The former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party said Sunday he was ā€œtrickedā€ into signing documents alleging former President Trump won the 2020 election as part of the stateā€™s ā€œfake electorā€ scheme.

Andrew Hitt told Anderson Cooper in a ā€œ60 Minutesā€ interview that he was advised by the state GOPā€™s legal counsel to sign the documents as a contingency, in case the Trump campaignā€™s legal case against Wisconsinā€™s election integrity succeeded.

Hitt said he ā€œwasnā€™t comfortable withā€ Trump campaign attempts to toss out votes in Wisconsin, and that he didnā€™t believe the legal claims of widespread fraud.

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    9 months ago

    Soooo either heā€™s corrupt or heā€™s incompetent. Either way, he shouldnā€™t have had his position. A ā€œfuck upā€ of this magnitude in any company would lead to either a straight up firing, or a rather rapid drumming out.

    This is notable because even if heā€™s out, he is certainly not the only one.