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Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) urged White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to invoke “Marshall law” on January 17, 2021, three days before Joe Biden was set to take office.

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GOP Lawmaker Urged Trump to Invoke ‘Marshall Law’

Members of Congress pushed dubious legal theories, far-right websites and outright calls for antidemocratic power grabs to Trump’s chief of staff, messages reveal

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GOP congressman texted Mark Meadows calling for Trump to declare ‘marshall law’

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) urged White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to invoke "Marshall law" on January 17, 2021, three days before Joe Biden was set to take office, TPM reports.Said Norman: "Mark, in seeing what’s happening so quickly, and reading about the Dominion law suits attempting to

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Mark Meadows exchanged texts with at least 34 GOP lawmakers as they plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Only one endorsed the imposition of martial law.

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Why Mark Meadows’ reported Jan. 6 texts are so important

Former President Donald Trump and allies’ attempted coup and the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol Building was egged on by a number of Republicans. Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, in December 2021, even recommended that Trump declare martial law in order to remain in the White House. And Flynn isn’t the only Trump supporter who had martial law in mind. According to the January 6 select committee, Rep. Ralph Norman of S…

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This GOP congressman begged Mark Meadows to 'urge' Trump to 'invoke' martial law: text messages

In the lead-up to Jan. 6, former chief of staff Mark Meadows communicated with at least 34 Republican members of Congress involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Those communications went both ways, with Meadows attempting to organize...

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At least 34 members of Congress texted Mark Meadows to declare willingness to participate in coup

And in exciting news for democracy, he’s still a member of Congress!

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Oh, Look: Another GOP Lawmaker Wanted Trump to Declare “Marshall Law” to Steal a Second Term

“When we lose Trump we lose our Republic,” one current congressman texted Trump's chief of staff.

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‘Marshall Law!’: Dozens of GOP Politicians Texted Meadows About Overturning 2020

Even by Trump and Meadows’s standards, this is huge. Talking Points Memo received a treasure chest of Meadows’s texts right up through January 20th, and one included a proposal to institute martial law early on the day of January 20th. Terrifying: From TPM: The texts are part of a trove Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack that was obtained by TPM. For more information about the story behind the text …

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Explosive Meadows' Texts: Possible Martial Law Hours Before Inauguration, Communication with 34 Reps

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows exchanged text messages with at least 34 Republican members of Congress as they plotted to overturn President Trump’s…

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Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election

A cache of texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, turned over to the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, reveal a ramshackle, legally dubious effort by Republicans to overturn the results of the free and fair elections of 2020. The texts were first reported by Talking Points Memo.

GOP congressman texted Mark Meadows calling for Trump to declare ‘marshall law’

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