‘Giuliani Texted His Plan to Steal the Election to a Wrong Number’: Embarrassing Accusations Surface In the Criminal Case Against Donald Trump

Rudy Giuliani’s tech mishaps and awkward butt dials have long astonished the country, but the news this week was especially dumbfounding. The former New York City mayor allegedly tried to text a group of influential Michigan lawmakers, urging them to overturn the 2020 election result, but he got the wrong number. On Oct. 2, the Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Jack Smith outlined the expansive criminal case against Donald Trump, providing the most thorough account of the former President’s “increasingly desperate efforts” to overturn the 2020 election results to date. UNITED STATES – JULY 10: Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee in Cannon Building titled “Assessing Attacks on the Homeland: From Fort Hood to Boston.” (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) The alleged gaffe by Giuliani was among the bombshells in the 165-page briefing filed with the court in Washington, D.C. Though Giuliani was not identified by name, he is widely presumed to be “co-conspirator 1.” “On December 7, CC1 attempted to send P37 a message (though failed because he typed the wrong number into his phone),” the document read. It’s unclear who the message went to or if “CC1” knew...