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Trump campaign's plot to send fake ballots unravelled on Jan 6

Former President Trump's campaign attempted to send fake elector ballots to D.C.

In an astonishing twist of events, new evidence has emerged shedding light on the extent of former President Trump's campaign to distribute fake elector ballots in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Recordings of an interview with Ken Chesbrough, the alleged architect of the fake electors plot, and hundreds of emails have provided a more comprehensive understanding of the chaotic scramble that took place on January 6, 2021, to deliver the counterfeit certificates to Washington, D.C.

Chesbrough revealed in the recorded interview that the Trump campaign was thrown into disarray when they discovered that the crucial ballots for Michigan and Wisconsin were stuck in a sorting facility in Michigan. Distressed by the realization that Vice President Mike Pence may not receive the ballots in time for the Electoral College certification, the campaign made a high-level decision to charter a jet. Eventually, they opted for last-minute commercial flights but managed to transport the fake ballots to Washington, D.C. on January 5.

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