Trump campaign linked to fake electors by Michigan Republicans testifying in court

Donald Trump's presidential campaign on Thursday was linked directly to the so-called "false electors" scheme, which was allegedly part of the former president's effort to subvert the 2020 election.

Trump, who is currently battling criminal cases in connection with his actions surrounding the election that Joe Biden won, has previously been accused of knowing about the overall legal strategies of his team of election lawyers who sought to keep the ex-president in power.

But testimony from local GOPers on Thursday revealed allegations that get into specifics, according to The Detroit News.

"While the Trump campaign has previously been tied to the overall strategy of crafting electoral certificates in seven battleground states, the testimony Thursday described campaign staffers as being involved in recruiting attendees and running the meeting of the false electors in Lansing on Dec. 14, 2020," according to the report. "During that gathering, 16 Republican activists signed a document that was used to claim the then-incumbent Republican president won Michigan's 16 electoral votes."

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The report shows that names were named in the court hearing.

"Tony Zammit, the former communications director for the Michigan Republican Party, testified that it was Shawn Flynn, a lawyer for Trump's campaign in Michigan, who gaveled in the meeting in the basement of party headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020," the article states. "Zammit, who was in the building at the time but not present for the entire meeting, said he thought Flynn had taken advantage of the Republicans who participated in signing the document. 'I thought they were going along with what the lawyers were telling them,' he said."

The outlet goes on to explain the importance of Zammit's comments.

"Zammit's remarks could be key because prosecutors must eventually prove the Republicans who signed the false electoral certificate had an 'intent to defraud,' a standard that could be more difficult to reach if lawyers working for Trump were indeed directing the Michigan Republicans to take the actions they did or if the Republican activists didn't understand what they were signing," the article says.

Read the full piece here.