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deliver” fake elector paperwork "spanned the course of a couple seconds."[130] On the morning of January 6th, Representative Kelly's then-chief of staff texted an aide to the Vice President, Chris Hodgson, about hand-delivering the fake elector votes to the Vice President's team before the joint session, a message that Hodgson ignored: "Just following up-any chance you or someone from your team can meet to take the Michigan and Wisconsin packets."[131]
According to the office of Senator Ron Johnson, Representative Kelly's chief of staff then had a phone call with Senator Johnson's chief of staff at 11:58 a.m. "about how Kelly's office could get us the electors [sic] because they had it."[132] Shortly after 11:30 a.m., the Trump Campaign's lead attorney in Wisconsin had texted Senator Johnson expressing a "[n]eed to get a document on Wisconsin electors to you [for] the VP immediately. Is there a staff person I can talk to immediately."[133] Senator Johnson then put his chief of staff in touch with the campaign to handle the issue.[134]
Shortly afterwards, Senator Johnson's chief of staff texted Hodgson: "[Sen.] Johnson needs to hand something to VPOTUS please advise."[135] When Hodgson asked what it was, the response he got was, "Alternate slate of electors for MI and WI because archivist didn't receive them."[136] Hodgson did not mince words: "Do not give that to him [the Vice President].
