House January 6 committee obtains email outlining early plan to try to overturn Trump's 2020 loss

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House January 6 committee obtains email outlining early plan to try to overturn Trump's 2020 loss

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice

Updated 9:14 PM ET, Wed June 1, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/politics/january-6-email-plan-overturn-election-trump/index.html

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(CNN)The House select committee investigating the 2021 US Capitol insurrection has obtained a December 2020 proposal from a lawyer to Rudy Giuliani and others that sketched out an early, rough plan to halt Joe Biden becoming president by throwing the certification of the election into the hands of the Senate pro tempore at the time, Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa.

The December 13 email, written by a New York lawyer named Kenneth Chesebro, is significant because it's the only document so far that the House has obtained solely because of a judge's finding that it could become evidence of a crime. The email came to light as part of a court fight over right-wing attorney John Eastman's email account.

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The House has obtained, through other arguments, hundreds of additional Eastman emails relevant to his work for then-President Donald Trump before January 6, 2021, and is still arguing for access to more. Eastman advised Trump on ways to try to block his electoral loss.

The email from Chesebro, in its subject line, called the proposal the "'President of the Senate' strategy." The committee obtained the email several weeks ago, and it became public in the court filing recently.

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1. This must not be forgotten:

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he would preside over the U.S. Senate debate surrounding disputes of the 2020 election results if Vice President Mike Pence does not show up.

He suggested Pence was not expected to attend but Grassley’s staff later said that was a “misinterpretation” and that Pence was expected to be there.

On Wednesday, Congress will meet to formally count the Electoral College votes after they were certified by states last month. At least 12 GOP senators and dozens of House Republicans say they intend to object to the Electoral College results as those votes are read, state by state, in a joint session that begins at noon CT Wednesday.

During an exchange with reporters on Tuesday, Grassley was asked how he plans to vote.

“Well, first of all, I will be — if the Vice President isn’t there and we don’t expect him to be there, I will be presiding over the Senate,” according to a transcript of his remarks sent by a spokesperson.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2021/01/05/grassley-suggests-he-may-preside-over-senate-debate-on-electoral-college-votes/

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2. Good catch.