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catbyte

(34,372 posts)
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 06:19 PM Sep 2022

Oath Keeper charged in Jan. 6 attack texted with Andrew Giuliani about election

Exclusive: Kellye SoRelle sent messages to the younger Giuliani and also attempted to text the White House switchboard weeks before the Capitol attack.

By Ryan J. Reilly and Ben Collins
September 26, 2022

A high-ranking member of the far-right Oath Keepers organization who has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol exchanged messages in November 2020 with former Trump White House aide Andrew Giuliani about election issues.

That same Oath Keeper member, Kellye SoRelle, also tried to text a White House number on Dec. 20, according to a new book from Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman from Virginia, and journalist Hunter Walker. That text message went to a White House switchboard line, so it could not be delivered.

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SoRelle, who was also a volunteer for Lawyers for Trump, a coalition of lawyers that was put together ahead of the 2020 election, told NBC News that she was in touch with Giuliani, who was a White House public liaison assistant during the Trump administration. He is also the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was previously a lawyer for Trump.

SoRelle said she only recalled being in touch with Andrew Giuliani in November 2020 but said that she could not check because the FBI seized her phone in September 2021. She also confirmed her December attempt to text a White House contact.

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Oath Keeper charged in Jan. 6 attack texted with Andrew Giuliani about election (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2022 OP
Yes they thought they were on a mission from God Walleye Sep 2022 #1
Nah! ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #2

Walleye

(31,008 posts)
1. Yes they thought they were on a mission from God
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:48 PM
Sep 2022

They never expected actual law enforcement to catch up with them

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
2. Nah!
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:55 PM
Sep 2022

No mission from God.
They knew they were doing illegal things. They just thought they'd get away with it.

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