Global InformationMike Roman information
Mike Roman | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Political operative |
| Known for | Campaign and White House aide to Donald Trump, indicted for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. |
| Political party | Republican |
Michael A. Roman is an American Republican political operative and opposition researcher.[1][2] He was director of election day operations for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, and was subsequently involved in Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.[3] He previously worked on Trump's 2016 campaign and served in Trump's White House in 2017 and 2018.[1][4] Prior to joining the Trump campaign, he ran an in-house intelligence unit for the Koch brothers.[3]
Roman has a history of making misleading and unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud,[3][5] and posted baseless and deceptive claims of voter fraud on Election Day 2020.[6] After Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Roman was involved in the plan to produce false electoral votes to challenge the legitimate electoral votes of certain swing states at the January 6 certification. He delivered the false elector paperwork for Michigan and Wisconsin to U.S. representative Mike Kelly who provided them to U.S. senator Ron Johnson. Staff for Ron Johnson then tried to get these lists to Vice President Mike Pence before the count of the electoral votes on January 6, 2021.[7]
On September 12, 2022, The New York Times reported that agents of the U.S. Justice Department seized Roman's cell phone in conjunction with 40 subpoenas issued in the investigation of the false electors.[8] CNN reported in June 2023 that Roman had entered into a proffer agreement with the Smith special counsel investigation.[9] Roman was subsequently indicted by state prosecutors in Georgia,[10][11][12] Arizona,[13][14][15] and Wisconsin.[16][17][18]
- ^ a b Cook, Nancy (February 11, 2018). "The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer's office". Politico.
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- ^ Cook, Nancy (28 April 2018). "Oppo researcher leaves White House". Politico. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Analysis by Marshall Cohen (30 September 2020). "How a false claim about anti-Trump bias at Philadelphia polling places jumped from Twitter to Trump's mouth at the debate". CNN. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ Brandy Zadrozny. "Vote Watch: Conservative media influencers get early start pushing misleading claims about Pennsylvania election". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ Kyle Cheney; Nicholas Wu (July 15, 2022). "Trump campaign operative who delivered Jan. 6 false elector lists is identified". Politico.
- ^ Thrush, Glen; Haberman, Maggie; Goldman, Adam; Feuer, Alan (September 12, 2022). "Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in a Week, Expanding Its Jan. 6 Inquiry". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Zachary Cohen; Kaitlin Collins (June 29, 2023). "Former Trump campaign official cooperating with special counsel in 2020 election interference probe". CNN.
- ^ Schonfeld, Zach; Lee, Ella; Beitsch, Rebecca (15 August 2023). "Meet the 18 people charged with Trump in Georgia indictment". The Hill. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Lynch, Sarah N.; Thomsen, Jacqueline (16 August 2023). "Who are the people indicted with Trump in Georgia election case?". Reuters. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Trump, 18 others indicted for trying to overthrow 2020 Georgia election".
- ^ Sanchez, Yvonne Wingett (2024-04-25). "Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Schutsky, Wayne (26 April 2024). "Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona". NPR. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Trump allies Meadows, Giuliani among 18 indicted in Arizona election interference case". CBC News. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Hannah; Cohen, Zachary (4 June 2024). "Three Trump allies charged in Wisconsin fake elector scheme". CNN. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Bauer, Scott (June 4, 2024). "Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020". Associated Press. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Cheney, Kyle (4 June 2024). "3 Trump operatives charged in Wisconsin for 2020 election gambit". Politico. Retrieved 6 June 2024.