Christina Bobb (born November 4, 1982) is an American lawyer, television personality and Republican Party official. She gained prominence for her television promotion of president

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and involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and promotion of the

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that the election had been stolen from Trump by fraud. She was involved in the

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. Prior to working as a Trump attorney, she was an executive secretary for the

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and in 2020 became an anchor at One America News Network, a

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cable channel. The

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named Bobb to lead its election integrity program in March 2024. Bobb and seventeen other Arizona Republicans and Trump associates were indicted in April 2024 for their alleged involvement in the

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to subvert the 2020 presidential election.

Early life and education

Bobb was born in

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as the younger of two girls. She attended high school in

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, graduating early to attend the

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. She was a member of the UA Wildcats soccer team in 2000 and 2001 as a reserve goalkeeper, before transferring to Texas Christian University. She played goalkeeper for TCU's Horned Frogs in 2002. According to her

(DHS) biography, Bobb was admitted to the

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in 2008 after studying at the

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, and earned a master's degree in national security law from

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prior to serving in the

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as a

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Career

Bobb completed

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in August 2009 and was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps as a second lieutenant. She then completed

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in May 2010 and then went on to the Naval Justice School. She subsequently served as a

, where among other duties, she provided legal advice to military commanders in Afghanistan's

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. Bobb left the Marine Corps two years later. In 2014, Bobb ran for Congress as an independent in California's 53rd district. She came in last among the eight candidates in the blanket primary, with just 929 out of 88,953 votes. According to the

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, Bobb filed no paperwork with it, which is required if a candidate spends or raises over $5,000 in campaign activity. In 2018, Bobb started working as an executive secretary for the DHS. According to her former boss Miles Taylor, Bobb clashed with DHS officials by weighing in on issues such as

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, which were viewed as repeated efforts to exceed her mandate. Some DHS officials expressed concern about trusting Bobb with certain types of classified information due to her being "mega

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One America News Network

In June 2020, Bobb was hired by One America News Network (OANN), a

cable channel that is known for promoting falsehoods and

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. She first covered the White House and then hosted ''Weekly Briefing with Christina Bobb'', a weekend political talk show. ''

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'' reported that Bobb "emerged as one of rump'struest of true believers, embracing conspiracy theories with a fervor that has at times seemed over the top even to her colleagues." Trump himself believed Bobb was too flattering of him during some interviews. After the 2020 presidential election, Bobb promoted Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud and volunteered for Trump's legal team while also reporting for OANN.

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said in an October 2021 deposition that Bobb had to run stories she developed past the Trump campaign so that they "didn't violate any of our rules or whatever". On OANN, Bobb promoted the Republican 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit that sought to find evidence of election fraud against Trump. Arizona Republicans granted OANN exclusive rights to livestream the proceedings. Bobb hosted a February 2021 program named "The Arizona Election Heist" which contained numerous false or dubious allegations of election fraud. Bobb and OANN colleague Chanel Rion co-founded a nonprofit organization that raised $605,000 to support the audit. The organization also provided volunteers for the audit effort, which ultimately found no evidence of fraud. In August 2021, Bobb and Rion were named in a $1.6 billion

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lawsuit by

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against OANN for promoting false claims that the company had engaged in election fraud. According to the company's complaint, Bobb joined Rion in "falsely accusing Dominion of rigging the election and stealing it from Trump" while "simultaneously and covertly moonlighting as a Trump campaign advisor". Some of Bobb's on-air segments were also referenced in a similar lawsuit filed by

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against OANN. In March 2022, Bobb announced she would be leaving OANN to work for Trump's

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. Since May 2022 she has covered Trump rallies for the pro-Trump Right Side Broadcasting Network.

Involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election

Bobb was present in the

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"command center" where top Trump associates worked to prevent

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's election from being certified on January 6, 2021. ''

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'' reported in January 2022 that Bobb worked with

and other Trump campaign officials in December 2020 to execute a plan for Republicans in seven states to create fraudulent certificates of ascertainment to falsely assert Trump had been reelected. In July 2022, ''

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'' acquired an email that Bobb sent on December 13, 2020, to several Trump attorneys and allies, the day before electors met across the country to certify their states' election results. It discussed how the Trump campaign director of election day operations Mike Roman had spoken with teams in seven states Biden had won who were focused on the effort to appoint false electors. Roman reported developments to Bobb, who then relayed them to recipients that included Giuliani, Jenna Ellis,

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and one-time Trump attorneys Joe diGenova and his wife Victoria Toensing. Bobb discussed difficulties false electors were having in gaining access to state buildings where they could convene. She alleged that "Democrats are voting by Zoom" and that "Dems getting a police escort to cast ballots" by 200 Michigan state police officers. By March 2023, prosecutors for the Georgia election racketeering prosecution that later indicted Trump, Giuliani, Ellis, Roman and fifteen others sought to interview Bobb, but her attorney John Lauro indicated she would decline. On April 24, 2024, Bobb and seventeen others were indicted on nine felony counts each of fraud, forgery and conspiracy in connection with the 2020 Arizona fake electors plot that attempted to reverse Trump's 2020 presidential election loss in Arizona. On May 21, 2024, Bobb and 10 others pled not guilty after being arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court. However, Bobb was among five of these eleven defendants who appeared virtually rather than in-person.

Trump's handling of classified documents

On May 11, 2022, the DOJ

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ed Trump for "any and all documents or writings in the custody or control of Donald J. Trump and/or the Office of Donald J. Trump bearing classification markings". Investigators from the DOJ and the FBI met with Trump's attorneys at

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on June 3 about the classified material that was subpoenaed on May 11. During this meeting, Bobb, who was Trump's custodian of records, gave the DOJ a signed declaration that had been drafted by Evan Corcoran, attesting that all classified material had been returned. As it turned out, the declaration had been drafted by Corcoran and handed to Bobb, who insisted on adding caveats because she had not done the search herself. Two months later, after the falsehood came to light, ''

'' reported that the signed declaration possibly indicated that Trump's legal team had not been forthright with federal investigators about the material. As of September 16, 2022, investigators had not decided whether to pursue a criminal inquiry against Bobb and Corcoran. In October 2022, multiple news agencies reported that Bobb was speaking with federal investigators in connection to the Mar-a-Lago probe. According to Bobb, Corcoran told her that he had conducted a thorough search of Mar-a-Lago before asking her to certify that all of the requested records had been returned. In February 2023, Bobb testified before a grand jury in connection with the investigation.

Republican National Committee

The Republican National Committee voted to name Trump loyalists Michael Whatley and Lara Trump to lead the organization on March 8, 2024. After dozens of employees were quickly discharged, Bobb was named senior counsel for election integrity on March 12. ''The Washington Post'' reported after Bobb's April 2024 indictment that she was not likely to leave her RNC position, but rather her indictment "solidifies her identity as a dedicated Trump loyalist who fiercely fought to reverse his loss in the politically competitive state and potentially elevates her role within the RNC to help him win in November." Weeks before the 2024 election, Bobb said during a podcast that she believed the political left was "evil" and "demonic" and sought to "normalize pedophilia." She continued, "I think there's a lot of weird, weird things going on behind the scenes that we probably can't see," adding, "I hope they all break the surface so that we just get this cleansing in our nation and we can clean out the filth."

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