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by early january most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington except those from michigan and wisconsin. undeterred the trump team arranged to fly them to washington and hand deliver them to congress for the vice president himself. quote, freaking trump idiots want someone to fly original elector papers to the senate president, wisconsin republican party official mark jefferson wrote to the party chairman andrew hitt on january 4th. hitt responded, okay, i see a have a call and a text from someone else. the next day trump campaign director for election day operations g. michael brown sent a text message to other campaign staffs suggesting that he was the person who delivered the fake votes to congress. after sending the group a photo of his face with the capitol in the background, brown said, quote, this has got to be the cover of a book i write one day and i should probably buy mike roman a tie or something for sending me on this one. hasn t been done since 1876 a
tonight. if there s one thing journalist have learned from donald trump s many legal ordeals, it s always to have a camera ready. that came in handy today when members of our nbc team spotted this guy leaving a federal courthouse in washington, d. c.. the same courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing testimony about efforts from trump and others to deny joe biden the presidency in 2020. this guy that you re looking at right here, his name is gary michael brown. i think it s gee michael brown at the moment. that s relevant. the former deputy director of election day operations for trump s 2020 campaign. a very important figure in the fake elector plot that put together to stop congress from certifying the election on january the 6th. mr. brown made it to the final report of the january six committee, specifically to a section this further explains the multi state plot. quote, by early january, most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington, except those from mi
the same courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing testimony about efforts from trump and others to deny joe biden the presidency in 2020. this guy that you re looking at right here, his name is gary michael brown. i think it s gee michael brown at the moment. that s relevant. the former deputy director of election day operations for trump s 2020 campaign. a very important figure in the fake elector plot that put together to stop congress from certifying the election on january the 6th. mr. brown made it to the final report of the january six committee, specifically to a section this further explains the multi state plot. quote, by early january, most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington, except those from michigan and wisconsin. undeterred, the trump team arranged to fly them to washington and hand deliver them to congress for the vice president himself. quote, freaking trump idiots want someone to fly a original elector papers to the senate president. wi
that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a