NYT: Confidential Legal Memo Outlined ‘Alternate Electors’ Plan for January 6 – By Joel B. Pollack (Breitbart) / Aug 9, 2023
The New York Times reported Tuesday on a “secret memo” that proposed a way in which the Trump campaign might use “alternate electors” in the event that challenges to the 2020 presidential election results were pending when Congress met on January 6.
The idea was to have a slate of electors available in the event that Vice President Mike Pence rejected the votes of the Electoral College in several states when he presided over the certification in Congress, and returned the decision to the state legislatures.
The memo is being touted by the Times (article here) as a document that “prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link in how the Trump team’s efforts evolved into a criminal conspiracy.” It is unclear how, when, or from whom the Times obtained the memo.
However, the text of the memo itself, composed by lawyer Kenneth Chesebro (said to be unindicted “Co-Conspirator 5” in the indictment of former President Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith) is merely advisory and does not announce a plan.
