Giuliani Called In To WH Meeting With MI Lawmakers

The Washington Post reports:

During his meeting Friday with Michigan legislative leaders, President Trump brought up concerns about alleged election irregularities in the state and at one point arranged for his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani to call in and elaborate on that topic, according to a person familiar with the White House session.

During the call, Giuliani repeated unsubstantiated allegations he had made about voting fraud in Wayne County, home to Detroit. The legislators responded by saying that Wayne County alone did not determine the election results in Michigan, the person said.

Giuliani’s call — and the legislators’ response — was first detailed by state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R) in an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday.

I talked to Republican Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey today. He said this: ‘Wayne County didn’t determine the outcome for the presidential race in Michigan. It was Kent County and Oakland County that did.’

— David Eggert (@DavidEggert00) November 24, 2020

Shirkey confirms to @AP Trump talked about Mich. election results with GOP delegation. He says at 1 point, Trump got Giuliani to call in & Giuliani repeated the Wayne County allegations he had raised in a news conference last Thursday. Shirkey says meeting was ‘innocuous’

— David Eggert (@DavidEggert00) November 24, 2020