GQP Sen. Ron Johnson Tried To Give Mike Pence Fake Ballots

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Just before Pence certified Joe Biden's 2020 election victory, the senator sought to give him documents falsely suggesting Biden lost Michigan and Wisconsin.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) tried to give false election documents to then-Vice President Mike Pence just before he certified the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to text messages that congressional investigators released during a Tuesday hearing.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-johnson-mike-pence-fake-ballots_n_62b20936e4b0cf43c85cb920

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Isn't this treason

[TwilightZone]

6. No

Treason requires an active, declared war.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/americans-have-forgotten-what-treason-actually-means-how-it-can-ncna848651

It is almost surely sedition, however.

[634-5789]

12. YES.

[uponit7771]

15. no doubt its sedition

[SWBTATTReg]

2. So, another insurrectionist, in our midst. Drum him out of the Senate. Traitor.

[lkinwi]

3. Of course he's blaming his staff.

[Scrivener7]

8. Ooh. I hadn't seen this. What is he saying?

His seat is one of our best chances to turn an R Senate seat to D.

[lkinwi]

13. He's saying that he had a new chief of staff and that it was all between staffers.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. He'll take a page from tfg and say it's just some coffee gofer he hardly knows.

[ultralite001]

4. What happened to the evidence???

That is all...

[TwilightZone]

7. It was presented in the hearings.

As noted in the article.

[world wide wally]

5. Go back to fucking Russia

The 4th of July will be here before you know it.

[Bucky]

9. The fake elector scheme is categorically criminal behavior. Fraud, forgery, falsifying document

And as it was a multi-state effort, it's also categorically conspiracy and falls under the RICO Act.

[Novara]

10. Right. A multi-state conspiracy

With proof. I'm pretty sure they can nail him on this at least.

[Justice]

14. Johnson's COS Riley who was involved had just come from working in WH for Trump

Last edited Thu Jun 23, 2022, 08:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Johnson chief of staff Sean Riley texted Pence aide Chris Hodgson: Johnson "needs to hand something to VPOTUS please advise."

"What is it?" Hodgson texted back.

Riley texted in reply: "Alternate slates of electors for MI and WI because archivist didn't receive them."

Hodgson responded: "Do not give that to him."

From February 2020 to January 2021, Riley was special assistant to former president Donald Trump, working in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.

Sean Riley worked under Ron Johnson as a legislative assistant (2015), legislative counsel (2015-2017), legislative director (2017-2018), and chief counsel (2018-2020).