First, Ron Johnson denied he knew about an offer from his top aide to deliver phony electoral votes for Donald Trump — denied he had anything to do with it. The next day, he said Trump's lawyer in Wisconsin asked him to deliver a document regarding "Wisconsin electors" to Vice President Mike Pence but said he didn't know what that meant.
The more we learn about the role Wisconsin’s senior senator played in the days leading up to the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, the more things don’t add up.
And the more it looks like Johnson or his team may have aided a Trump administration conspiracy to overturn the lawful election of Joe Biden.
A top Pence aide says he has no reason to believe Johnson was involved directly in an attempt to pass fake electors to Pence. But the Justice Department should launch an investigation into the phony elector scheme, including what Johnson and his staff knew and what they did in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress.
The latest revelations are stunning:
Just minutes before Congress was to meet to certify Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump, Johnson’s top aide, Sean Riley, texted a staffer for then Vice President Mike Pence: "Johnson needs to hand something to VPOTUS please advise." This happened just before Pence prepared to preside over the official certification of Biden’s victory.
It was 12:37 p.m. and the joint session of Congress was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. What could be so urgent at that late hour?
An “alternate...
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