Former President Trump and his loyal associates set up 'war rooms' in a downtown DC hotel where they planned out their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the days before January 6.
Trump and company set up a command center made up of multiple rooms and suites at DC's Willard hotel where they mapped out strategies to try and reinstate Trump for a second term despite losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, the Washington Post reported.
The operation was described as 'intense' and those involved worked around the clock in the days leading up to the insurrection and even on January 6 when Congress convened for the counting of electoral votes, the Post reported.
The operation was described as 'intense' and those involves worked around the clock in the days leading up to the insurrection (pictured) and even on January 6
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The team was led by Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and included Trump's former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon as an adviser and former NYPD police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who attended as an investigator.
Also involved in the strategizing was scholar John Eastman, who in an Oval Office meeting on January 4 with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, pressured the VP to try to use his powers to delay or potentially block the certification of the election on January 6 to help Trump's efforts.
The special House committee is currently investigating the January 6th MAGA riot on the Capitol.
They have subpoenaed Steve Bannon, who has been held in criminal contempt for failing to appear before the committee last week, as well as organizers of the Stop the Steal rally, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, communications director Dan Scavino and Pentagon chief of staff Kashyap Patel.
Also involved was scholar John Eastman, who pressured the VP to try to use his powers to delay or potentially block the certification of the election
The team was led by Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani (pictured)
The committee has requested documents and communications related to the legal advise and analysis given by Eastman, including a two-page, six-point plan that mapped out how Pence could overturn the election for Trump.
The loyal associate's strategy included publicizing supposed evidence of fraud, pushing state legislatures to challenge Biden's victory and calling
