The Republican National Committee helped former President Donald Trump assemble alternative electors to contest the certification of the 2020 election, the House Jan. 6 committee revealed on Tuesday.
The revelation was made during a hearing when the committee played a video of a deposition from RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel.
Mrs. McDaniel told the committee the RNC was asked by one of Mr. Trump’s aides in late 2020 to help gather “contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result of any of the states.”
“More just helping them reach out and assemble them,” said Mrs.