During questioning by state investigators into his role in the fake electors plot, attorney Kenneth Chesebro failed to disclose a pseudonymous Twitter account he used to promote Constitutional-esque theories in the days around the 2020 election, CNN reports.
The account on the dead-named Twitter, BadgerPundit, is now locked as is its linked blog, but the account previously included tweets from two days after the election stating that the actual outcome of the election didn’t matter because Republican-controlled legislatures determined to whom the electors voted, not the popular vote, a false claim. Those are claims Chesebro made in his efforts to undermine the outcome.
“You don’t get the big picture. Trump doesn’t have to get courts to declare him the winner of the vote. He just needs to convince Republican legislatures that the election was systematically rigged, but it’s impossible to run it again, so they should appoint electors instead,” wrote BadgerPundit on November 7th, 2020.
Chesebro is not currently facing any charges in Michigan relating to the slate of fake electors they submitted to support Donald Trump’s failed campaign, and it’s unclear if investigators would reexamine possible charges if the newly disclosed Twitter account discloses previously unknown communications with state GOP officials. Chesebro has, however, already pleaded guilty to charges regarding the similar plot in Georgia.