THE CHESEBRO FILES

Trump Team’s Frantic Plan to Fly Fake Elector Certificates to D.C. Revealed

Campaign staffers enlisted the help of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and a Pennsylvania congressman to get the fake ballots to then-Vice President Mike Pence on time.

Falsified Donald Trump elector certificates from Wisconsin and Michigan were “stuck in the mail” just days before Jan. 6, 2021, sparking a frantic Republican effort to get the paperwork to Washington D.C. in time, according to CNN. The network, which obtained texts, emails, and recordings of the situation courtesy of pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, found that campaign staffers enlisted the help of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and another Pennsylvania congressman, and even considered chartering a private jet to get the documents to then-Vice President Mike Pence and the Electoral College before certification was set to begin. Wisconsin GOP officials were reportedly irritated at the request to courier the papers to Congress, with a Wisconsin staffer writing on Jan. 4, “Freaking Trump idiots want someone to fly original elector papers to the senate President.” But Andrew Hitt, then-state GOP party chairman, later told the January 6 House Committee that the move was “overkill” since the documents that were mailed made it to Washington, D.C. on time. A spokesperson for the Trump campaign did not respond to a request by CNN for comment.