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Former GOP Chair Regrets Role in Fake Elector Scheme

Andrew Hitt, Wisconsin Republican Party chairman, says he was misled into supporting a plan to falsely declare Trump the winner in 2020.

  • A former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman, Andrew Hitt, claims he was misled into participating in a fake elector scheme after the 2020 election, falsely asserting Trump's victory in the state.
  • Hitt, who worked tirelessly for Trump's campaign, expressed regret over signing documents that were part of an attempt to overturn the election results, citing fear for his safety and his family's.
  • The scheme, involving fake electors in multiple states, aimed to create a controversy that could potentially alter the election outcome, according to special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of Donald Trump.
  • Internal communications reveal panic within the Trump campaign about the delivery of fake elector documents to Vice President Mike Pence's office ahead of the January 6 electoral college count.
  • Hitt has cooperated with the January 6th committee and federal prosecutors, maintaining that he and other Wisconsin fake electors were deceived by the Trump campaign.
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