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WI-Sen: WI Lawyer Calls For Probe Into RoJo The Traitor's Communications With Fake Electors On Jan 6 [1]
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Date: 2022-10-15
Fuck yes:
Sen. Ron Johnson’s public explanations about whether he played a role in a plan to reverse the 2020 election results have led the lawyer suing Wisconsin’s slate of “fake electors” to say he’ll soon demand they turn over any communications they may have had with him or his staff.
The attorney, Jeff Mandell, told NBC News he’s also attempting to probe communications between the Republican senator and the Wisconsin-based lawyer Jim Troupis, who served as an attorney for then-President Donald Trump’s campaign. Troupis, who headed Trump’s unsuccessful recount efforts in the state, was not one of the 10 people who falsely attested that Trump was Wisconsin’s rightful winner, but the lawsuit alleges he was a key player in the broader scheme to undermine Joe Biden’s victory.
Mandell, whose case is pending in federal court, described Johnson’s public explanations as evolving and said he plans to ask the judge overseeing the case for communications between the defendants and Johnson and his aides, including texts or emails.
“It piques our curiosity that at first it was, ‘there’s nothing to see here.’ Then it was, ‘OK, but my involvement was just [a few] seconds.’ And now, it’s ‘my involvement was one hour and, by the way, let’s not call this an insurrection,’” Mandell said, referring to Johnson’s recent comments in response to questions from NBC News. “We definitely want to probe this. We certainly think there could be more to the story and we want to make sure we have the whole story.”
It is the latest pressure on Johnson to explain his words or actions surrounding the events of Jan. 6, 2021, as the Republican enters the homestretch of an intense battle to win his third term in the U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. In addition to the potential for new civil legal entanglements, a former Democratic U.S. senator had called for federal investigators to probe Johnson’s ties to the scheme, while Johnson’s home state newspaper declared that his public remarks “don’t add up.” And last week, Johnson suffered a social media backlash over his remarks that the attack on the U.S. Capitol wasn’t an armed insurrection.
At issue is the extent of Johnson’s involvement in trying to pass a slate of phony electors to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, to subvert the presidential election results.
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