Whatley, a veteran GOP campaign operative who served in the administration of President George W. Bush, is reportedto have won Trump’s support because he backs Donald Trump’s baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen through widespread voter fraud. Last year, Trump endorsedWhatley, who is currently the RNC’s general counsel, to be the organization’s co-chair.
Whatley spoke at a 2022 conference aimed at rooting out voter fraud and organized by the North Carolina Election Integrity Team, the group’s founder, Jim Womack, told States Newsroom.
Mitchell, who is based in North Carolina, was closely involved in Trump’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election, including participating in the December 2020 phone call on which Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes he needed to win the state.
A special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia recommended indicting Mitchell, but she was not charged.