Rick Wilson: Apology Letters by Powell, Chesebro Are ‘Perfunctory,’ Like Trump Was over Their Shoulders While It Was Being Written

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WILSON: "Well, I think Melissa’s point that they were perfunctory is very well taken. They have kind of felt like the, 'I’m sorry if you were offended we tried to overthrow the United States government and a free and fair election.' I actually think that all of these people wrote these letters thinking about Donald Trump looking over their shoulder. They were doing the bare minimum in a situation where they should have been more open, honest, and direct about the level of what they did and the transgression they made on our democratic principles. But, look, I am happy that they are being held to account. I hope that the plea deals are structured in a such a way where they are very much mandated to be front and center as the case rolls forward, as witnesses, as full cooperators. I hope they do not get any slack or any degree of, 'Okay, you have written your two-line apology, now go on your way and say no more.'"