Former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia called then-President Trump in December 2020 to tell him he should concede the election.
Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, said he phoned Trump after the Electoral College had certified its votes establishing Biden’s victory.
“I told him that I did believe, yes, that once those legal processes were run, if fraud had not been established… I believed that what had to be done was concede the outcome,” Scalia said in a video released as part of a Tuesday hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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And Judd Deere, a former deputy press secretary, testified to the committee that the told Trump he believed the window to pursue litigation had closed once the Electoral College sent its votes to Congress.
Asked about Trump’s response, Deere said the former president “disagreed.”
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Former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia called on Trump to concede https://t.co/Ziz2HVCeb4 pic.twitter.com/htbzfondjV
— The Hill (@thehill) July 12, 2022
Former Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia told the Jan. 6 panel that he'd advised Donald Trump in December 2020 to concede the election.
“I conveyed to him that I thought that it was time for him to acknowledge that President Biden had prevailed in the election.” pic.twitter.com/a4IXkSlWXH
— POLITICO (@politico) July 12, 2022
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