise that their plan was legally dubious, according to emails revealed by The New York Times.

The Times said it had reviewed and authenticated dozens of emails that show a frantic effort by aides to Mr Trump and a coterie of lawyers and supporters outside of the White House to send fake electors to the Electoral College certification of the 2020 election.

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