“Mike Lee advised Trump's legal challenges to overturn our election” and “was one of only two senators who was in on the scheme.”
Evan McMullin
2022 independent Utah U.S. Senate candidate. An ad. Claim dated 1 Apr 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Lee advised Trump’s legal team, but he ultimately broke with Trump, concluding there was no evidence for overturning the result of the 2020 presidential election.
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In short
Evan McMullin (2022 independent Utah U.S. Senate candidate) made this claim around 1 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 April 2022, 10 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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