From: bruce2bowser@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, August 18, 2023 at 9:16:16 AM UTC-4, Pelle Svanslös wrote in   
   rec.sport.tennis:   
   > A video obtained by MSNBC shows Donald Trump’s former political advisor    
   > Roger Stone dictating the rationale behind a plan to undermine the    
   > certification of Electoral College votes days before the outcome of the    
   > 2020 election was announced.    
   >    
   > In the video, Stone, speaking slowly to an associate who is transcribing    
   > his words, states that “the final decision as to who the state    
   > legislatures authorize the send to the electoral college is a decision    
   > made solely by the legislature.”    
   >    
   > “Any legislative body may decide on the basis of overwhelming evidence    
   > of fraud to send electors to the electoral college who accurately    
   > reflect the president’s legitimate victory in their state, which was    
   > illegally denied him through fraud,” Stone adds.    
   >    
   > Stone concludes by asserting that “we must prepare to lobby our    
   > Republican legislatures, by personal contact, and by demonstrating the    
   > overwhelming will of the people in their states — in each state — that    
   > this may need to happen.”    
   >    
   > On Monday, Donald Trump and 18 of his associates were indicted in a    
   > sprawling RICO case in Georgia alleging that the former president and    
   > his allies engaged in a criminal enterprise with the goal of overturning    
   > the results of the 2020 election.    
   >    
   > While Stone is not a defendant in the indictment, it does mention 30    
   > unnamed unindicted co-conspirators, and focuses heavily on the plot to    
   > use fake electors to subvert the results of the vote in key battleground    
   > states.    
   >    
   > The new recording provides insight into how soon after the election the    
   > plot was being discussed by those close to Trump. The day before the    
   > Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, where the fake electors scheme came to its    
   > violent crescendo, Trump demanded his then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows    
   > (who was also indicted on Monday) place a call to Stone.    
   >    
   > Days before the riot took place, Stone was present during a call where    
   > his aide encouraged Trump supporters and allies of the former president    
   > to “descend on the Capitol,” on Jan. 6, 2021.    
   >    
   > Stone, a key figure in the orchestration of the Brooks Brothers Riots    
   > following the 2000 election, also publicly suggested Trump — should he    
   > fail to win the election — consider declaring “martial law,” invoking    
   > the Insurrection Act, and prepare to seize ballots and file legal    
   > challenges in contested states.    
   >    
   > In 2019, Stone was found guilty of seven counts including witness    
   > tampering and lying to Congress related to his role in the Wikileaks    
   > scandal. Trump pardoned Stone days before his 40 months prison sentence    
   > was set to begin, literally freeing him up to aid in his reelection effort.    
   >    
   > https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/roger-ston   
   -fake-electors-plot-recording-2020-election-1234807965/    
   >    
   > The chain gang is calling Roger Stone.    
   >    
   > --    
   > "And off they went, from here to there,    
   > The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"    
   > -- Traditional   
      
   He has too many connections to go to jail.   
      
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