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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports:
FBI agents interviewed the chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Party at his home early Thursday morning as part of a nationwide investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempt to send alternate electors from key swing states to Washington to overturn the 2020 election.
Agents spent about an hour at party chairman Sam DeMarco’s Oakdale home and served him with a subpoena for communications between him, members of the Trump campaign and legal team, and Trump electors in Pennsylvania, Mr. DeMarco told the Post-Gazette on Thursday.
“I’ll certainly comply with their request,” Mr. DeMarco said. He has until July 8 to turn over emails, texts and any written correspondence, he said.
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PG exclusive from @Wrschgn: FBI agents interviewed Sam DeMarco, the chairman of the Allegheny County GOP, at his home early Thursday morning as part of a nationwide investigation into Trump’s attempt to send alternate electors. https://t.co/vkPgiT4PA7
— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) June 23, 2022
Per @Wrschgn, Pennsylvania was one of seven key states in which the Trump campaign pressured its electors to sign declarations falsely asserting they were the duly chosen members of the electoral college.
In PA, the electors balked and were clear they’d be an ALTERNATE slate.
— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) June 23, 2022
That distinction might have spared those Pennsylvania and New Mexico electors from the legal jeopardy potentially facing their counterparts in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, where electors flat-out declared themselves “duly elected.”
— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) June 23, 2022