One of Michigan’s top elected Republicans says he received thousands of texts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election after Donald Trump gave out his personal phone number on Twitter. That’s according to newly released testimony from Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey. He was subpoenaed to speak before the congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol. The panel aired video of Shirkey’s conversation with committee investigators.
“Investigators: Did either you or Speaker Chatfield, did you make the point to the president that you were not going to do anything that violated Michigan law?
Shirkey: I believe we did. Whether or not it was those exact words or not. I think the words I would have more likely used was that we are going to follow the law.”
The congressional committee says Trump led a “pressure campaign” to convince state lawmakers to overturn the 2020 election results.