A 38-page plan for overturning President Joe Biden's electoral victory reportedly involved declaring a nationwide national security emergency and invalidating all electronically-cast ballots.
Mark Meadows shared a PowerPoint presentation dated January 5 with the Capitol riot committee, titled 'Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN,' as part of the trove of documents he was compelled to hand over in the House's ongoing probe.
Its existence was revealed by Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, the lone Democrat representing Mississippi in Congress, in a letter informing Meadows' lawyer that the panel had 'no choice' but to move forward with a criminal referral for the ex-White House Chief of Staff for refusing to appear for a deposition.
He's one of several people in Donald Trump's orbit subpoenaed by the committee for his role in the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol. House Democrats announced a vote to refer Meadows for criminal charges will take place on Tuesday.
The bombshell powerpoint that was included in an email exchange with Meadows was reportedly leaked online.
A spokesperson for Rep. Liz Cheney, the highest ranking Republican on the committee, declined to verify or confirm to DailyMail.com whether the 36-page file was indeed the one referenced by Thompson in his letter. DailyMail.com has also reached out to the committee in an attempt to verify the document but has not heard back.
The presentation is reportedly one of the materials Meadows handed over to the Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot
Portions of that presentation shared by The Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell detail a series of 'recommendations,' apparently for Trump, to follow ahead of the planned electoral vote certification the next day.
They include declaring a national security emergency over accusations that China 'gained control over our election system,' claiming US electronic voting systems were 'under foreign influence and control,' and briefing federal lawmakers on the alleged 'foreign interference.'
It also calls for Trump to declare all electronically-cast ballots invalid and instructing Congress to undergo a 'legal & genuine' count of paper ballots or other 'Constitutional remedy.'
Another slide features three recommendations for ex-Vice President Mike Pence, who it's now known told Trump on January 5th that he wanted no part of his efforts to overturn Biden's win:
'VP Pence seats Republican Electors over the objections of Democrats in states where fraud occurred,' the first point states.
'VP Pence rejects the electors from States where fraud occurred causing the election to be decided by remaining electoral votes.
'VP Pence delays the decision in order to allow for a vetting and subsequent counting of the all the legal paper ballots.'
It appears to be in line with a memo written by John Eastman, a law professor who advised Trump on how to overturn the election and was also subpoenaed by the committee.
The slides shared on Twitter by a Guardian journalist detail an alarming plan to flip the election for Trump
Eastman took part in a January 4 Oval Office meeting where participants debated whether Pence had the authority to not accept votes certified by states that ultimately made Biden president when Congress met to count votes on January 6.
Another slide in the PowerPoint allegedly linked to Meadows refers to all non-paper ballots as 'counterfeit.'
It claims that electronic voting machines 'are shifting votes from Trump to Biden' and therefore only paper ballots could be counted, which would 'almost certainly' hand victory to Trump.
By eliminating mail-in ballots, a majority of which went to Democrats in 2020, 'US Senators, US House Races, State, and Local races now turn to Republican,' the presentation states.
It also appears to call for all urban-area votes to be rendered invalid, claiming without evidence that foreign actors changed votes 'in traditionally Republican strongholds in order to deliver a Biden win because they could jam no more into the major cities (fraud votes).'
The purported plan goes on to outline a recount scenario in which the remaining paper ballots would be 'locked and physically protected' by Trump's government and the vote count would happen under the National Guard's watch.
Lawyer John Eastman (l) 'asserts his Fifth Amendment right not to be a witness against himself,' his lawyer said in a letter to the Jan. 6th Committee
'A Trusted Lead Counter will be appointed with authority from the POTUS to direct the actions of select federalized National Guard units and support from DOJ, DHS and other US government agencies as needed to complete a recount of the legal paper ballots for the federal elections in all 50 states,' the presentation details.
Thompson's Tuesday letter to Meadows' lawyer reveals the Trump ally was exchanging emails about the lengthy presentation up until the day before the Capitol attack and it was intended for presentation 'on the hill.'
The letter also revealed further bombshell details about communications that the former North Carolina congressman did send over to the committee.
One of the most damning appears to be a text exchange between Meadows and an unnamed federal lawmaker that took place after the November 2020 election.
The letter refers to a 'November 6, 2020, text exchange with a Member of Congress apparently about appointing alternate electors in certain states as part of a plan that the Member acknowledged would be "highly controversial" and to which Mr. Meadows apparently said, "I love it"...'
Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson warned Meadows he could face criminal charges for refusing to appear before panel in a letter on Tuesday
Meadows is also accused of exchanging text messages with someone about the need for Trump to 'issue a public statement that could have stopped the January 6th attack on the Capitol.'
The lawmaker-turned-White House official also allegedly spoke via text with an unnamed organizer of the January 6 Stop the Steal rally in 'early January.'
On November 7, 2020, the letter claims, Meadows sent an email discussing appointing an alternate slate of electors in certain states, likely that voted for Biden, in a 'direct and collateral attack.'
The day before the riot Meadows allegedly sent an email about having the National Guard on standby.
'All of those documents raise issues about which the Select Committee would like to question Mr. Meadows and about which you appear to agree are not subject to a claim of privilege,' Thompson wrote.
Despite the newly-revealed information Thompson stated that there were still more than a thousand items Meadows withheld due to claims of executive privilege.
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