New court filings raise questions about Sen. Mike Lee’s involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election

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On Thursday, the House select committee will host its first public hearing while investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the effort to keep Donald Trump in office despite his election loss in 2020.

Lee has repeatedly claimed he was investigating “rumors” that states were considering appointing Trump electors, which could throw the certification of the election into doubt. Lee reiterated that claim last week“There were rumors following the 2020 presidential election that there were multiple states thinking about correcting alleged errors in their own state’s electoral count. It was causing them to consider withdrawing their electoral votes and submitting new ones.

The court filing includes a December 19, 2020, email from Eastman where he says any alternate electors must be certified by state legislatures. “Unless those electors get a certification from their State Legislators, they will be dead on arrival in Congress,” Eastman wrote. Eastman was responding to a suggestion that Trump could declare martial law and force a re-vote overseen by the military.

 

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Mr Lee, how much did you get for your sou? You are not honest, you have no honor

They have the receipts. He was and he's lying.

Oh man Captain Moroni would be so disappointed in Mike Lee right now.

Yeah let's concentrate on this! Because high gas prices, increasing rents, out of control inflation and lack of border protection are just a few items that people don't give a shit about! You people downtown are clowns and publications like the SL Tribune and KSl are garbage

Oh I hope they find him guilty. We don’t need Trumplicans in any position in politics. They are not for the people

MikeLee2022 My entire family is voting for him!

RMiessek If Lee is re-elected Utah must be punished - boycotting tourism, sporting events, black listing manufactured products, &tc. If Lee is kicked out Utah must be rewarded.

He's full of old tea leaves.

JWVegas1 Me thinks his hand was caught in the cookie jar!!

JWVegas1 He reached for the sun and got burned. He can vehemently tell it to the judge.

You have lied too many times for anyone to believe you Mike. That’s what happens.

Will someone explain specifically where the law was broken? When is it a crime to examine legal alternatives to choosing electors for the EC? OR disagree that an election was fair?

Lee helped provide the bogus lawyer and key ppl who masterminded the operation as well as vetting the plan. He was even a go-to contact used to help mask WH communication to-and-from other conspirators. Lee is eyeballs deep in this thing.

Ghostedlady Trump had SenMikeLee on speed dial. GOPTraitorsToDemocracy January6thHearings

AustinTSearle The January 6 Hearing Are Going To Have All of The January 6 Insurrectionist In The Republican Party Shaking In Their Boot’s.

AustinTSearle A trumpian liar.

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Liar n traitor

Shocked. Shocked. Well, not THAT shocked…

Epitome of Mormon male supremacy. Bet he’s scared!!!

Well he’s a fu****g lie error 😳

I have emailed him and left messages for the past 2 yrs telling him to resign...maybe he should have. 84003

This is a dangerous person shrouded with religious bigotry

So glad I got to cast my vote for beckyforutah. What saddens me is that Mike is a stark departure from the noble reputation of his father. I admired Rex Lee and have been puzzled by Mike’s absolute submission to a criminal turd like Trump. Seriously WTF?

Pffffft

'What should I be saying?' You should ask your constituents that, not the Nazi leaders head of staph.

Glassman1148 JayRodge66

does he vehemently dispute it 14 hours a day? Buh-bye sucker. Trump dangled a supreme court seat with zero intentions of honoring that. Senator Lee voted on the Senate floor, hiding a Covid infection. Best wishes on your future endeavors.

They will come wrapped in a flag, holding a bible

As per normal Lee can't keep his lies straight.

Never trusted that dude.

So what’s the big deal with trying to keep Donald Trump in office? First of all he truly won the election due to the biggest election fraud in US history. McMillan is not a good candidate and part of the swamp. How’s the inflation and ridiculous politics treating you now?

Mike was right there in the thick of it. If nothing else he had a duty to the people of the US to stop or report the insanity. He did not. That makes him just as guilty as Trump and the rest of them at the very least. Not Senate worthy!

He is a Trump toadie. He calls and asks him what he should do… seriously? A Harvard grad calls a man who never graduated from college and asks him what to do There is documentation of him doing that… he needs to get out of the Senate and get out of Utah. He’s not acceptable.

All Republican politicians that did exactly the same thing the democrats did for the 2016 election, for the 2020 election, are being prosecuted. Double standard.

we're in the, 'it wasn't me' part of his defense. Next it'll be, 'it was me, but it's not illegal, and actually it's a good thing.'

He’s guilty and he knows it.

chrisangst Yes, it’s hard for him to justify working “14 hours a day,” and “Tell me what to say,” and “Please tell me what to say.”

Mormons will still vote him into office. They’re too scared of doing something wrong to stop a criminal 🤷‍♀️ He knows that too. He’s not worried.

Evan McMullin will never cave to a tyrant like Mike Lee did.

It's shameful the Mike Lee may have been groveling for a pardon for his part in the insurrection.

Goodbye Mike.

Mike Lee along with other disgusting Republicans is not being truthful. The Trump Republican Party has failed miserably because of Trump!! Mike Lee has been on the Trump bandwagon for years and the texts and emails he was sending during the insurrection will be released soon!

This fact is very damaging to Trump. Despite many emergency requests from WH aides, members of Congress, & family members, Trump refused to immediately tell the rioters to leave the Capitol. After SEVERAL HOURS, he reluctantly did a half-hearted video asking them to leave.

Unaffiliated voters can help show Mike Lee the door RIGHT NOW. beckyforutah is legitimately contending him in this R Primary. Affiliate and make your voice heard!

Mikey is in trouble

SLTRIB is run by left wing hacks.

When you have to ask Der Fuhrer's staff what you should be saying, you're pretty bought and sold.

na52g Mike Lee's going DOWN.

voteMikeLeeout

84081 also agrees!

Who cares either way I don’t want 5 gallon gas and mass inflation and more handouts

EvanMcMullin another article to help with your campaign. Keep fighting for justice..

Oh, but good Utah Mormons will still vote for him. (But here’s a little hint: this is one of the guys your own scriptures warned you about).

There was no “plot”.

Many Utahns have always looked past Lee’s two-faced lying. Can they look past him being a seditious traitor?

That was a really HUGE mistake if he had knowledge of or acted on. He was in touch with Trump the days before and after. Speculation on my part.

That’s the thing with Republican members of Congress. They vehemently say a lot of things that aren’t true.

Hey MikeLeeforUtah - Why not set the record straight under oath? Sincerely 84115

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'Please tell me what I should be saying' - Mike Lee

Let’s be real. SenMikeLee helped plot a coup against the peaceful transfer of power in exchange for a supreme court seat. When Mike realized the Trump administration was committing a crime, he pulled out, but failed to report that crime.

Mike Lee should come clean, make every document and conversation available and allow Utahans to decide if he deserves to keep his senate seat.

Well, when you are as inept as Lee you might be able to argue that you were no good to his efforts of stopping a peaceful transition of power.

I'm sure he'll be on the infamous list of pardon requests.

He’s from the Constanza School of Politics. It’s not a lie if you believe it.

During the Civil War, 14 Senators were expelled for supporting the Confederacy. Supporting rebellion against the United States. Anyone who supported this coup should not be allowed to hold public office. Period, end of sentence.

It can't be said more clearly: SenMikeLee, RepChrisStewart, and RepBurgessOwens were active participants in the seditious attempt to overturn the election of 2020 and subvert the Constitution. And Utah voters will return them to Congress this year to finish that job.

Senator Lee is a patriot.

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