Trump Jr. texted top official on ways to keep dad in office after election loss: Report

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to outline ways to keep his father in office, CNN reported, citing a review of the message turned over to congressional investigators.

The text from then-President Donald Trump's eldest son was sent Nov 5, 2020, as votes in several states were still being tallied, and laid out ideas to subvert the Electoral College process to ensure a second term for Mr Trump, CNN said on Friday .

"We have operational control," Mr Trump Jr. told Mr Meadows, according to a CNN review of the message turned over to the United States House of Representatives panel investigating last year's deadly attack on the US Capitol. "We have multiple paths We control them all," Mr Trump Jr. wrote, outlining a plan involving lawsuits and recounts in swing states as well as alternative slates of"Trump electors", CNN said.

If that failed, Mr Trump Jr. suggested Congress could instead vote to reinstall Mr Trump on Jan 6, 2021. Major news media projected Democrat Joe Biden the 2020 winner on Nov 7 - two days after Trump Jr's text to Nr Meadows - and the Electoral College certified the Mr Biden's victory on Dec 14.Trump supporters stormed the CapitolThe House panel is investigating the attack, which has been linked to seven deaths and nearly 800 arrests.His lawyer, Mr Alan Futerfas, told CNN:"After the election, Don received numerous messages from supporters and others.

 

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