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About On Dec. 1, 2020, 37 House Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General William 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 far-right incoming members of the U.S. House wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding an investigation into baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. The letter signatories claimed to have “verified” reports of fraudulent mail-in ballots, missing voting machine equipment, and improper restrictions on poll … Read more
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About 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.” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) had initially written and sent the letter on his own the previous week but … Read more
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About On Dec. 28, 2020, Jeffrey Clark, a Trump loyalist within the Justice Department, drafted a letter pushing officials in Georgia to hold a special session of the state legislature and investigate supposed “irregularities” in the 2020 election. Clark collaborated on the letter with Ken Klukowski, another Justice Department lawyer and a legal analyst for … Read more
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About 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. The lawmakers argued that the Electoral Count Act of 1897, … Read more
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About On Nov. 6, 2020, a group of 39 House Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General William 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