David Shafer, one of Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the Georgia RICO lawsuit about undermining the result of Georgia’s 2020 election, submitted to the court a transcript of the December 14, 2020 meeting during which they “certified” their status as electors.
In the transcript, Trump attorney Ray Smith tells the assembled secessionists that their ceremony to swear themselves in as “official electors” is needed to have a legal basis to continue the Trump campaigns multiple failing lawsuits to keep him in office. In fact, there was no such requirement.