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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Peter Stone in Washington

RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms

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Christina Bobb used her perch at One America News Network to spread bogus claims of election fraud. Photograph: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

As Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has cemented its hold on the Republican National Committee (RNC), alarms are being raised about the organisation’s tapping of the fervent election denialist Christina Bobb to run an “election integrity” unit.

Bobb is a former Trump lawyer and ex-reporter for the far-right One America News Network, who gained prominence after Trump’s 2020 loss for promoting bogus fraud charges in Arizona, Wisconsin and elsewhere, and was part of Trump-backed efforts to substitute fake electors for ones that Joe Biden won in some states.

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