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

The Wisconsin Republican Party chairman felt pressured into falsely claiming to be a presidential elector by Trump supporters.
Despite meeting to sign fake elector papers, Wisconsin confirmed Biden's win, with lawsuits dismissed.
Trump campaign's attempt to dismiss 200,000 votes in Wisconsin on technical grounds failed.

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

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

5 months ago

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The Hill

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

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…

5 months ago·Washington, United States

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Political Wire

Ex-Wisconsin GOP Chair Said He Feared Trump Supporters

“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…

5 months ago·New York, United States

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Wisconsin State Journal

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

"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."

5 months ago·Madison, United States

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Alternet

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

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…

5 months ago·Washington, United States

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Mediaite

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

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…

5 months ago·United States

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

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

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

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

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

Ex-Wisconsin GOP Chair Said He Feared Trump Supporters

Ex-Wisconsin GOP Chair Said He Feared Trump Supporters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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