At least three witnesses in DOJ’s investigation of so-called alternate electors in the 2020 election — two in Arizona and another in Georgia — have received subpoenas demanding communications to and from Joshua Findlay, who is now the RNC’s national director for election integrity.
POLITICO reviewed the subpoena sent to the Georgia witness afterthe Washington Postpublished copies of two Arizona subpoenas. Findlay’s appearance in the documents means the Justice Department has taken interest in his communications as part of its probe related to pro-Trump GOP officials and activists who presented themselves as legitimate electors from states where Joe Biden won.
Findlay was one of Trump’s campaign lawyers in 2020 and did not take his job with the RNC until after Biden came into office, but his presence in criminal subpoenas related to the Trump fake elector scheme means that the RNC official who is now in charge of the party’s “election integrity” was someone who was tryin g to overthrow the United States government for Donald Trump.
The presence of the RNC election integrity official in the criminal subpoenas signals that the next time Donald Trump tries to steal an election, he will already have his people in place at the RNC to be foot soldiers in the next attack against democracy.
If the Justice Depart goes after all of the people who potentially committed crimes to keep Trump into power, the charges could reach into the RNC.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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