The e-mail, despatched on Dec. 7, 2020, and reviewed by The New York Occasions, was from Mr. Epshteyn to Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Giuliani’s son, Andrew, and had the topic line, “Attorneys for Electors Memo.” It says, “Pricey Mayor, As mentioned, beneath are the attorneys I might suggest for the memo on selecting electors,” and it goes on to determine attorneys in seven states.
Paragraph 57 of the indictment says that co-conspirator 1, Mr. Giuliani, “spoke with co-conspirator 6 concerning attorneys who may help within the fraudulent elector effort within the focused states” and acquired an electronic mail from co-conspirator 6 “figuring out attorneys in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.”
These are the seven states within the electronic mail that Mr. Epshteyn despatched to Mr. Giuliani and that was reviewed by The Occasions. The existence of the e-mail from Mr. Epshteyn doesn’t remove the likelihood that another person despatched Mr. Giuliani the same notice.
Todd Blanche, a lawyer for Mr. Epshteyn, declined to remark, as did Peter Carr, a spokesman for the particular counsel Jack Smith. Mr. Blanche additionally represents Mr. Trump within the two federal indictments in opposition to him.
The indictment additionally says co-conspirator 6 participated in a convention name organized by Mr. Trump’s marketing campaign with pro-Trump electors in Pennsylvania, a state received by Joseph R. Biden Jr. When the electors expressed concern about going together with the plan, co-conspirator 1, Mr. Giuliani, “falsely assured them that their certificates can be used provided that” Mr. Trump succeeded in combating the election in courtroom, in response to the indictment.