Panel makes case that Trump campaign knew alternate electors scheme was fraudulent

Text appears to indicate campaign sought to use certificates it knew were not state-certified to obstruct Biden's victory

The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack made the case at its fourth hearing on Tuesday that the Trump 2020 campaign tried to obstruct Joe Biden's election win through a potentially illegal scheme to send fake slates of electors to Congress.

The panel presented a text message sent on 4 January 2021 that appeared to indicate the Trump campaign was seeking to use fraudulent election certificates they would have known were not state-certified to obstruct the congressional certification of Biden's win.

Note: This post was updated to clarify the former US attorneys' titles.