AZ Officials Were Worried Their Plot Was Treasonous

The New York Times reports:

Two Arizona Republicans recruited by allies of former President Donald J. Trump to join an effort to keep him in office after he lost the 2020 election grew so concerned about the plan that they told lawyers working on it that they feared their actions could be seen as treason, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.

Kelli Ward, the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, and Kelly Townsend, a state senator, were both said to have expressed concerns to Mr. Trump’s lawyers in December 2020 about participating in a plan to sign on to a slate of electors claiming that Mr. Trump had won Arizona, even though Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won the state.

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SCOOP: In email, WI lawyer Ken Chesebro warned that AZ officials including Kelli Ward worried casting votes as so-called fake electors could “appear treasonous” @lukebroadwater and me https://t.co/VZfXxNCPzJ

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 2, 2022