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About On Dec. 1, 2020, 37 House Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr about alleged procedural irregularities and fraud in tabulation methods that purportedly impacted the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The congressmen called on the Justice Department to investigate these issues. The following representatives signed the letter: The Big Lie
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About On Dec. 15, 2020, a group of 26 newly elected GOP members of Congress signed a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) demanding an investigation into baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. The representatives-elect who signed the letter claimed to have “verified” reports of fraudulent mail-in ballots, missing voting machine equipment, … Read more
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On Dec. 9, 2020, a group of 27 Republican congressmen sent a letter to President Trump asking him to order Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate “irregularities in the 2020 election.”
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About On Dec. 28, 2020, Jeffrey Clark, a Trump loyalist at the Department of Justice (DOJ), drafted a letter pushing officials in Georgia to hold a special session of the state legislature in order to investigate supposed “irregularities” in the 2020 presidential election. He collaborated on the letter with Ken Klukowski, another Justice Department lawyer … Read more
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On Jan. 5, 2021, 91 legislators from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin wrote a letter to former Vice President Mike Pence alleging the 2020 election was beset with widespread voter fraud and demanding he postpone the certification of election results on Jan. 6.
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On Jan. 5, 2021, a group of 12 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claiming “significant abuses in our election system” but signaling their support for certifying the Electoral College votes as submitted on Jan. 6.
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About On Nov. 6, 2020, a group of 39 House Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr about alleged procedural irregularities during the 2020 presidential election and demanding that the Justice Department investigate the claims. The short letter opened with the argument that “while each state runs its own election process, the United … Read more