Overview

• New evidence reveals that Trump's 'fake electors' expressed legal reservations to Rudy Giuliani in December 2020, fearing potential criminal charges.
• Emails and text messages show attempts to quell fears about potential prosecution in Pennsylvania and New Mexico, but concerns in Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin were not acted upon.
• Trump-aligned attorney Kenneth Chesebro suggested alternative language for the Pennsylvania and New Mexico electoral certificates to assuage legal concerns, but the suggestion was not acted upon in other states.
• Chesebro has been cooperating with investigators and has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents in a parallel Georgia case.
• Chesebro revealed details about a December 2020 Oval Office meeting where Trump was briefed on the fake electors and the January 6 deadline, which renewed Trump's hopes to stay in office.