Ken Chesebro Identified as Key Architect Behind Trump's 2020 Election Contestation Efforts

Chesebro's radical legal theories aimed to delay or overturn election results, involving fake electors and a pivotal role for Mike Pence.

• Ken Chesebro, a once-obscure attorney, emerges as a central figure in the Trump campaign's legal strategies to contest the 2020 election results.
• Chesebro's ideas, including the fake electors plan and a pivotal role for then-Vice President Mike Pence, aimed to delay or overturn the election outcome.
• Documents reveal Chesebro's extensive involvement in developing legal theories and coordinating with other Trump campaign attorneys.
• The strategies devised sought to create chaos and extend the electoral counting process, potentially involving the Supreme Court.
• Despite early indications that Pence would not diverge from the Electoral Count Act, Chesebro and others pushed for various ways to challenge the election certification.

3 Articles

Esquire TPM TPM