The speech claimed that China "systematically controlled our electoral system and constituted a national security emergency"
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According to reports, former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (Mark Meadows) has submitted a PowerPoint presentation to the Special Committee of the House of Representatives, which investigated the congressional riots on January 6 because of a possible separate report. The leaked documents reveal how the Trump administration tried to overthrow President Joe Biden's election victory.
The title of the speech is "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference, and Choice on January 6." The date on the title page is January 5, the day before the uprising.
It is not clear whether the PowerPoint reportedly leaked online in an e-mail exchange with the former CEO is the same as the one allegedly handed over to the committee by Mr. Meadows.
It echoes a series of false statements based on Donald Trump's so-called "big lie" that the 2020 election was stolen from him through fraud. The defeated president and his supporters made a series of accusations, which were subsequently discredited.
In fact, the Election Infrastructure Government Coordination Committee and the Election Infrastructure Department Coordination Committee stated in a joint statement on November 12, 2020: "The third election in November is the safest election in U.S. history."
"There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost ballots, changed ballots or was compromised in any way," they added.
California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell responded to the PowerPoint leak. He wrote on Twitter: "How bold are the Republicans to try to overthrow the Biden administration? They have a PowerPoint plan. Why are they so bold? ? Because they think you and the DOJ don’t care, so they can’t stop it. We are fighting for democracy. This is a life support system."
Larry Sabato, director of the Political Center at the University of Virginia, wrote: "I am conservative, but treason seems to be a serious crime. I am not a lawyer, but PowerPoint seems to be the true evidence of planning a coup of treason."
Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to President Obama, wrote on Twitter: "Hey America—the Republicans put the plan to overthrow the government in PowerPoint!"
In a tweet posted late Thursday, Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar called the document a "coup plan."
"We need to [to] seriously consider the consequences of doing this," she said.
A spokesperson for the select committee did not immediately respond to the Independent’s request for comment on the report, but the vice chairman of the committee, Liz Cheney, wrote on Twitter on Thursday that the committee “received particularly interesting messages from many people. And important documents. Witnesses", including Mr. Meadows.
It is not clear who wrote this document, but many of the actions suggested in the presentation — which Mr. Meadows reportedly intends to provide to members of Congress — also coincide with the ideas put forward by former President Trump’s other key allies. , Including Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, hope that he will ignore the wishes of American voters and be re-elected in the White House.
"China systematically controls our electoral system and constitutes a national security emergency," the document reads under the heading "Talking Points."
"The electronic voting machine was destroyed and could not provide an accurate vote count," the presentation added.
"In order to restore confidence, the "failsafe" of counting paper ballots should be "used to determine who has won the president, senator, and congressional representative," another topic said.
"The number of hands reported by the media is not the actual number of hands, and can easily be subverted," the document added.
On the slide entitled "Summary of Domestic Voter Fraud," the presentation submitted to the Committee on January 6 stated that "dual voter, deceased voter, out-of-state and out-of-county voter, non-citizen or felony voter, false ballot" or "Ballot stuffing" and "other illegal ballots" are used in "eight states": Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Another slide claimed that "it has been happening for a while," including a CNN video of the Democratic Party winning the 2019 Kentucky governor race.
The slide titled "Breach in the 2020 Election" stated that "Donald J Trump won by a significant advantage in all key states on the night of November 3rd."
"Stop counting votes in key states using Smartmatic software and ES&S or Dominion machines," the document added.
The manufacturer of the voting machine has sued pro-Trump lawyers for defamating their devices and stealing false claims about the election.
"When the report resumed, there was a huge spike in favor of Joe Biden and in many cases exceeded the existing counting capacity," the presentation added.
Many graphs followed, indicating a jump in the count.
A chart claims to show that "vote injection" "fixed" Michigan's results
A slide shows a complex network of statements, stating that "the ballots adjudicated are entirely the whim of operators or malicious actors."
Trump lawyer Sidney Powell told senior officials of the Department of Defense that CIA Director Gina Haspel was captured on a fictitious mission to capture the non-existent described in this slide. German server.
Another slide pointed out that "election fraud and foreign interference" includes "a strategy as part of a larger strategic plan" and "other strategies including riots, threats, censorship, robbery, etc.".
The author of the report listed it as a “critical issue”, claiming that “China uses finance, non-government and foreign allies (including Venezuela) to gain influence and control the voting infrastructure of the United States in at least 28 countries.”
They continue to argue that this control will be "used as [an] [a] part of ongoing globalism" and "socialist action to subvert the wishes of American voters and establish a Chinese ally."
The statement in this slide is consistent with what Sidney Powell said at the infamous press conference held at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee on November 19.
PowerPoint also claimed that the Chinese Communist Party has "financial control of the dominion's voting machine."
A slide claiming that the Chinese Communist Party has financial control over the voting machines used in the 2020 election
There is no evidence to support the claim that there is widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
A slide designed to show the "money trajectory" of those working to overthrow the election
In a few slides, the creators of PowerPoint stated that the Chinese Communist Party also controls “testing the Smartmatic software operation on the Dominion voting machine” and “they embed whatever they want!”
On the "recommendation" page, the author recommends briefing members of Congress about "foreign interference" and declaring a "national security emergency".
"Declare invalid electronic voting in all states," the author suggested.
On a slide entitled "Perpetrators," the presentation claimed that "local fanatics" used "illegal harvesting of ballots, illegal voter roles, forged mailings and absentee ballots, and illegal alteration of rulings."
The creator claimed that the voting machine “transferred votes from one candidate to another through an algorithm or ruling”, adding that “foreign actors” “through rulings or completely covering the database” affected voting. The presentation stated that these events "obviously happened, but not necessarily in a coordinated way."
"Next step-counting paper ballots," the next slide states. "Regardless of cheating and filling of ballot boxes, by eliminating fake mailings and absentee ballots -> Trump will almost certainly win," the presentation said, adding that lower-level competitions will "turn to the Republican Party."
By removing what they call “counterfeit” votes and counting the ballots again “by hand”, they would “quickly and easily find out who the elected leaders REALLY ARE and restore confidence in the outcome!” PowerPoint said.
The presentation stated that the so-called “foreign actors” must “transfer votes in traditional Republican strongholds in order for Biden to win because they can no longer enter major cities (fraudulent votes)”.
PowerPoint then went on to discuss the local examples of fraud evidence the author said, and claimed that if you count all paper ballots, then President Donald Trump would "overwhelmingly" win.
A slide claiming to show former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election
On the slide titled "Restore Confidence in the 2020 General Election", the author believes that "all races must be thoroughly inspected to remove forged paper ballots, and then the remaining legal ballots in the country should be counted. States" used "accurate identification of the American people" Actually elect who is our leader".
The presentation stated that the recount "must be done in full publicity (via webcast), and everyone has the opportunity to count on their own if they wish. No longer hiding behind obstacles, distance, confidentiality, and gag orders." .
"Each legal paper ballot will have a camera pointed at it and will be captured for a few seconds. It will be recorded and played on the Internet in real time," the presentation said.
The "top-level plan" for counting votes includes the use of the National Guard and the U.S. Marshal.
"A trusted leadership counter will be appointed and authorized by the President of the United States to direct the actions of selected Federal National Guard forces, and support from DOJ, DHS, and other U.S. government agencies as needed to complete all 50 States," the author suggests.
They added: “The U.S. Marshals will immediately ensure the safety of all ballots and provide protection around locations in all 50 states.”
The National Guard will be "responsible for calculating every legal paper ballot" and "when calculating each ballot, it will image each ballot and place the image on the Internet so that any U.S. citizen can view them and personally Count votes. The process will be completely transparent," the speech continued.
The creator of the presentation said, “The legality of each ballot will be determined in accordance with the Constitution, and therefore a law enacted by the state legislature and effective at the time of the election”. PowerPoint stated that the exception requires the approval of the Supreme Court.
"Suspicious ballots will be quarantined, individually protected, and handed over to the FBI to verify forensic analysis," the authors suggest.
The presentation stated that examples of suspicious ballots are "ballots made of different materials from real ballots, with different colors, different formats, photocopies, marked with the same commercial ink that printed them, filled in by a machine, and There is no crease in the case of ballot papers, etc.".
"If votes need to be segregated to determine the winner, they will be resolved in accordance with the law and the precedents of past elections," the author said. "The entire challenge process must be carried out in video and broadcast."
The title of the last page of the presentation on January 5 is "Options for January 6"-Uprising Day.
The presentation stated that the then-Vice President Mike Pence "put Republican voters on the opposition seats of Democrats in the state where the fraud occurred." "Vice President Pence rejected voters in the state where the fraud occurred, resulting in the election being decided by the remaining electoral votes," and "Vice President Pence postponed the decision to allow the review and subsequent counting of all legal paper ballots. ".
The Election Infrastructure Government Coordination Committee and the Electoral Infrastructure Department Coordination Committee added in a joint statement on November 12, 2020: “Although we know there are many opportunities for unfounded claims and misinformation about our election process, We can assure you that we have full confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and so should you. When you have questions, please ask election officials for help, because they are a trusted voice in managing the election."
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The statement in this slide is consistent with what Sidney Powell did at the infamous press conference held at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee on November 19.
A chart claims to show that "vote injection" "fixed" Michigan's results
Trump lawyer Sidney Powell told senior officials of the Department of Defense that CIA Director Gina Haspel was captured on a fictitious mission to capture the non-existent described in this slide. German server.
The statement in this slide is consistent with what Sidney Powell said at the infamous press conference held at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee on November 19.
A slide claiming that the Chinese Communist Party has financial control over the voting machines used in the 2020 election
A slide designed to show the "money trajectory" of those working to overthrow the election
A slide claiming to show former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election
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