“Ward and Townsend are concerned it could appear treasonous for the AZ electors to vote on Monday if there is no pending court proceeding that might, eventually, lead to the electors being ratified as the legitimate ones,” Kenneth Chesebro, a lawyer working for the Trump campaign, wrote in a Dec. 11, 2020, email to a group of the president’s attorneys. The group included Rudy Giuliani, a key figure in Trump’s efforts to cling to power.
The word “treasonous” was in boldface, the Times reported.
Chesebro sent additional emails to Trump’s legal team saying the Arizona officials worried the fake elector plot could be seen as treason without a lawsuit challenging the election results and seeking to install the alternate electors.