and members of his inner-most circle. we re talking about the slates of fake electors set up in battleground states. they set up as the spark for the rest of the plan as conceived by john eastman. from the very beginning from when the plan was first conceived days after the november election, attorneys for the trump campaign were well aware of the fact that their plan for slates of fake electors was how should we put it fake. the new york times reported on emails from trump lawyers that say this, quote, we would just be sending in fake electoral votes to pence so someone in congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing that the they need to be counted. he wrote that on december 8, 2020 in an email to boris epshteyn, an advisor for the trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly g
trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly gathered steam as the trump campaign lost case after case after case up to 16 defeats in court. rurg attempting to get legislators to intervene failed. cassidy hutchinson told the january 6th select committee that the fake electors came up in dozens of calls and meetings leading up to december 14, 2020. that is the day that joe biden officially won the electoral college and the day that slates of trump electors went ahead and met anyway in seven states. this is a side-by-side on the screen of the real electoral vote september by the state of arizona alongside the fake one