Bannon coordinates with Trump and publicly demands that Pence 'run the play'

Date: 2021-01-05
Entry type: electoral-count-pressure
Current status: Plan failed when Pence refused to delay or reject certified votes

Phone records showed at least two Trump-Bannon calls while Bannon's broadcast amplified the Green Bay Sweep pressure campaign.

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Donald J. Trumpcampaign chief and former White House strategistSteve Bannon
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The January 6 committee found that Bannon spoke with Trump at least twice on January 5, then used his broadcast to berate Pence and demand that he 'run the play.' Navarro described the Green Bay Sweep as a plan in which Pence would delay certification while Bannon used asserted fraud claims. The report concluded the intended end state was to overturn the election result.
- United States Government Publishing Office: Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States CapitolChapter 5, pages 454–456: Trump calls, broadcast statements, Navarro account, and plan end states