Lawyer for Trump campaign tied to fake electors plot

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Two newly surfaced memos from the aftermath of the 2020 election link former President Donald Trump’s team with an effort to create fake election certificates.

Jim Troupis, a lawyer hired by the Trump campaign to lead its recount effort in Wisconsin, received the memos outlining a strategy for setting up an alternate set of electors in the state who would support Trump, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

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