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Fake Trump electors told to operate in ‘complete secrecy’, email reveals

Trump at a pre-election rally in Rome, Georgia.
Donald Trump at a pre-election rally in Rome, Georgia. The Trump campaign sought to overturn its defeat in part by appointing its own electors in seven key states. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s campaign directed Republican party operatives named as “alternate” electors in Georgia to operate with “complete secrecy and discretion” as the then president attempted to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden.

The startling direction was contained in an email which is part of a US justice department investigation, CNN and the Washington Post reported.

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