Overstock's former CEO tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election, meets with Jan. 6 committee

Everyone knows about MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. The "MyPillow Guy" got his own company's account banned for trying to spread misinformation about fraud in the 2020 presidential election after he supported Donald Trump.

In Trump's attempt to overturn his loss in the election, many corporate CEOs went to bat for him.

At the latest committee hearing last Tuesday, it was revealed that Patrick Byrne was involved in discussions with Trump and his administration on how to overturn the election.

According to CNN, the former head of the e-commerce giant testified to the House select committee on Friday.

The revelation of the former CEO's involvement in Trump's attempts to overturn the election led to the release of a statement by Overstock.

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While he was CEO, he took part in wild conspiratorial claims that he had a relationship with Overstock. The conspiratorial statement about the "deep state" and supposed political espionage that was being conducted by the Obama administration against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was released in an official Overstock press release. There is a press release on the official website of Overstock.com.

After the press release was published, it was revealed that he was in a relationship with a Russian spy. He resigned as the CEO of Overstock.

A major focus of the committee has been the White House meeting attended by Byrne. Michael Flynn and his lawyer Sidney Powell were also in attendance. The meeting focused on ways to overturn the election results in Trump's favor and also discussed how to prevent Biden from being president. Seizure of voting machines was one of the possibilities discussed. A former White House aide said the meeting was "unhinged" because of the arguments over how to subvert democracy.

After meeting with Flynn, Powell, and others, Trump called on his followers to attend a protest in DC.

In the early hours of December 19th, Trump claimed that it was "Statistically impossible" to lose the 2020 election. There was a big protest in D.C. Be there and you will be crazy!

A few weeks after the election, supporters of Trumpstormed the Capitol building to try and overturn the results.