The New York Times confirmed Friday that a PowerPoint circulating online this week is similar to the one MarkMeadows gave to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack.
The committee was put at risk of being held in contempt of Congress by the man who served in the White House, MarkMeadows, after he announced that he was no longer cooperating with the investigation.
The document titled "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 January" was shared on the social networking site. After Joe Biden's victory, Donald Trump and his allies shared many false claims about voter fraud and election irregularity with the public.
The presentation included recommendations on how to change the election outcome, including declaring a national security emergency, throwing out all electronic voting, and having Vice President Mike Pence personally select Republican electors.
The presentation that was being shared online was similar to the one that Meadows gave to the committee. It's not clear how the two different versions differed.
When Insider reached out on Thursday, Phil Waldron, a retired Army colonel who was said to be the one circulating the presentation, did not respond.
He told The Times on Friday that he sent the presentation to Trump allies before the January 6 insurrection and that one of his associates may have sent it to Meadows. The document was not clear who created it.
George J. Terwilliger III did not respond to Insider's request for comment. He told The Times that the former chief of staff did not do anything with the presentation after it was sent to him, and that they gave it to the January 6 committee because it wasn't privileged.
The document, or apparent versions of the presentation, have been shared publicly online before, including by Fox News's Larragano on January 5, and other proponents of challenges to the 2020 election.
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