Rudy Giuliani sent a text message to the wrong number in an attempt to persuade Michigan lawmakers to help overturn the 2020 election.
Documents unsealed in federal court on Wednesday say Giuliani attempted to send a message to an unspecified person urging them to cooperate in a scheme to appoint a fake slate of electors.
“Therefore, we have proposed a joint resolution of the Legislature stating that the election is in dispute, that a legislative investigation is underway, and that the electors sent by Governor Whitmer are not Michigan’s official electors and will not be disqualified. “We want it to pass within the safe harbor deadline under Michigan law,” Giuliani wrote.
As Trump sought to overturn the 2020 election, allies sought to appoint alternate electors to Congress in states he lost. These fake slates of electors met in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona and signed certifications identifying them as valid electors in their respective states. Trump’s allies then tried to send those certificates to Congress for tally on January 6, 2021, but the plan failed.
Some voters have since been criminally charged, while others have not. Some said they were told they were directed to act as backup in case President Trump wins a lawsuit challenging the election results.
Prosecutors said Giuliani was unable to send the message because he “entered the wrong number on his cell phone.”
The details are contained in a legal brief by special counsel Jack Smith and unsealed by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal election interference case against Trump.
The brief includes several new details about President Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 campaign, and why he should be held accountable, specifically: discusses why President Trump is not entitled to immunity, even though the US Supreme Court has ruled that he cannot be prosecuted for “official acts.” During my tenure.
Mr. Giuliani is an anonymous co-conspirator in the case.
He also faces criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona over his efforts to overturn the election results.
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His law license was suspended in New York and disbarred in Washington, D.C., for his involvement in the scheme. He is also appealing a judgment that found him liable for nearly $150 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election officials after the 2020 election.
Giuliani has a history of sloppy cell phone use. According to New York magazine, he once accidentally called an NBC reporter and left a message in which he could be heard discussing overseas business, saying, “I need a few hundred thousand.”
Apparently, he once accidentally texted his password to a reporter.
