"CNN Exclusive: 'We control them all': Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows
ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called"

"Washington (CNN)Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes
were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White
House chief of staff Mark Meadows that "we have operational control" to
ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in
the US Senate and swing state legislatures, CNN has learned.

In the text, which has not been previously reported, Donald Trump Jr.
lays out ideas for keeping his father in power by subverting the
Electoral College process, according to the message reviewed by CNN. The
text is among records obtained by the House select committee
investigating January 6, 2021.

"It's very simple," Trump Jr. texted to Meadows on November 5, adding
later in the same missive: "We have multiple paths We control them all."
In a statement to CNN, Trump Jr.'s lawyer Alan S. Futerfas said, "After
the election, Don received numerous messages from supporters and others.
Given the date, this message likely originated from someone else and was forwarded."

Immediately before his text to Meadows describing multiple paths for challenging the election, Trump Jr. texted Meadows the following: "This
is what we need to do please read it and please get it to everyone that
needs to see it because I'm not sure we're doing it."

The November 5 text message outlines a strategy that is nearly identical
to what allies of the former President attempted to carry out in the
months that followed. Trump Jr. makes specific reference to filing
lawsuits and advocating recounts to prevent certain swing states from certifying their results, as well as having a handful of Republican
state houses put forward slates of fake "Trump electors."

If all that failed, according to the Trump Jr. text, GOP lawmakers in
Congress could simply vote to reinstall Trump as President on January 6.
"We have operational control Total leverage," the message reads. "Moral
High Ground POTUS must start 2nd term now.""
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TB

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