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Nevada AG confirms fake Trump electoral certificate is ‘on our radar’ — condemns GOP's 'shocking actions'
January 18, 2022
Nevada is the latest state to confirm a possible criminal investigation into a fake electoral certificate submitted in support of former president Donald Trump in 2020.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, said in a statement Tuesday that his office "has received numerous inquiries" regarding the phony certificate, which reportedly was sent to the National Archives by six of the state's Republican electors.
“While we cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation, rest assured that this matter is on our radar, and we take seriously any efforts to rob Nevadans of their votes,” Ford said. “There has been a sustained effort to invalidate the 2020 election and to downplay the shocking actions that took place afterward. My office cannot and will not accept any efforts to overturn a free and fair election. Voting rights are fundamental to our democratic republic, and we will continue to protect them.”
According to Las Vegas' Channel 8, which obtained a copy of the fake certificate, the six GOP electors "signed paperwork signaling their support for Trump in a symbolic ceremony devoid of any legal merit which was held in Carson City and coincided with the official state-sanctioned tally on Dec. 14, 2020."
"The certificate received by the National Archives looks much different than the official state-sealed one and reads, 'We, the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified electors for president and vice president of the United States of America from the State of Nevada, do hereby certify six electoral votes for Trump,'" the station reports. "In a statement after the event, Nevada GOP chair Michael McDonald said the party’s electors convened in Carson City due to ongoing legal battles seeking to overturn the election results."
The fake certificate reportedly was sent by certified mail to the National Archives from the rural town of Minden, Nevada, arriving on Dec. 22, 2020.
"The Nevada GOP has not responded to repeated requests for comment," the station reports.
Nevada was one of at least seven states where GOP electors submitted fake certificates in support of Trump.
In the past week, attorneys general in Michigan and New Mexico announced they've referred investigations into fake electoral certificates to the Department of Justice.
The other states where Republicans submitted fake electoral certificates were Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
"We don't yet know who provided this assistance and/or created the fake materials for official submission," MSNBC reported Tuesday. "That said, the report out of Lancaster quoted a local GOP official in Pennsylvania who pointed the finger at a Trump campaign lawyer. The Detroit News had a similar report, quoting a Michigan GOP official who also said he'd received guidance from a Trump campaign lawyer."
Statement from @NevadaAG @AaronDFordNV regarding an attempt to award false electoral votes in the 2020 election.pic.twitter.com/c6jY9k6j93— NV Attorney General (@NV Attorney General) 1642555272
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'All roads are pointing towards Trump himself': Legal expert breaks down Jan. 6 Committee's latest moves
January 18, 2022
On Tuesday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former House impeachment counsel Norm Eisen laid out the importance of Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., whose phone records were just obtained by the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
"So Norm, Kimberly Guilfoyle, we just — I showed her briefly there — repeatedly pushed allegations of election fraud from just days after election day to hours before the deadly insurrection," said Erin Burnett. "She became a huge fundraiser for the Stop the Steal... How important is she?"
"She's important, Erin," said Eisen. "What we've seen with the committee's investigation is that they are building a pyramid. At the top of that pyramid is the former President Donald Trump. But with Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was a big part of Stop the Steal, raised money, spoke at the insurrection tailgate on January 6th with Eric Trump, with the Trump lawyers who were brought into it today. All of the roads are pointing towards Donald Trump, himself. She was in that inner circle. She's very important."
Watch below:
Norm Eisen on Kimberly Guilfoyle www.youtube.com
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Jan. 6 committee on verge of obtaining some records Trump tried to shield with executive privilege: report
January 18, 2022
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots is on the verge of obtaining some of the documents that former President Donald Trump tried to shield by invoking executive privilege.
Politico reports that the National Archives plans to hand over four pages of documents the committee has requested, despite the fact that Trump has asked the United States Supreme Court to block the committee from accessing them.
As Politico explains, the documents in question may not be part of the records that courts have ordered to remain sealed until the Supreme Court has delivered a final ruling.
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"Although lower courts — which unanimously ruled against Trump’s effort to keep the pages secret — agreed to keep large swaths of his records secret while he appealed to the Supreme Court, those orders applied to only three tranches of records identified through November," the publication writes. "According to the Justice Department, the fourth tranche, identified by NARA officials in December, was not covered by the lower-court orders."
Trump lawyer's have until 6 p.m. E.T. tomorrow to get a court to intervene and block the release of these documents.
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