to deny joe biden the presidency. memos unearthed by "the new york times" and "the washington post" this week shine light on the month's long effort that preceded the events of that day and they link those efforts to donald trump himself. according to "the new york times" 15 days after election day in 2020, james r. troupes a lawyer for the trump campaign in wisconsin received a memo for the rational for an audacious strategy to put in place slates of electors in states where donald trump was trying to overturn his loss. but the january 18th memo are among the earliest known efforts to put on paper proposals for preparing and submitting alternate slates of electors. it is a strategy that president trump would embrace with profound consequences for himself and the nation, end