The top aide announced the news as Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, discussed on Newsmax the Trump legal team's plan of action in yet another long-odds bid to challenge the results of the presidential contest by seeking evidence of widespread fraud in voting machines to support claims that have failed to hold up in court.
“Several members of Congress just finished a meeting in the Oval Office with President @realDonaldTrump, preparing to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud. Stay tuned,” Meadows wrote in a Monday evening tweet, a stark break from federal and state officials who say they have not seen evidence of widespread voter fraud.
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The missive alludes to a last-ditch bid by House Republicans to get Congress to reject Biden’s Electoral College victory when the new session of Congress meets to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6.
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Trump has been searching for ways to head off the certification of Biden’s victory by the U.S. Congress on Jan. 6. The win has already been certified by the Electoral College and Biden is getting ready to take office on Jan. 20.
Even though Alabama’s incoming GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville has alluded to support of the effort to object to the results in several battleground states, giving Republicans at least one required representative in each chamber to force deliberation on the matter, it remains a Hail Mary strategy, with Democrats retaining a narrow majority in the House and, in the Republican-controlled Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discouraging fellow GOP senators from joining Trump's efforts to overturn Biden's win.
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Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene shared a short video on Twitter walking out of the White House meeting, which she called a "planning session." The tweet also boasted of a "rapidly growing" group of Republicans in the House and Senate supporting their cause.
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A source familiar with the meeting said the lawmakers attending were reliable Trump allies from the House of Representatives, including Representatives Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan and Mo Brooks. The White House declined to offer further comment on the meeting.
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Trump has also been considering whether to name a U.S. special counsel to investigate his allegations of massive voter fraud, after his campaign’s attempts to press such claims failed in various courts, due largely to a lack of evidence.
A second source familiar with the situation said that Sidney Powell, a lawyer who pushes conspiracy theories, was at the White House for the third time in recent days on Monday. Powell has been encouraging Trump to pursue the voter fraud claims.
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Trump has been hunkered down in the White House for days, talking to advisers on how to fight the election results while the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage.
He plans to leave Washington on Wednesday for his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, for the rest of this year.
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