Andrew Hitt was one of the Republicans nominated to be an elector if Trump won in Wisconsin. After Biden won, Hitt says, the state GOP’s outside legal counsel advised the GOP electors to meet and, as a contingency, sign a document stating Trump won. cbsn.ws/3uGA4lt

'It was not a safe time,' former Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt said. 'If my lawyer is right, and the whole reason Trump loses Wisconsin is because of me, I would be scared to death.' cbsn.ws/49FqUEM

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Republicans in seven states won by Joe Biden cast fake electoral votes for Donald Trump. Sunday, Anderson Cooper interviews Andrew Hitt, who claims he and his fellow fake electors in Wisconsin were tricked into signing the documents. 60Minutes.com

Sunday on 60 Minutes:

⏱️ CRISIS IN THE RED SEA: Houthi militia launch strikes against commercial and U.S. Navy ships

⏱️ FAKE ELECTORS: Fake elector says he was tricked into signing a phony document

⏱️ FINDING CILLIAN MURPHY: One-on-one with the “Oppenheimer” star

Two days before the Jan. 6 insurrection, former GOP staffer Alesha Guenther says she was asked to fly to Washington with a fake electoral certificate that falsely claimed Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2020. This Sunday, she sits down with Anderson Cooper.

In seven states that Joe Biden won, GOP electors signed fake electoral certificates for Donald Trump. Federal prosecutors say it was part of an alleged plan to overturn the 2020 election, orchestrated by pro-Trump attorneys with Trump’s support. Sunday. 60Minutes.com

A Wisconsin GOP elector explains why he signed a fake electoral certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election. 60 Minutes’ Anderson Cooper reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com

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Shaun Richards was the lead FBI agent on one of the biggest horse doping investigations in U.S. history. Incriminating wiretaps helped crack the case – convicting 29 veterinarians, horse trainers, and drug distributors. cbsn.ws/47cWDfI

“It's completely wrong, to pump these horses full of stuff that you don't know what's in ‘em for, you know, a potential chance to win at a higher rate, it's disgusting behavior,” says the FBI’s Shaun Richards. cbsn.ws/3Sy7so1

Prosecutors say horse trainers were exposed on wiretaps:

- “We can’t do it in broad daylight.”
- “People see that s*** we are dead.”
- “You know how many f****** horses he f****** killed.”

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“You would see horses that were going a certain speed, and then the new trainer would take over, and the next week the horse would be two seconds faster… It's impossible,” says racetrack operator Jeff Gural. cbsn.ws/49zHk2g

The horse X Y Jet won a $1.5 million prize for a race in Dubai, and was given 50 injections of banned drugs, according to a trainer’s statements found in an indictment. The next year, the trainer said, the horse died from a heart attack. cbsn.ws/4714lt7

Prosecutors say top-earning horse trainer Jorge Navarro’s reputation for doping horses was such an open secret that he went by the nickname “The Juice Man.” cbsn.ws/3QIPAEy

According to the indictments, veterinarians and trainers plotted to give horses banned substances to make them run faster — including the same kind of drugs used by Lance Armstrong, and painkillers to dull nerves so the horses could run through injuries. cbsn.ws/3QVla1Z

Doping is “a big problem” in horse racing, says Stuart Janney, the chairman of The Jockey Club, a nonprofit that registers thoroughbred horses. cbsn.ws/3u9N3eJ