Referral of the president should the committee decide to proceed with that course of action. meanwhile, the new york times reports former president donald trump s eldest son sent the white house chief of staff a text message two days after the 2020 presidential election that laid out strategies for declaring his father the winner regardless of the electoral outcome, people familiar with the exchange said on friday. the text was sent by donald trump jr two days before joe biden was declared the winner of the election. it is very simple, trump jr wrote to meadows on november 35, 2020. he wrote at another point, we have multiple paths. we control them all. nbc news has not reviewed the messages in question. this is according to the times. the message went on to layout a variety of options that mr. trump or his allies ultimately employed in trying to overturn the results of the election from legal challenges to promoting alternative slates