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By the time this witch hunt is over (if ever), every GOP Congressmen will be guilty in one way or another.

Texts show Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s early work to overturn election

Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away.

His efforts, revealed in text messages obtained by the House panel investigating the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, drew quick condemnation Friday from his reelection challengers.

Text messages between the Republican senator and then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows detail how Lee encouraged top Trump advisers to embrace Sidney Powell, a Republican lawyer who later spread wild and baseless claims of a rigged election.

The messages from Lee to Meadows — and messages from Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy to Meadows — were first reported by CNN.

At one point, Lee said he was working “14 hour days” assisting Trump. At another he asked Meadows, “Please tell me what I should be saying.”

By mid-November, however, the messages show Lee beginning to lose confidence in Powell and, eventually, the alternate electors plan. He also questioned efforts to object to the vote certification after no evidence of widespread fraud emerged.

“I only know that this will end badly for the President unless we have the Constitution on our side,” Lee wrote to Meadows..........

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/04/16/mike-lee-utah-senate-january-6-trump
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Re: Texts show Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s early work to overturn election
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2022, 10:48:38 pm »
Gee, no bias in this story.
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Re: Texts show Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s early work to overturn election
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2022, 10:51:52 pm »
Gee, no bias in this story.

...nope, no bias on the part of the J6 committee either.
I Believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.  I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies.