CNN — Kenneth Chesebro, the right-wing attorney who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot in 2020, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of damning posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the election subversion scheme, a CNN KFile investigation has found.

Chesebro denied using Twitter, now known as the platform X, or having any “alternate IDs” when directly asked by Michigan investigators last year during his cooperation session, according to recordings of his interview obtained by CNN.

But CNN linked Chesebro to the secret account based on numerous matching details — including biographical information regarding his work, family, travels and investments. The anonymous account, BadgerPundit, also showed a keen interest in the Electoral College process and lined up with Chesebro’s private activities at the time.

  • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Fucking thank you. Calling it anything but “fake” or “fraudulent” serves only to normalize the lie that an “alternate list” is a codified idea. Imagine the place we’d be in if we had normalized the phrase “alternative facts” or whatever phrase gurgled out of that one shithead when talking about the “Bowling Green massacre” that she made up.

    Make them hear it, read it, and squirm.

    Looks like you have more faith than me that any one republican has the capacity for discomfort. Your patience is really admirable. I hope you continue to keep your cynicism in check, unlike me.

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      4 months ago

      Look at this massive apparratus that enables this. An entire Institution of Oz, all for the sake of perception.