Around the same time, 1AP got involved in another project related to the contested elections. Members of the group, as Mr Lewis said in ...
Around the same time, 1AP got involved in another project related to the contested elections. Members of the group, as Mr Lewis said in his video in December, have started scouring the Internet for “OSINT” – or open source information – on allegations of voter fraud. Whatever evidence they found, he said, they sent to Sidney powell, a Dallas-based lawyer who filed four federal lawsuits in late 2020 to challenge the results of the presidential vote.
The lawsuits, which ultimately failed and resulted in a federal judge imposing sanctions on Ms Powell, described without any credible evidence a plot by a cabal of international powers to hack American voting machines and hijack Mr. Trump’s account.
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In mid-December 2020, 1AP agreed to protect one of Ms Powell’s former clients, Mr Flynn, at a second large pro-Trump rally in Washington. The rally was organized, according to public permissions, by Cindy Chafian, an organizer of the pro-Trump group Women for America First, which organized caravans of supporters of the president to rally across the country after the election. (Ms. Chafian was also subpoenaed by the special committee of the House.)
This gathering – December 12, 2020 – helped solidify 1AP’s relationship with Mr. Flynn and Ms. Chafian. It also put the group in touch with the Oath Keepers, who have joined their protection team, according to one. TV interview that the militia leader, Mr. Rhodes, gave that day.
In the interview, Mr. Rhodes described how the two groups worked together during the rally. He then urged Mr. Trump to “wage war” against the “traitors” at home by imposing martial law. It was the same message that Ms Powell, Mr Flynn and others in their orbit were advising at the time.
Mr Lewis says he played his small part in the effort to persuade Mr Trump to declare martial law. December 18, he said on a podcast last year, he drove Ms. Powell and Mr. Flynn to the White House to meet with Mr. Trump. It is not clear whether Mr Lewis attended the meeting, where Ms Powell and Mr Flynn urged the President to declare a national emergency and demand a recount of major swing states on live television, according to the leader. company Patrick M. Byrne, who was also there.
Shortly after the White House meeting, Mr. Lewis, like others, turned his attention to January 6, which was widely seen as the last opportunity for Mr. Trump and his allies to stop certification. of the presidential vote.
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