“I am reconfirming the importance and our collective advice that our slate of delegates meet on December 14th (per the Federal Deadline) and cast their ballots in favor of President Trump,” Kaufman wrote. Trump-affiliated attorneys Cleta Mitchell, Kurt Hilbert and Smith were copied on the email. 10, 2020 email he received from Alex Kaufman, a local GOP attorney urging him to push forward with convening the slate of false electors a few days later. “And if we did not hold this meeting, then our election contest would effectively be abandoned,” Shafer replied to Smith. And so we’re going to conduct this in accordance with the Constitution of the United States and we’re going to conduct the electorate today similar to what happened in 1960 in Hawaii.” “And so we continue to contest the election of the electors in Georgia. “We’re conducting this because the contest of the election in Georgia is ongoing,” Smith told the group. It reveals that Smith addressed the group before they signed the papers. One of the documents Shafer revealed was a transcript of the meeting of the pro-Trump false elector slate. Shafer, that performance of their duties was necessary on behalf of the President and the Constitution,” Shafer’s filing noted, identifying Smith as the attorney. “n attorney for the President was present at the Decemmeeting of the presidential electors itself and advised the Presidential Electors, including Mr. The filing underscores the tensions likely to manifest among the 19 defendants as the case unfolds and defendants seek to shift culpability to others charged in the alleged conspiracy.

Acting attorney trumps subvert election