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Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign’s plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup: The fake elector certificates from two critical battleground states were stuck in the mail.

So, Trump campaign operatives scrambled to fly copies of the phony certificates from Michigan and Wisconsin to the nation’s capital, relying on a haphazard chain of couriers, as well as help from two Republicans in Congress, to try to get the documents to then-Vice President Mike Pence while he presided over the Electoral College certification.

The operatives even considered chartering a jet to ensure the files reached Washington, DC, in time for the January 6, 2021, proceeding, according to emails and recordings obtained by CNN.

The new details provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the chaotic last-minute effort to keep Donald Trump in office. The fake electors scheme features prominently in special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal indictment against the former president, and some of the officials who were involved have spoken to Smith’s investigators.

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[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Actually, Biden can't directly appoint a new Postmaster General. He CAN, however, replace some of the board members that have that ability, though, which he has absolutely no valid reason not to do.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So in other words, he can do what is needed to fire DeJoy, but has chosen not to. The single extra step involved is not a reason not to, and satisfies no one who isn't already seeking excuses.

Biden is in a position to replace him. He won't.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So in other words, he can do what is needed to fire DeJoy, but has chosen not to.

Exactly.

Biden is in a position to replace him. He won't.

Preaching to the choir, my man. I wasn't disagreeing so much as correcting a detail of your otherwise accurate take 🙂

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Reports are the DeJoy and Biden are working really well together. Kind of fucked up, but better than before.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Seems dangerous AF to keep that duplicitous fucker around heading into the next election

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

DeJoy has his own shipping company as a competitor to the USPS.

[–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Biden can only appoint board members when the term expires of an existing board member.. He has appointed a few and they currently hold a majority but haven't yet acted.