Mike Lee, Chip Roy Texts Reveal Plot To Overturn 2020 Election – By Igor Bobic (Huffpost) / April 15, 2022
The GOP allies of former President Donald Trump actively supported his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election — right up until the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Newly revealed text messages between then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Chip Roy after the 2020 presidential election and through Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the bloody riot at the U.S. Capitol, suggest the plot to overturn a free and fair election involved high-ranking Republican officials far more extensively than previously known.
The text messages were obtained by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack and published by CNN on Friday.
Both Republican lawmakers were initially supportive of the Trump White House’s efforts to contest the 2020 presidential results in the months after the Nov. 8 election, repeatedly offering their assistance and requesting talking points in order to defend the plot in public appearances.
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