Friday 10 June 2022 08:40 PM Republican Rep. Liz Cheney's committee leaks Trump's alleged 'seven-point' ... trends now
The House January 6 committee has pushed out the outlines of the 'seven-point plan' that GOP Rep. Liz Cheney referenced in her remarks at Thursday's prime-time hearing, but didn't spell out at the time.
Cheney teased the plan in her lengthy opening statement for the hearings, where she put Trump at the center of an election overturn scheme that relied on a violent mob as part of a multi-pronged effort that she described as a premeditated strategy.
'President Donald Trump's intention was to remain President of the United States despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power,' she said. Over multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the chance for presidential power.'
She called it a 'sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the 2020 election and prevent the transition of presidential power.'
She did not flesh out all aspects of the plan, but the committee leaked it soon after the hearing concluded.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said former President Donald Trump had a seven-point plan to overturn the election
According to CNN, the plan consisted of the following:
President Trump engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information to the American public claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him.
President Trump corruptly planned to replace the Acting Attorney General, so that the Department of Justice would support his fake election claims.
President Trump corruptly pressured Vice President Pence to refuse to count certified electoral votes in violation of the US Constitution and the law.
President Trump corruptly pressured state election officials, and state legislators, to change election results.
President Trump's legal team and other Trump associates instructed Republicans in multiple states to create false electoral slates and transmit those slates to Congress and the National Archives.
President Trump summoned and assembled a violent mob in Washington and directed them to march on the US Capitol.
Trump focused repeated pressure on Vice President Mike Pence not to accept votes certified states during his largely ceremonial role Jan. 6
Lawyer John Eastman drew up legal theories about the vice president's role and scenarios with competing state electors
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani raised repeated doubts about the election's integrity with his fraud claims
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) gestures toward a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to protest the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory Jan. 6, 2021. He came out publicly to say he would vote not to accept votes certified by states where Trump claimed fraud
There was a White House push to push out acting AG Jeffrey Rosen and install a Trump loyalist
Trump pressed state election figures during the vote counting process, asking Georgia Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger to 'find' 11,780 votes
