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Wisconsin ‘fake elector’ Andrew Hitt says he was tricked into signing document claiming Trump won in 2020 (thehill.com)

submitted 9 months ago by steinbring@kbin.social to c/wisconsin@midwest.social

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From the Article:

The former chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party said Sunday he was “tricked” into signing documents alleging then-President Trump won the 2020 election as part of the state’s “fake elector” scheme.

Andrew Hitt told Anderson Cooper in a “60 Minutes” interview that he was advised by the state GOP’s legal counsel to sign the documents as a contingency, in case the Trump campaign’s legal case against Wisconsin’s election integrity succeeded.

Hitt said he “wasn’t comfortable with” Trump campaign attempts to toss out votes in Wisconsin, and that he didn’t believe the legal claims of widespread fraud.

“We got specific advice from our lawyers that these documents were meaningless, unless a court said they had meaning,” he said.

He added that he felt pressured into signing the document, fearful that he would be held responsible in the situation that Trump won the suit and the electors were not prepared.

“It was not a safe time,” he said. “If my lawyer is right, and the whole reason Trump loses Wisconsin is because of me, I will be scared to death.”

“If I knew what I knew now, I wouldn’t have done it,” he continued. “It was kept from us that there was this alternate scheme, alternate motive.”

The 10 Wisconsin GOP electors met at the state Capitol on Dec. 14 to sign the document under supervision of Kenneth Chesebro, the Trump campaign lawyer whom federal special counsel Jack Smith described as the “architect” of the fake elector scheme.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago

Peer pressure isn't a legal defense.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 11 points 9 months ago

Man up and take your medicine, traitor

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Come on, the plan didn’t even work! You wouldn’t send someone to prison for just attempted murder, would you?!

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They don't give out Nobel awards for ATTEMPTED chemistry, do they?

https://media.tenor.com/_imDn5e_v4cAAAAM/sideshow-bob-attempted-murder.gif

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

"I really wanted this to not be fraud cuz I wanted trump to win so can I get an oopsies slap on the wrist for attacking the USA democracy,?"

[–] N0body@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

[–] Jon_Servo@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Oh, yeah that kinda thing happens all the time. I can't tell you how many times someone's tried to trick me into signing documents claiming Trump won in 2020 while I'm simply trying to get my groceries into the car.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

LOL at one spicy person who downvoted every comment in the thread.

[–] Ononotagain@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

... he continued. “It was kept from us that there was this alternate scheme, alternate motive.”

Bullshit. If you didn't know what was going on in your party, it's because you were willfully ignorant. Rot in prison traitor.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

"... these documents were meaningless unless a court said they had meaning." Ummm... what now? This sounds a lot like "it's not illegal unless I get caught".