(WWJ) – Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is speaking out about some of the threats she received in the wake of the 2020 election, the results of which were contested by former President Donald Trump, who made claims the state’s election results were fraudulently stolen from him. Those accusations, however, ultimately didn’t hold up in court.
Benson, in an interview with NBC News, says she faced an “onslaught of threats” after refusing to overturn the election results.
In the interview with NBC, she says she even got word of claims of treason coming from the White House.
“Even the president himself had called on me to be arrested and tried for treason, potentially executed,” Benson said in the interview.
“It was surreal and I felt sad,” Benson said, recalling her reaction to hearing that, according to the NBC story.
“We should stop expecting that there is a bottom to the lengths that people will go to overturn legitimate election results and seize power in our country,” Benson said.
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A spokesperson for former Trump released a statement to NBC following that interview, saying "I have it on good authority that Secretary Benson knowingly lied throughout her interview with NBC News."
Benson -- a Democrat -- is up for re-election this year. She'll go up against Republican Kristina Karamo, who has been endorsed by Trump.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson -- in an interview with NBC -- spoke about some of the threats she got after the 2020 election.
Benson claims that former President Donald Trump had at one point called on her to be arrested and tried for treason -- even potentially executed:
“We should stop expecting that there is a bottom to the lengths that people will go to overturn legitimate election results and seize power in our country.”
A spokesperson for former President Trump released a statement to NBC following that interview, saying -quote-"I have it on good authority that Secretary Benson knowingly lied throughout her interview with NBC News."
Republican Kristina Karamo -- who has been endorsed by Trump -- is looking to unseat Benson in this November's election.