Key Trump adviser Bernard Kerik hands Jan. 6 panel trove of documents - msnNOW
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, an adviser to former President Trump, provided the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot with a trove of documents in response to a subpoena by the panel for efforts involving overturning the election.
A letter from Kerik's attorney dated Friday indicates that Kerik wants to cooperate with the committee "and any investigators who are truly willing to move ahead swiftly and get to the truth."
"Mr. Kerik is a strong believer in our constitutional system of government and would have never participated in any effort to knowingly promote false claims," Timothy Parlatore, Kerik's attorney, wrote to the committee's chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), in a letter shared by Kerik and reported on by Politico.
"He believed then, as he does now, that there were significant election improprieties and inconsistencies as well as evidence of possible fraud in the election that must be properly investigated," Parlatore continued. "It is for this reason, that Mr. Kerik very much wants to cooperate with your committee and any investigators who are truly willing to move ahead swiftly and get to the truth."
Among the documents released via the letter is a "strategic communications plan" meant to pressure Republican members of Congress, including swing-state senators, to vote against certifying the 2020 election results. It included issues to highlight such as "Dead people voted," "Underage people voted" and...
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