NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Donald Trump's former adviser Jason Miller told the Jan. 6 committee in pre-taped testimony that aired Monday that the president's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was "definitely intoxicated" on Election Night while trying to convince him to publicly -- and falsely -- claim he won.
Giuliani consulted Trump on how to address the country and to “just claim he won” on Election Night before hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots were even counted, according to Miller's testimony.
“The mayor was definitely intoxicated,” Miller said in previously taped testimony. “I’m not sure about his level of intoxication when he talked to the president.”
Trump went ahead and addressed the nation on Nov. 8, 2020, falsely declaring he won.
Trump's campaign manager Bill Stepien and Miller told the committee that they met Giuliani before he spoke to Trump that night.
“Trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on Election Night, and instead followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani, to just claim that he won,” said Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said during her opening statement.
Both Miller and Stepien explained to the panel that they tried to urge Trump to hold off from claiming victory as they knew there would be ballots still counting the following days.
Ivanka Trump, Trump’s daughter and adviser, also tried to convince him otherwise. “It was becoming clear the race would not be called on Election Night,” she said.
“The president disagreed,” Stepien said. “He thought I was wrong... and he told me so.”
The congressional panel took his speech on Election Night as the launch of his lies about the election being stolen from him, a lie that led to the attack on the Capitol on Jan.6.
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