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Trump repeatedly pressed to 'remove' Biden, 'rescind' 2020 election results, GOP lawmaker says

Politics 17:48 24 Mar, 2022

Rep. Mo Brooks spoke to ABC News after Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement

Trump repeatedly pressed to 'remove' Biden, 'rescind' 2020 election results, GOP lawmaker says

Former President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama to "rescind" the 2020 election results, "remove" President Joe Biden from office and redo the last presidential election in several conversations last year, Brooks told , Qazet.az reports.

"The word he used was 'rescind,'" Brooks said in a phone interview with ABC News, describing what he said Trump first started telling him last September. "We didn't get into the details [of how it would happen] because it's legally impossible. And I explained that fairly promptly."

Brooks first disclosed his conversation with Trump in a statement released after Trump on Wednesday withdrew his endorsement in the Alabama GOP Senate primary.

In his statement, Trump called Brooks "woke" and criticized him for suggesting Republicans move on from the 2020 presidential election.

"Since he decided to go in another direction, so have I," Trump said. "I will be making a new Endorsement in the near future."