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Georgia election deniers' plot revealed in newly unearthed emails

Republicans in Georgia who helped former President Donald Trump push lies about the 2020 election being "stolen" have been planning to do so again, according to newly unearthed emails.The Guardian reports that the emails reveal a "behind-the-scenes network of county election officials throughout Georgia" who are "coordinating on policy and messaging to both call the results of November’s election into question before a single vote is cast, and push rules and procedures favored by the election denial movement."Of particular interest are emails sent between David Hancock, a member of the Gwinnett county board of elections, and Dr. Janice Johnston, a member of the Georgia State Elections Board whom Trump praised as a "pit bull" during a speech in Georgia earlier this year.ALSO READ: New Harris campaign ad features Kentucky rape survivor who became pregnant at 12"The emails back up previously released emails showing Hancock coordinating with Johnston on two rules passed by the state election board that give county election officials more power to refuse to certify results, as well as ongoing voter purges that Democrats have said are a violation of the National Voter Registration Act," the Guardian writes. "Those emails also show Hancock’s initial response to the letter from Georgia Democrats warning county election officials like himself that they have a legal duty to certify results."In fact, it's not only Democrats who have been warning the Georgia officials about certifying election results. As The Guardian notes, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican deputy to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, warned officials just this week that they could be taken to court for refusal to certify results.Read the full report at this link here.