Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators | CNN Politics

CNN — Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a CNN KFile investigation has found.

Chesebro denied using Twitter, now known as the platform X, or having any “alternate IDs” when directly asked by Michigan investigators last year during his cooperation session, according to recordings of his interview obtained by CNN.

But CNN linked Chesebro to the secret account based on numerous matching details — including biographical information regarding his work, family, travels and investments. The anonymous account, BadgerPundit, also showed a keen interest in the Electoral College process and lined up with Chesebro’s private activities at the time.

jobby,

Sounds like a good reason for a lil’ good ole fashioned disbarment.

Sanctus, (edited )
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“Alternate slates of electors”? Fake, he saw the slate of fake electors. There are no alternate electors. I’m fucking sick of this pussyfoot language. Call these shit heads out. Make them hear it, read it, and squirm.

ProfessorProteus,
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Fucking thank you. Calling it anything but “fake” or “fraudulent” serves only to normalize the lie that an “alternate list” is a codified idea. Imagine the place we’d be in if we had normalized the phrase “alternative facts” or whatever phrase gurgled out of that one shithead when talking about the “Bowling Green massacre” that she made up.

Make them hear it, read it, and squirm.

Looks like you have more faith than me that any one republican has the capacity for discomfort. Your patience is really admirable. I hope you continue to keep your cynicism in check, unlike me.

Sanctus,
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Look at this massive apparratus that enables this. An entire Institution of Oz, all for the sake of perception.

dhork,

BadgerPundit

Of course it was

IdiosyncraticIdiot,

Ch[e]esebro protecting president Cheeto… We live in a simulation 100% confirmed

Heresy_generator,
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More likely he was trying to protect himself here; he's been willing to talk about all those other lawyers Trump had and their crazy plans that he totally didn't agree with or push*. His story has been that he was just innocently helping prepare a contingency plan in case Trump won in the courts and was totally not planning a coup; now there are tweets where he's saying, [Trump doesn't need the courts; he can just do a coup].

*It was amusing the way things went down in Georgia: He filed for separation to try to get away from the crazies and present himself as a responsible lawyer doing responsible lawyer things while the crazies were off doing crimes and he got it! Yay! But, hilariously, then the monkey's paw curled and Sidney "the Krazy Kraken" Powell also got separation and their cases got joined.

ganksy,
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If they can prove it, his plea deal, if he has one, will fold up like a lawn chair.

jordanlund,
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He has a plea deal in Georgia, but in this case he’s accused of lying to prosecutors in Michigan.

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