Rudy Giuliani led Trump campaign officials in a plot to install 'alternate' electors in seven states won by President Joe Biden as a way to tamper with the Electoral College results on January 6.
CNN reported Thursday that members of Trump's campaign were far more involved in this scheme than had been previously reported.
Giuliani, a lawyer for Trump's campaign and the former New York City mayor, coordinated the process state-by-state, appearing on at least one planning call, sources told the network.
Rudy Giuliani led a Trump campaign effort to install 'alternate' slates of electors in seven states President Joe Biden won in an effort to meddle with the Electoral College results. CNN reported Thursday that Giuliani and the campaign were more involved than previously thought
President Donald Trump addresses supporters on the morning of January 6. The day of the Capitol attack, Giuliani and other officials hoped Vice President Mike Pence would ignore legitimate electors and instead count the votes of the alternate, pro-Trump ones
The campaign found supporters to join the 'alternate' slates of electors, while securing meeting rooms for them to meet in statehouses on December 14, the day of the official Electoral College meeting.
Afterward, fake certificates naming the pro-Trump slates of electors were sent to the National Archives.
Trump administration officials previewed the plan on the morning of December 14.
'As we speak, today, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we're going to send those results up to Congress,' Trump's top immigration adviser Stephen Miller said on Fox & Friends that morning.
'This will ensure that all of our legal remedies remain open,' Miller continued. 'That means if we win these
