Thread by @capitolhunters

Skimming the Jack Smith filing, seems that Ken Chesebro (CC5 here, p. 53) was openly telling people his fake elector plan was a gambit to let Congressmen make false claims disputing the election. He seems to be clearly aware the votes were illegal. Not a good look. 1/

On p. 58: again, Chesebro knew the fake electoral votes were just a "pretext" for a fake fight to deny Biden the presidency. Interestingly, the same para says Trump was in "almost daily" contact with someone whose podcast spread the false claims - who? 2/
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On p. 59 we learn that Trump spoke directly and privately to Ken Chesebro (CC5), and that someone else closely involved (CC6) warned Chesebro to not talk about the plan in chat groups and to text about the fake electors to just a few people. They knew it was illegal. 3/

On p. 60 we learn about a Dec. 23 memo Chesebro helped draft, not previously reported, that told Pence what to do: to simply declare Donald Trump the winner of the election based on the presence of two competing sets of electoral votes. A written plan to steal the election. 4/

Here's the timeframe of the election-stealing memo. It was Plan B - Chesebro's Plan A was still the Supreme Court: "the odds of action before Jan 6..become more favorable if the Justices start to fear that there will be, quote, "wild" chaos on Jan 6.." 5/
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By early Jan, as militias bought their tickets to DC, multiple plans were still in play. Chesebro says so on Jan 1: that he sees "two tracks" for delaying certification. To him, the prospect of violence would soften up the Supreme Court. But the violence became the plan. 6/

We knew already that Trump called Pence on Christmas - Dec. 25 - and pressured him to just declare Trump the winner. We didn't know, til today, that Chesebro outlined this plan in a text message that same day. It is really, really not looking good for Chesebro. 7/

Also looking VERY bad for Trump. If you should ever want to pressure a vice president to appoint you president (threatening him with a mob of "hundreds of thousands"), it is best to not tell him "You're too honest". Because that shows you know what you're asking is illegal. 8/

Fun fact: this filing confirms the identity of CC6: it's Boris Epshteyn. Why? Because on Jan 2, co-conspirators 1, 2, and 6 appeared on P1's podcast, i.e. Steve Bannon's War Room. His title that day: "New Year, Old Fights: w/ Rudy Giuliani, Boris Epshteyn, and John Eastman". 9/

Here's a clip of Steve Bannon talking to CC6 on Jan 2, 2021: "..the most important vote you will have, ever. That is about these electors, about the Biden slate versus the Trump slate in these six states... We're going to start with Boris Epshteyn from the campaign..." 10/

To summarize the redacted people in the indictment and Jack Smith's filing, known so far are "Person-1" and "co-conspirators 1-6":
P1 Bannon
CC1 Giuliani
CC2 Eastman
CC3 Sidney Powell
CC4 Jeffrey Clark
CC5 Chesebro
CC6 Epshteyn
(h/t @jamiedupree for confirming CC2-4)
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