Johnson told a Wisconsin conservative talk radio host on Thursday that the fake elector slates came from the office of Rep. The texts show Pence’s aide refused to accept the votes. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican and Trump ally, tried to hand-deliver fake elector certificates to an aide for former Vice President Mike Pence. The committee this week disclosed text messages that showed an aide to U.S. Trump and his allies furiously pressured authorities in those states to replace Biden’s electors with ones for him on specious or nonexistent allegations that his victory was stolen. “It looks highly coincidental and … I just don’t believe in coincidences,” he said.īoth the committee and federal authorities are probing the use of replacements for duly chosen electors in seven battleground states that voted for Biden. In an interview Thursday night on Fox News Channel, Clark alleged the timing of the search warrant was “highly politicized” and questioned why his home was searched one day before the congressional hearing. The person who confirmed the search was not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. The reason for the search of Clark’s home was not immediately clear and it was not known what information agents were searching for.
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The committee’s Thursday hearing focused on Trump’s desire to install Clark atop the Justice Department in his administration’s last days. House committee investigating the riot said it had new evidence of Trump’s efforts and his knowledge that he had no legal basis to try to overturn the election.
The disclosures of law enforcement activity came as the U.S. The Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe of pro-Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the deadly Jan. And Republicans in two other states - Michigan and Pennsylvania - disclosed they had been interviewed by the FBI. Agents in recent days also served subpoenas on the Republican Party chairmen of Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, three states that went for President Joe Biden and where Trump allies created slates of “alternate electors” intended to subvert the vote. WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents searched a former top Justice Department official’s home and seized records from key Republicans in at least five states linked to Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, in what were clear signs that authorities are ramping up their investigation of associates of the former president.Īuthorities on Wednesday searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who was known at the Justice Department to champion Trump’s false claims of election fraud. By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT
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