Ron Johnson now says he helped coordinate passing false elector slates to Pence, but his new...

[Nevilledog]

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“After initially claiming to be ‘basically unaware’ of an effort by his staff to get fake presidential elector docs to[Pence], [Johnson]said…he coordinated w WI attny to pass along info& alleged PA congressman brought slates of fake electors to his office”

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Ron Johnson now says he helped coordinate passing false elector slates to Pence, but his new...
In response to Johnson's explanation, a Pennsylvania Republican said: "Senator Johnson's statements about Representative Kelly are patently false."
5:51 PM · Jun 23, 2022

WASHINGTON – After initially claiming to be "basically unaware" of an effort by his staff to get fake presidential elector documents to Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday he coordinated with a Wisconsin attorney to pass along such information and alleged a Pennsylvania congressman brought slates of fake electors to his office — a claim that was immediately disputed.

Evidence presented this week by the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol showed Johnson's chief of staff tried to deliver the two states' lists of fake presidential electors for former President Donald Trump to Pence on the morning of the U.S. Capitol insurrection but was rebuffed by Pence's aide.

Johnson initially told reporters this week he did not know where the documents came from and that his staff sought to forward it to Pence.

But he said in a Thursday interview on WIBA-AM that he had since discovered the documents came from Pennsylvania U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, and acknowledged he coordinated with Dane County attorney Jim Troupis and his chief of staff by text message that morning to get to Pence a document Troupis described as regarding "Wisconsin electors."


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[DFW]

1. It's an old song, a favorite of my parents:

I Remember It Well

Song by Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier

We met at nine
We met at eight
I was on time
No, you were late
Ah yes, I remember it well.

We dined with friends
We dined alone.
A tenor sang
A baritone.
I remember it well.

That dazzling April moon!
There was none that night.
And the month was June
That's right, that's right.
It warms my heart
To know that you
Remember still
The way you do
Ah yes, I remember it well.

How often I've thought of that Friday--
Monday--
Night, when we had our last rendezvous
And somehow I foolishly wondered if you might
By some chance be thinkin' of it too
That carriage ride
You walked me home
You lost a glove
I lost a comb
Ah yes, I remember it well.

That brilliant sky!
We had some rain
Those Russian songs
From sunny Spain
Ah yes, I remember it well...............

[YDogg]

5. Such a wonderful song ...

... it's been years since I have heard it. Thanks for the memory, which in my head was in perfect tune(!) and in their voices. 😀

[tavernier]

6. Gigi

One of my favorite films as a kid.

[Cha]

2. Lying sack of shite.

Rt TY

💙💛

[kacekwl]

3. Guess that non story is

becoming a big story.

[blogslug]

4. Just a big dumb bad liar

Fake another phone call, Ron!

[tanyev]

7. Yeah....that's the ticket!

[kentuck]

8. I doubt that Ron Johnson was the only Senator attempting to pass elector votes?

I could think of 3 or 4 other candidates.

[Emile]

9. His next defense will be screaming partisan witch hunt!

[yellowcanine]

10. Sounds like the "nothing burger" was actually a Whopper.

[riversedge]

11. gooddddddddddd! I hope we can vote him OUT come Nov!

[lindysalsagal]

12. Here's the local article listing PA Scott Perry as the mastermind

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/jan-6-committee-hearing-scott-perry-jeffrey-clark-mike-kelly-trump-20220623.html

by Jeremy Roebuck, Jonathan Tamari, Chris Brennan, and Andrew Seidman
Published Jun 23, 2022

Former Trump administration officials detailed Thursday how U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) pushed wild conspiracy theories to the highest levels of the federal government in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential results.

And when that failed, they told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, he urged President Donald Trump to overhaul the Justice Department by promoting a Philadelphia-born attorney willing to sanction false claims already dismissed by law enforcement.

At one point, the former officials said, Perry’s efforts led some of the country’s most powerful officials to investigate claims from a YouTube video that alleged Italian satellites had influenced U.S. votes.

The sworn testimony from former DOJ leaders who had resisted Trump’s pressure put a searing focus on Pennsylvania, showing how far the president and allies like Perry tried to go to spread the falsehood that the election was stolen, even in the face of abundant evidence that their claims were unfounded.

[maxsolomon]

13. What you gonna do about it in November, Wisconsin?

Return his dumb, belligerent, lying, seditious ass to DC for ANOTHER 6 years?

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. These are the worst, most hapless criminals I can imagine.

I'm surprised they haven't rented space on the Times Square megascreen to make sure their guilt is as obvious as possible.

[live love laugh]

15. But he didn't read it .... will be his next claim.

“… a document Troupis described….”

So he’s still distancing himself.

[Nevilledog]

17. Then...I read it, but I didn't understand it.

[LiberalFighter]

16. Time for him to be investigated and prosecuted.

[spanone]

18. Every fucking one of them lies about everything.