Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new text messages about the 2020 election are bringing attention to prior court evidence in which the Georgia Republican maintained she had no role in attempts to keep former President Donald Trump in office.
Greene claimed she couldn’t recall advocating for martial action to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office at a hearing on Friday. However, according to a new batch of text conversations acquired by CNN, Greene discussed the concept with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
The text exchanges, according to Ron Fein, who is organizing a legal challenge to Greene’s campaign in Georgia amid charges she helped promote the Jan. 6 disturbance, damage her credibility and testimony in the case, according to NBC News on Monday.
Marjorie Taylor Greene swore under oath that she had no recollection of telling Trump or his chief of staff to declare martial rule in order to maintain Trump in power, but her own texts show that she did just that,” Fein said in a statement. Anyone who claims they ‘can’t remember whether they persuaded the White House Chief of Staff to speak with the President of the United States about imposing martial rule can’t be trusted when they say they ‘can’t recall’ their own participation in the insurgency,” he continued.
Several members have told us in private that the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to invoke Marshall law. I’m not sure about those. I just wanted you to let him know. They cheated in this election. We’re all aware. They will then destroy our country. Please tell him to declassify as much information as possible so that we can go after Biden and anyone else!” she wrote. NBC News has not been able to independently corroborate all of the text messages, which appear to depict far-reaching attempts by the Trump White House and its allies to alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
During Friday’s hearing, Greene testified under oath for nearly four hours and was questioned if she had called for martial law prior to Biden’s inauguration. I’m not sure. “I don’t recall,” Greene replied when asked about chats and social media posts about the election and Jan. 6. Last month, Free Speech for People, an election and campaign finance reform nonprofit run by Fein, filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of Georgia voters seeking to have Greene removed from the ballot due to her alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack. Attorneys on both sides of the case have until Thursday to file their final briefs with the court, which means that the additional text conversations could be used by plaintiffs. The judge stated that he intends to “About a week later,” he will finish his recommendation.
This suggestion will then be forwarded to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who will decide whether Greene remains on the ballot for the state’s May 24 primary election.
