Trump supporters broke into the US Capitol on the 6th. EPA Yonhap News
On the 6th (local time), even in an emergency situation where supporters of the US President Donald Trump broke into the Capitol, destroyed equipment and occupied the chairman’s seat, President Trump turned to Republican senators to postpone the certification of President-elect Joe Biden Reports came out that asked. He did not make any effort to fix the unprecedented case that democracy was attacked, but was stuck only on overturning the election results.
The US CNN broadcast quoted Republican Senator Mike Lee on the 9th, saying, “During the congressional riots, President Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani phoned Lee because they misunderstood the phone number.” “These are another Republican Senator Tony I tried to persuade Tuberville to delay the verification of the voting results of each state presidential electoral group.”
Rep. Lee’s first phone call was around 2pm. At the time, lawmakers were evacuated due to the protesters’ occupation of the Capitol. When Rep. Lee answered the phone, the other party went to Tuberville, saying he was President Trump. Rep. Lee handed over his phone to Rep. Tuberville without hanging up, while Rep. Tuberville spoke with President Trump for over 10 minutes. In the call, President Trump asked Tuberville to appear as an additional opponent at the electoral vote results meeting.
At 7 pm, Senator Lee got another call. This time it was Juliani’s lawyer. It was a phone call I thought I was a member of Tuberville. Senator Lee couldn’t answer the phone, but a voice message was left behind. “I’m calling Republican supporters to discuss how much you need to be to delay this meeting,” said Giuliani. An hour later, at 8:00 pm, a joint meeting of the House and Senate, which had been suspended due to the invasion of the parliament, was scheduled to resume. “I know the meeting will be held again at 8 pm,” said Giuliani, “but the only strategy we can do is to turn the matter over to tomorrow by opposing the election results in many states.”
CNN reported that Tuberville was unaware that Juliani had contacted him until media reports came out. Rep. Tuberville is one of six Republican senators who voted to challenge Arizona’s election results. President Trump urgently found him because he believed he would support his claim. CNN added that President Trump urged Republican senators to refuse to certify voting results even after the meeting resumed.
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