Newly released audio has revealed that the former head of Trump’s 2020 campaign in Wisconsin knew that Trump had lost but proceeded to tell staff to “fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election.”
A different Republican operative on the tapesfor having a higher turnout than Republicans, noting that Dane County, home to the state capital of Madison , had 80 percent voter turnout, with Biden winning three out of every four votes in the county.The recorded conversation between Iverson and his staff indicates that he and other state-level Republicans working on Trump’s behalf were completely aware that the former president’s claims of voter fraud were false.
Richard Donoghue, former acting U.S. deputy attorney general under Trump, testified about Trump’s insistence on lying about election fraud despite evidence debunking his claims. “The president said something to the effect of: ‘What do I have to lose? If I do this, what do I have to lose?’” Donoghue recalled. “And I said: ‘Mr. President, you have a great deal to lose. Is this really how you want your administration to end? You’re going hurt the country.’”
Members of Trump’s campaign team similarly told the January 6 committee that Trump was made aware of the strong likelihood he’d lose the race, with Jason Miller, one of his lead campaign advisers at the time,
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