Who were the 7 senators and 1 representative asked to delay the certification?

[nature-lover]

From Heather Cox Richardson at [link:https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-1-2023|
Worth reading the entire article.


From the indictment:

"When Pence would not fraudulently alter the election results, Trump whipped up the crowd he had gathered in Washington, D.C., against Pence and then, according to the indictment, “attempted to exploit the violence and chaos at the Capitol” to overturn the election results. “As violence ensued,” the indictment reads, Trump and his co-conspirators “explained the disruption by redoubling efforts to levy false claims of election fraud and convince Members of Congress to further delay the certification based on those claims.” On the evening of January 6, 2021, the indictment alleges, Trump and Co-Conspirator 1 called seven senators and one representative and asked them to delay the certification of Biden’s election.

While they were doing so, White House counsel Pat Cipollone called Trump “to ask him to withdraw any objections and allow the certification. The Defendant refused.” Just before midnight, Co-Conspirator 2 emailed Pence’s lawyer, once again begging the vice president to “violate the law and seek further delay of the certification.”

[Effete Snob]

1. I love the way Cipollone shows up to cover his ass

"Hi guys, I know you are busy, and as much as I hate to interrupt, I just thought I'd pop in and make sure I'm not involved. Thanks."

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. Now I am awaiting to see

which congresscritters get spanked.

[Irish_Dem]

14. This is really important the MOC understand they do not have a get out of jail free card.

[wiggs]

3. I want to know why Chuck Grassley thought he would be counting votes instead of Pence nt

[obamanut2012]

4. Because Pence was gonna be taken away in a car

And almost was.

[wiggs]

9. correct. Or Malaise's version. But how did Grassley know this? nt

[malaise]

11. He was in on it

Probably not in on the hanging but in on him not being there - and News got out although they tried to take it back😀

[wiggs]

31. This is the kind of thing that is so heinous that the powers that be may not want

the worst, ugliest aspects of J6 exposed to the world. We want to know, but I'm convinced that some believe we can't air our dirty laundry and still be considered a democratic beacon and fair superpower. I can envision that there are negotiations around what the consequences will be while trying to keep our reputation together. (Liz Cheney comes to mind...apparently she was fine with the J6 Cte going after Trump and allies, but not congresspersons)

I think there's a lot we don't know and may never know.

[malaise]

32. Yep and that is why we reached here

Hiding the family secrets in the closet is not good - there is either rule of law or there isn’t.
Other democracies lock up their political criminals - had Nixon been sent to,prison there would be no Slobfather.

The fake electors scheme is another frightening matter.

[Demsrule86]

16. I believe they intended to kill Pence. He knew too much and was not 'loyal'.

[exboyfil]

6. And to our regret Admiral Franken didn't

demagogue that to hell.

[malaise]

8. Because they were going to kill Pence

That is all

[Demsrule86]

18. As you may notice...I absolutely agree with this...

[malaise]

20. Yep

That's the truth
That detestable creep Pence will finally get his payback

[kentuck]

5. My guess is that Jim Jordan was the Representative.

The Senators probably included Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Mike Lee, Tuberville, , and a couple of others.

[malaise]

7. Hawley, Cruz, Tuberville, Marshall, Kennedy, Hyde-Smith

Comprehensive article here
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/07/954380156/here-are-the-republicans-who-objected-to-the-electoral-college-count

MoscowMitch asked them not to,do,so.

[wiggs]

10. I believe there are more indictments to come re J6. As more evidence comes in, as

others flip, as Jack wants others to flip...

Jack is taking low hanging fruit first. No way he's ignoring the network of lawyers, campaign officials, and congresspersons who were part of this.

And more indictments will be entered for Trump as well in the J6 and in the docs case.

Just the beginning

[malaise]

12. You are correct

A lot of folks are going down with Slobby but Jack is taking out the big fish now.

Slobby’s lawyer just said the idea of a speedy trial is absurd. Go figure

[Irish_Dem]

13. I thought prosecutors took out the small fry first, worked their up to the big fish?

Why the other way around now?

[malaise]

15. Many of the small fry are already in prison

This is urgent - we can wait for the guys in the middle😀

[Irish_Dem]

17. That makes sense.

Smith has obviously interviewed or knows what most of the middle guys said and did.

But time is of the essence because the defendant is heading for the WH to finally destroy our country
and our democracy.

It is a race against time.

This would be one helluva of a movie, but it wouldn't be believable.

[Demsrule86]

19. The coming election makes it important to take Trump out first.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Yes. It all points to Smith protecting the US from more Trump damage.

[hydrolastic]

30. I hope you are right wiggs

I think about this a lot and how deep the intrusion of traitors really is.

[inthewind21]

21. Don't leave out

Senator Ron Johnson. I'm betting it's him or his "consultant" lawyer who is co-defendant #6

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/politics/ron-johnson-law-firm-false-elector-scheme-fec-records/index.html

[Hortensis]

23. Kelly Loeffler, one of the most vicious liars, was given the boot by GA voters,

replaced with Senator Warnock.

Just a little brag here.

[scipan]

24. Lindsey Graham has got to be one nt

[malaise]

26. I still think Slobby blackmailed him

😀

[scipan]

28. Me too and since everyone knows about his sexual preference

It's probably something. . . unusual?

[lame54]

25. The fact that it's hard to narrow down...

Tells you something about their party

[blogslug]

27. Imma throw Gosar's name into the pool

Mostly because watching him object to AZ electors right before the mob forced the House to vacate is forever burned in my memory. That guy is an evil bastard.

[scipan]

29. Something about him gives me the creeps.

And it's not his physical problem.