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Ex-Michigan GOP chair: Idea to hide Trump electors in Capitol 'insane'
Former Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Laura Cox told a U.S. House committee that supporters of former President Donald Trump, at one point, contemplated hiding in the state Capitol overnight to strengthen their bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The detail from Cox, who was state party chair in 2020, revealed internal discussions that unfolded within the Michigan GOP as some Republicans pushed to submit a false certificate to Congress and the National Archives, saying Trump won the state's election. Democrat Joe Biden won Michigan by 154,000 votes.....
In recorded testimony revealed Tuesday, Cox said a lawyer who was working with the Trump campaign informed her of the plans to get inside the Michigan Capitol ahead of the Dec. 14, 2020, meeting of the Electoral College. The attorney was Robert Norton, a Hillsdale College official.
"He told me that the Michigan Republican electors were planning to meet in the Capitol and hide overnight so that they could fulfill the role of casting their vote per law in the Michigan chambers," Cox said. "And I told him in no uncertain terms that that was insane and inappropriate."...
Under Michigan state law, presidential electors were required to meet in the state Senate chamber at 2 p.m. Dec. 14, 2020. At that time, however, the electors for Biden were meeting, and the building was closed to the public because of safety concerns.
The Detroit News first reported in January that Trump electors had weighed how to circumvent the building's closure.
The detail from Cox, who was state party chair in 2020, revealed internal discussions that unfolded within the Michigan GOP as some Republicans pushed to submit a false certificate to Congress and the National Archives, saying Trump won the state's election. Democrat Joe Biden won Michigan by 154,000 votes.....
In recorded testimony revealed Tuesday, Cox said a lawyer who was working with the Trump campaign informed her of the plans to get inside the Michigan Capitol ahead of the Dec. 14, 2020, meeting of the Electoral College. The attorney was Robert Norton, a Hillsdale College official.
"He told me that the Michigan Republican electors were planning to meet in the Capitol and hide overnight so that they could fulfill the role of casting their vote per law in the Michigan chambers," Cox said. "And I told him in no uncertain terms that that was insane and inappropriate."...
Under Michigan state law, presidential electors were required to meet in the state Senate chamber at 2 p.m. Dec. 14, 2020. At that time, however, the electors for Biden were meeting, and the building was closed to the public because of safety concerns.
The Detroit News first reported in January that Trump electors had weighed how to circumvent the building's closure.
