Bernard Kerik Turns Over Documents to Jan 6th Committee; Reveals Trump Considered Strategy to ‘Seize Evidence’ for 2020 Election Dispute

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Former New York City police commissioner and Donald Trump ally Bernard Kerik has given up a trove of documents to investigators working with the House Select Committee for January 6th.

Politico reports that Kerik’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, gave up the documents containing several strategies that Trump and his associates considered using for Trump’s attempt to legally challenge his 2020 election defeat. One lengthy set of documents is called “STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN – GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM.”

Kerik is an ally of Rudy Giuliani’s, and the documents reportedly outlined a proposal to lean on Republican lawmakers from 6 swing states and get them to vote against certifying Trump’s loss to Joe Biden.

“The document says its primary channels to disseminate messaging on these efforts included ‘presidential tweets’ as well as talk radio, conservative bloggers, social media influencers, Trump campaign volunteers and other media allies,” the report explains. It also says that members of the House Freedom Caucus — many of whom backed Trump’s attempts to overturn the election — were identified as “key team members” who would be involved in the strategy’s execution.

Kerik also reportedly provided documents outlining his email correspondents with associates about paying for rooms at the Willard Hotel. The hotel is where Trump’s allies set up their “war room” against the 2020 election, and those strategy sessions have been a major focus for investigators looking into the lead-up to January 6th.

Parlatore also gave the committee a “privilege log” of documents that Kerik didn’t offer to the committee. One of which was reportedly entitled “DRAFT LETTER FROM POTUS TO SEIZE EVIDENCE IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL SECURITY FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS.”

“Trump ultimately opted against that strategy,” the report says, “but his consideration of the option is one of the key questions the panel is probing as part of its broader investigation into attempts to overturn the election.”