Overview
- The New York Times obtained confidential 2022 transcripts from the Georgia election‑interference grand jury detailing senior Republicans’ reactions to post‑election maneuvers.
- Senator Lindsey Graham testified that Donald Trump’s fraud claims were “unnerving” and said the fake‑elector strategy was “weird,” adding that Trump might believe even outlandish explanations.
- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp described efforts to prod state lawmakers to intervene in the 2020 outcome as a “fruitless exercise.”
- Former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston called the plan to assemble pro‑Trump electors in states he lost “the craziest thing I’ve heard.”
- The disclosure arrives as Trump again questions the 2020 result, voices regret about not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines, and talks about leading a push to ban voting machines and mail‑in ballots before this year’s midterms.