Justice Department closes in on documents subpoenaed from GOP operatives connected to Trump fake electors plan
CNN
Republican operatives connected to the plan to put forward "alternate" electors for Donald Trump are set to turn over information to the Justice Department as soon as this week -- as criminal investigations examining efforts to overturn the 2020 election pick up pace.
The DOJ issued numerous subpoenas in the past few weeks and is seeking information in all seven battleground states where Trump's campaign convened the false electors as part of the effort to subvert the Electoral College. Some of the subpoenas called for Republicans connected to the scheme to provide documents by Friday, sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
It's the latest step by federal investigators in an already sprawling criminal investigation, and it comes as a parallel investigation in Georgia also shows signs of ramping up amid subpoenas for former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify.