November 20, 2020 🟡 Significant

Meets with Michigan legislative leaders at White House to pressure them on certification

In an extraordinary intervention, Trump summoned Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield to the White House. The meeting was widely seen as an attempt to pressure them to intervene in the state's certification process or appoint rival electors. The lawmakers emerged stating they would follow the law and saw no evidence to change the outcome.

Categories

Offenses:
abuse-of-power
Domains:
governance
Tags:
#michigan#pressure-campaign#authoritarianism

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