Right-wing attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot, continued proposing ways to overturn the 2020 presidential election even after the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, according to texts and emails made public Monday as part of a lawsuit.
The texts also reveal that an attorney for Donald Trump claimed to have sent a memo to the White House – “the real decision makers” – about how to carry out the fake electors plot across the country.
The new materials were disclosed after Chesebro and former Trump lawyer Jim Troupis, who are both from Wisconsin, settled a lawsuit brought by Wisconsin’s real Democratic electors from 2020. These revelations build on what is known about Trump’s efforts to cling to power, which led to federal and state election subversion indictments. Chesebro pleaded guilty in Georgia and has been identified by CNN as one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the federal case. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
The tranche of emails, text and photos offers additional evidence that Chesebro pushed for the electors plot to move forward regardless of whether Trump won any lawsuits challenging the election results. This undercuts his recent testimony to state prosecutors in which he said the fake electors were contingent on winning the litigation.
Chesebro’s lawyer declined to comment, noting Chesebro represented himself in the civil litigation. CNN has reached out to Chesebro for comment.
Chesebro and his attorneys have maintained that all of his legal work for the Trump campaign was done in good faith and was largely rooted in historical precedent from past disputed presidential elections.
CNN also has reached out to Troupis’ lawyer for comment.
As CNN previously reported,…
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