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Newly discovered internal memo reveals origin of scheme to overturn 2020 election

The New York Times obtained a copy of a Dec. 6, 2020, internal memo, where a lawyer connected to then-President Donald Trump first laid out a plan to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Luke Broadwater, one of the reporters on the story. He covers Congress for the New York Times.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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