Former Pres. Trump suggested Sunday he wanted then-Vice Pres. Pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, making clear Trump's goal was not to resolve disputes over electoral votes he alleged but to hand the election back to himself.
In a press release, former President Donald Trump said he wanted former Vice President Mike Pence to"overturn the election."In arguably his most explicit public statement yet of his intent on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested wanting then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, making clear Trump's goal was not to resolve disputes over electoral votes he alleged but to hand the election back to himself.
"Actually, what they are saying, is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away," he falsely claimed."Unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!" ABC News Senior Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl reported in his book"Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show" that then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows emailed to Pence's top aide a detailed plan penned by Trump's campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis outlining how Pence was to send back the electoral votes from six battleground states that Trump falsely claimed he had won.
According to their reporting, Eastman instructed Pence to say, at the conclusion of counting,"because of the ongoing disputes in the 7 States, there are no electors that can be deemed validly appointed in those States." Then, Pence"gavels President Trump as reelected."Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images, FILEThe morning of the congressional counting and attack on the Capitol, Trump tweeted that Pence needed to show"extreme courage" -- a sentiment he's kept alive.
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