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Former North Carolina Chief Justice Advised Trump On Election Overthrow Suit, Memo Says

Mark Martin
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July 19, 2022 9:58 a.m.

It appears that Mark Martin, the former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, advised then-President Donald Trump to have the Justice Department pursue a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election, according to a December 28, 2020 memo recently revealed by The New York Times. 

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