The New York Times reported on Tuesday that previously unknown communications between staff on Donald Trump's campaign revealed the work outside advisers were doing to try and overturn the election.
What's being called a "gift to prosecutors" proves both federal and state crimes, according to former impeachment lawyer Norm Eisen on Twitter.
\u201cProof of federal crimes and state ones\n\nRight now DOJ and one state DA are digging in\n\nAfter this, more will\u201d— Norm Eisen (@Norm Eisen) 1658860304
In one email, internal advisers admitted that the "alternate slate of electors" were actually "fake electors." Many of the fake electors were subpoenaed by the Justice Department. The details that it was known that the electors were "fake" is "manna from heaven," said former New York Counsel Maya Wiley.
\u201cSo \u201cfake\u201d definitely falls into \u201cmanna from heaven\u201d for prosecutors.\u201d— Maya Wiley (@Maya Wiley) 1658863839
It was a sentiment shared by NYU Law School Professor Ryan Goodman. He highlighted the piece of the report that said they'd simply send the "'fake' electoral votes to Pence so that 'someone' in Congress can make an objection when they start counting vote, and start arguing that the 'fake' votes should be counted."
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That almost happened with Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-WI) staffer reaching out to Mike Pence's aides to see if he could hand the fake electors to the vice president. Johnson has been asked about the details.
\u201cA gift to prosecutors\n\nAZ fake elector organizer to Trump Campaign adviser:\n\n\u201cWe would just be sending in \u2018fake\u2019 electoral votes to Pence so that \u2018someone\u2019 in Congress can make an objection when they start counting votes, and start arguing that the \u2018fake\u2019 votes should be counted\u201d\u201d— Ryan Goodman (@Ryan Goodman) 1658857920
\u201c3. Consciousness of guilt:\n\n"The emails were apparently not shared with lawyers in the White House Counsel\u2019s Office, who advised that the 'fake electors' plan was not legally sound, or other lawyers on the campaign."\u201d— Ryan Goodman (@Ryan Goodman) 1658857920
Civil Rights Attorney Andrew Laufer said that he believes they're all going to be indicted.
\u201c@MuellerSheWrote They\u2019re all getting indicted.\u201d— Mueller, She Wrote (@Mueller, She Wrote) 1658858808
See other commentaries from legal experts below:
\u201cThere's an old saying among lawyers: "never put something in writing unless you'd be okay seeing it printed in The New York Times."\u201d— Max Kennerly (@Max Kennerly) 1658859880
\u201c"In a follow-up email, Mr. Wilenchik wrote that \u201c\u2018alternative\u2019 votes is probably a better term than \u2018fake\u2019 votes,\u201d adding a smiley face emoji."\u201d— Jacklyn Wille (@Jacklyn Wille) 1658858696
\u201cNYT has important new revelations about the creation of the fake electoral slates that Trump supporters in seven states submitted to Congress as part of the effort to overturn the election. We first uncovered the fake certificates last year: \nhttps://t.co/TKCO7LL9SY\u201d— American Oversight (@American Oversight) 1658858036
\u201cThe only way to stop a bad lawyer with a brief, is a good lawyer with a brief...Shocking but not surprising \ud83d\udc47 The next question is, how can any of these Trump lawyers be allowed to keep their law licenses? State and federal bars should act right away.\u201d— Jamal Alsaffar (@Jamal Alsaffar) 1658859977
\u201cThey all knew this plan was horseshit. They even used the word "fake" in their own private emails. More exhibits for the "intent" prong.\u201d— Tim \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Tim \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1658858828
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