Donald Trump’s “involvement” in the plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election has been called by the House Select Committee, which is investigating the U.S. Capitol uprising last year.
The committee also tweeted a copy of the text from anonymous sender to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who offered “details of the call Navarro assisted” to block the verification of the election results, including the participation of the president. “
Jan. 3 text to Mark Meadows: “I have the details of the call where Navarro attended the meeting … on the certification delay … including the President’s attendance …”
Peter Navarro is expected to speak to the select committee about his role in trying to cancel the election. pic.twitter.com/3IysjPILye
– January 6 Committee (@ January6thCmte) April 1, 2022
The committee on Monday recommended that the House file a criminal complaint against Congressman Navarro and Trump ally Dan Scavino for the Justice Department’s failure to call the committee to testify before the panel.
Navarro has repeatedly boasted in his book and on national television of a conspiracy to deny the legitimacy of a legitimate vote in the constituency to keep Trump in the White House. He plans to change voters in terms of football and called it “Green Bay”. [Packers] I’m drinking. However, he claims executive privilege when it comes to discussing the details of this information before the House committee.
The text cited by the commission on Jan. 6 refers to Meadows ’appeals to“ legislators ”. Trump is known to have participated in calling “Hundreds” of GOP state lawmakers. According to the committee, along with Navarro, a “coup memorandum” lawyer John Eastman and others, will try to persuade them to “cut” their electoral votes. Joe Biden after the election.
Another recorded phone call was made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Rafensperger, who Trump was told. It “found” enough sound – almost two months after losing the presidential election – to make Trump win the state instead of Biden.
U.S. District Court Judge David Carter in Central California ruled on Monday that such actions are “more likely” that Trump committed a criminal conspiracy to “overthrow the democratic election.”
If the plan “worked, it would end in a peaceful transfer of power forever, destroying American democracy and the Constitution,” Carter wrote.
Source: Huffpost
