Sen. Ron Johnson Could Be Going Down As Texts Connect Him To 1/6 Attempted Coup

Text messages show that Sen. Ron Johnson and his staff not only knew but were directly involved in trying to deliver fake elector documents.

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The Ron Johnson 1/6 Smoking Gun

Sen. Ron Johnson has long been suspected of having directly participated in trying to deliver fake voter documents to former Vice President Mike Pence on 1/6/2021. The 1/6 Committee was not able to come up with direct evidence linking Sen. Johnson to the coup attempt. Johnson said for years that he didn’t know what was in the documents that he was asked to deliver to Mike Pence, but that turned out not to be true.

Charlie Sykes wrote on MSNBC and explained the texts that connect Sen. Johnson:

Documents released as part of the civil lawsuit in March seemed to blow a hole in Johnson’s story. In a Dec. 8, 2020, email to Chesebro, Troupis wrote that he “spoke with Senator Johnson late last night about the Pence angle at the end.” Troupis wrote, “Just wanted to take his temperature.”

“The Pence angle” is an apparent reference to the “angle” at the center of the attempted coup, Trump’s plan to have the vice president refuse to count the legitimate votes.

The documents also show that Troupis texted Johnson personally on Jan. 6, explicitly mentioning the electors: “We need to get a document on the Wisconsin electors to you for the VP immediately.” He added, “Is there a staff person I can talk to immediately.”

Documents released as part of the civil lawsuit in March seemed to blow a hole in Johnson’s story.

That same day, Troupis texted Chesebro, confirming that he had been “on the phone with Mike Roman and Senator Johnson’s COS to get an original copy of Wi slate to VP.”

Johnson hasn’t exactly acted innocent. After his name came up in a 1/6 hearing, Sen. Johnson ducked out a back door to avoid questions from reporters about his role in the 1/6 plot.

As we will talk about below, the Wisconsin state criminal case is very bad for Sen. Ron Johnson.