ວິທີການ 'ຜູ້ເລືອກຕັ້ງປອມ' ຂອງ Trump - ໄດ້ຖືກສັ່ງໃຫ້ດໍາເນີນການໃນ 'ຄວາມລັບຢ່າງສົມບູນ' - ສາມາດຖືກລົງໂທດ

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The Trump campaign directed Republicans in Georgia to operate in “complete secrecy” when they cast alternate electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according to emails first reported by the ຕອບວໍຊິງຕັນ, as the “fake electors” that cast ballots for Trump in seven states come under increasing legal scrutiny.

ຂໍ້ເທັດຈິງສໍາຄັນ

Republicans in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin—all states President Joe Biden won—met in December 2020 and passed “alternate” slates of electors claiming that Trump won their state, which were then sent to Congress and the National Archives.

The electors included state-level party officials, lawmakers and other Republican activists.

None of those slates of electors were used when Congress counted the presidential election results and formalized Biden’s win on January 6.

ໄດ້ ການໂຄສະນາຫາສຽງ Trump ແລະທະນາຍຄວາມ Rudy Giuliani reportedly oversaw the effort and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was involved in discussions about it, documents obtained by the House January 6 Committee show.

The Trump team didn’t keep the scheme a secret—Trump adviser Stephen Miller pushed it on Fox News even before it took place—but emails reported by the ກະ​ທູ້ ແລະ CNN show that at least in Georgia, a Trump campaign official told the alternate electors that their efforts “will be hampered unless we have complete secrecy and discretion.”

Electors were instructed to not even tell security at the state capitols why they were there when they were casting their alternate ballots, and government ethics expert Norm Eisen told the ກະ​ທູ້ the emphasis on secrecy suggests the Trump campaign may have known the scheme “could be problematic.”

ສິ່ງທີ່ຄວນສັງເກດເບິ່ງ

The Justice Department has ຢືນຢັນ it’s investigating the fake electors and whether they violated federal law, as has Fulton County DA Fani Willis, as part of a broader ການສືບສວນ into Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election. Both of those investigations could result in criminal charges. Wisconsin voters have also filed a civil ກົດຫມາຍວ່າດ້ວຍ against that state’s electors, which could result in electors having to pay damages and issue a declaration stating their actions were unlawful. The House January 6 Committee has also issued subpoenas to the fake electors and is investigating their actions, and the scheme is expected to be part of the public hearings that the committee will start holding this week. Lawmakers can’t actually ເອົາຄ່າບໍລິການ against anyone as part of the House inquiry, but they can turn over what they find to the DOJ and make a criminal referral for them to bring charges.

ຫົວ ໜ້າ ສຳ ຄັນ

David Sinners, the Trump campaign official who sent the email, told the ກະ​ທູ້ in a statement he was told by senior campaign officials and David Shafer, chairman of the Georgia Republican Party—and one of the fake Trump electors—the demand for secrecy “was necessary in order to preserve the pending legal challenge.” Some of the GOP electors in Georgia and elsewhere have defended their actions, claiming they weren’t trying to unlawfully overturn the election results, but rather just “preserve” Trump’s win in case Biden’s victory was voided. “Had we not meet [sic] today and cast our votes, the President’s pending election contest would have been effectively mooted,” Shafer said on Twitter ມື້ທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າພົບກັນໃນເດືອນທັນວາ 2020. "ການກະທຳຂອງພວກເຮົາໃນມື້ນີ້ ຮັກສາສິດທິຂອງລາວພາຍໃຕ້ກົດໝາຍຈໍເຈຍ."

ຂໍ້ເທັດຈິງທີ່ຫນ້າປະຫລາດໃຈ

The fake electors in Pennsylvania and New Mexico are less likely to face legal ramifications than those in other states. Most states’ alternate electors filed certificates declaring they were the state’s “duly elected” electors—which they weren’t, since Biden was their state’s actual winner and not Trump. Pennsylvania and New Mexico’s certificates hedged by saying they’re an alternate slate of electors just in case Biden’s win in the states was invalidated, however, according to ເອກະສານ published by watchdog group American Oversight. That means that while most electors could potentially face consequences for forging government documents—since they claimed to be legitimate electors when they weren’t—the electors in those two states likely couldn’t be prosecuted, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro told CNN.

ຄວາມເປັນມາຫຼັກ

The fake electors scheme was part of a broader effort by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results, which also included dozens of failed lawsuits and unsuccessful efforts to persuade Vice President Mike Pence not to approve the vote count when Congress met on January 6. Though the fake electors scheme was ລາຍງານ at the time it happened—and American Oversight ຈັດພີມມາ copies of the fake certificates in March 2021—the effort came under greater scrutiny in December, when the documents linking Meadows and the White House to the scheme were first reported.

ອ່ານ​ເພີ່ມ​ເຕີມ

Fake Trump electors in Ga. told to shroud plans in ‘secrecy,’ email shows (Washington Post)

ຜູ້ລົງຄະແນນສຽງ Wisconsin ຟ້ອງຮ້ອງ 'ຜູ້ເລືອກຕັ້ງປອມ' ຂອງລັດທີ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ຜົນການເລືອກຕັ້ງ 2020 (Forbes)

ຜູ້​ເລືອກ​ຕັ້ງ GOP ປອມ​ຖືກ​ຮຽກ​ຮ້ອງ​ໂດຍ​ຄະ​ນະ​ກໍາ​ມະ​ການ 6 ມັງ​ກອນ (Forbes)

Meadows ຊຸກຍູ້ໃຫ້ມີ 'ຊ່ອງຫວ່າງຂອງຜູ້ເລືອກຕັ້ງ' ຫຼັງຈາກການສູນເສຍຂອງທ່ານ Trump, ເອກະສານສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນ (Forbes)

Trump Campaign Assembling Alternate Electors In Key States In Far-Fetched Attempt To Overturn Election (Forbes)

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/06/07/how-trumps-fake-electors-reportedly-ordered-to-operate-in-complete-secrecy-could-be-punished/