- The commission said on Jan. 6 that GOP lawmakers had worked with Trump’s White House to stop Biden from becoming president.
- Representatives Matt Goetz, Jim Jordan and Marjorie Taylor Green were among the Republicans nominated by a former White House official.
- They participated in talks and meetings where they discussed legal ways to claim that Trump won the election, the aide said.
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Republican lawmakers held talks with former President Donald Trump in December 2020 to plan ways to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court records filed by a congressional committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots.
On Friday, the commission released excerpts from testimony detailing how Republican lawmakers, such as Matt Gates and Jim Jordan, planned with Trump to stop then-candidate Joe Biden from becoming president.
Goetz, Jordan and other Republicans have been in talks with Trump and his aides since he lost the 2020 presidential election, according to testimony given to the committee by Cassidy Hutchinson, who serves as an aide to the former chief of staff. White House Mark Meadows.
Hutchinson said in the filing records that various Republican lawmakers, including Gaetz, Jordan, Scott Perry, Marjorie Taylor Green and Louis Gomert, either met in person or attended meetings to discuss ways to usurp Biden’s victory.
“It simply came to our notice then [former Vice President Mike Pence] had the power to – excuse me if my wording is incorrect on this issue, but – to send votes back to the states or voters back to the states, “Hutchinson said.
Other Republicans who are part of the House of Representatives’ caution over freedom were also part of those meetings, Hutchinson said. Representatives of Gaetz, Jordan, Perry, Taylor Greene and Gohmert did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
During those meetings, Republican lawmakers explored ways that “could potentially be a constitutional and viable option for delaying election certification or delaying in office, or confirming that Mr. Trump has actually won,” he said. she.
Since the results of the 2020 presidential election came out, Trump’s campaign has brought dozens of voter fraud cases, most of which have so far been rejected, rejected or withdrawn.
Independent election observation groups have repeatedly said that there was no widespread voter fraud. After the results came out, for example, The New York Times contacted election officials in each state, each of whom said there was no evidence that the fraud had affected the presidential election.
But even after he left office, Trump continued to insist that the election was rigged. Republican lawmakers reiterated his baseless allegations.
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