Emails were sent between the officials as well as election deniers in Georgia and across the country. These included groups such as the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) and the Election Integrity Network (EIN), a group founded by former Trump adviser Cleta Mitchell. Members include Michael Heekin, a Republican member of the Fulton County Board of Elections, and his colleague Julie Adams, Debbie Fisher of Cobb County, Nancy Jester of DeKalb County and Roy McClain of Spalding County. They all have a history of refusing to certify election results, and Adams works directly for the TPP and EIN.
In the emails, members discuss how to fight back against the oversight. One case involves a letter from a Democratic lawyer warning officials against refusing to certify election results. Adams sent another email under her Tea Party Patriots address with an agenda for the meeting, including an item on a “New York Times Reporter travels through several counties in Georgia.”
Trump’s supporters in the Georgia State Election Committee, despite Ethics complaintshave already the rules changed to make it easier to delay or reject the certification of election results. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, despite being criticized by Trump, now says the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results was no big dealThese emails provide further evidence of a plan not only to cast doubt on unfavorable election results in two months, but also to influence the state in Trump’s favor in a much more coordinated manner than the Efforts of fraudulent electors in 2020.
