US EditionWisconsin ‘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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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…
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…
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…
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