🧵NEW from me: Tom Fitton, the far-right fake lawyer who got Trump into legal jeopardy with NARA previously worked secretly with Trump to falsely declare victory in 2020 before a single vote had been counted tyt.com/stories/7015be… #January6thCommitteeHearings
Trump has had difficulty hiring good lawyers for some time because of his record of urging attorneys to commit crimes, his refusal to heed their advice, and the fact that he doesn't pay bills.
Because of that, he has leaned heavily on Fitton, someone who has never been a lawyer.
Because of that, he has leaned heavily on Fitton, someone who has never been a lawyer.
Like many people who became prominent Trump advisers, Fitton had existed on the margins of Republican politics, regarded by party elites as cranks who shook down the rubes.
As Trump sought to illegally remain in office, most of his legal & campaign staff told him to stop.
As Trump sought to illegally remain in office, most of his legal & campaign staff told him to stop.
Furthest-right Republicans--people like Fitton, Bannon, Ginni Thomas, Louie Gohmert--were the only people left onboard with Trump's criminal desires.
They devised a plan well before the 2020 election to falsely claim victory based on in-person ballots. Fitton wrote the script.
They devised a plan well before the 2020 election to falsely claim victory based on in-person ballots. Fitton wrote the script.
At today's #January6thCommittee hearing, @RepZoeLofgren revealed secret messages Tom Fitton sent to Trump aides regarding a draft speech he discussed w/then-president to lie that there was an Election Day vote-counting deadline.
It was the basis of everything that followed.
It was the basis of everything that followed.
Despite the total failure of his fake legal advice, Fitton has remained influential w/Trump.
So much so that he may be the main person who convinced Trump to refuse NARA's requests to turn over the documents he'd illegally stored at Mar-a-Lago cnn.com/2022/08/25/pol…
So much so that he may be the main person who convinced Trump to refuse NARA's requests to turn over the documents he'd illegally stored at Mar-a-Lago cnn.com/2022/08/25/pol…
That Fitton in 10/20 wanted Trump to preemptively end vote counting once it became obvious he would drastically lose mail-in ballots is a complete contradiction of something Fitton said in an 8/20 speech to the Council for National Policy, a secretive Christian supremacist group.
In August of 2020, Fitton claimed that Democrats were "war-gaming" plans to delay counting of the presidential ballots in order to make Nancy Pelosi acting president.
At the time, Fitton claimed it was unconscionable to tamper w/vote counting procedures. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
At the time, Fitton claimed it was unconscionable to tamper w/vote counting procedures. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Given Fitton's extremely close ties to Trump and the fact that he is not a lawyer, it is very possible that the DOJ could leverage him to crack open the elite side of the criminal plot to keep Trump in office after his loss. Stay tuned for more! /end tyt.com/stories/7015be…
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