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The former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party said Sunday he was “tricked” into signing documents alleging former President Trump won the 2020 election as part of the state’s “fake elector” scheme.



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Wisconsin ‘fake elector’ Andrew Hitt says he was tricked into signing document claiming Trump won in 2020

Andrew Hitt, a fake elector who signed a phony electoral certificate after the 2020 election, said he was tricked.

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Former Wisconsin Republican Party chair says he was tricked by fake elector plan

The former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party said Sunday he was “tricked” into signing documents alleging former President Trump won the 2020 election as part of the state’s “fake elector” scheme. Andrew Hitt told Anderson Cooper in a “60 Minutes” interview that he was advised by the state GOP’s legal counsel to sign the…

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“The former chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party said he feared for his family’s safety when he signed paperwork as a false elector for former president Donald Trump,” Wisconsin Public Radio reports. “Andrew Hitt said he was scared of what Trump supporters would do to him and his family if courts later overturned President Joe Biden’s victory in Wisconsin.” Said Hitt: “If I didn’t do that, and the court did throw out those votes, it would hav…

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Ex-Wisconsin GOP Chair Said He Feared Trump Supporters

"Can you imagine the repercussions on myself, my family, if it was me, Andrew Hitt, who prevented Donald Trump from winning Wisconsin?" Hitt said on "60 Minutes."

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Wisconsin Trump elector says he 'would be scared to death' if he didn't sign fake document

Andrew Hitt, who at the time of the 2020 presidential election was chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, said he felt pressured into signing papers falsely claiming to be one of the state's presidential electors out of fear of reprisal from former President Donald Trump's diehard supporters.In a 60 Minutes interview with journalist Anderson Cooper that was shared with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ahead of its national broadcast on Sunday…

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Wisconsin fake elector signed papers because he was 'scared to death' of Trump supporters

Andrew Hitt, the former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party and a 2020 “fake elector” for Donald Trump, spoke with CBS’s 60 Minutes and explained how he felt “tricked” by the former president. Wisconsin was one of seven swing states where then-President Trump and his allies endeavored to overturn the 2020 election results, using a scheme in which Republican electors for Trump gathered together and cast fake electoral votes for Trump despi…

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Ex-Wisconsin GOP Chairman Admits He Went Along With Trump Fake Electors Plot Because He ‘Was Scared to Death’

Andrew Hitt, then the state Republican chairman, told '60 Minutes' atmosphere of fear from Trump supporters surrounded the fake elector scheme.

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Wisconsin fake elector tells ‘60 Minutes’ he was afraid of Trump supporters

In a clip of a prerecorded interview set to air on Sunday, former Wisconsin Republican Party Chair Andrew Hitt tells 60 Minutes that in December 2020 he signed one of the 10 fake electoral college vote certificates for fat former President Trump out of fear, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “If I didn’t do that, and the court did throw out those votes, it would have been solely my fault that Trump wouldn’t have won Wisconsin, can you imag…

National Zero

Fake Wisconsin Trump 2020 elector says he did it out of fear - National Zero

Andrew Hitt, the former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, has come forward to assert that he was deceived into signing documents falsely asserting that former President Trump had won the 2020 election in Wisconsin, as part of the state’s “fake elector” scheme. In an interview with Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes,” Hitt revealed that […]

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Wisconsin Republican Former Chair Claims Being Tricked into Signing False Election Documents

Wisconsin ‘fake elector’ Andrew Hitt says he was tricked into signing document claiming Trump won in 2020

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