Mike Roman
American political operative / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Roman is an American political operative and opposition researcher.[1][2] Roman was a staffer for President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018.[1][3] He subsequently worked for the Trump 2020 campaign as director of election day operations.[4] Prior to working for Trump, Roman ran an in-house intelligence unit for the Koch brothers.[4]
Michael A Roman | |
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Special Assistant to the President and Director of Special Projects and Research | |
In office January 20, 2017 ā April 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Personal details | |
Born | (1972-12-07) December 7, 1972 (age 51) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Political party | Republican |
Roman has a history of making misleading and unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud.[4][5] On Election Day in 2020, he posted baseless and deceptive claims of voter fraud.[6] He delivered the list of false electors for Michigan and Wisconsin to US Representative Mike Kelly who provided them to US Senator Ron Johnson. Staff of Ron Johnson tried to get these lists to Vice President Mike Pence before the count of the electoral votes on January 6, 2021.[7]
On September 12, 2022, the New York Times reported that agents of the U.S. Justice Department seized Roman's cell phone in conjunction with 40 subpoenas issued in the investigation of the false electors. CNN reported in June 2023 that Roman had entered into a proffer agreement with the Smith special counsel investigation.[8] On August 14, 2023, Roman was indicted under RICO charges in Fulton County, Georgia, related to activities attempting to overturn the 2020 election.[9] In April 2024, Roman was indicted by an Arizona grand jury for allegedly participating in attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.[10][11][12]