All posts tagged "Fake Electors"

A judge in Arizona has set a criminal trial date for January 2026 for allies of former President Donald Trump who were accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The case involves several defendants including conservative attorney John Eastman and Republicans who served as "fake electors." CNN reported Eastman and others appeared in court Monday for a hearing. Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani joined the hearing virtually, according to CNN.

Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen said he wanted to set a trial date that allowed the defense to review evidence and interview about 80 witnesses that prosecutors plan to call....

Last week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes teased that one of the 11 "fake electors" charged in the scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election would flip in a deal with prosecutors. On Tuesday, that elector appeared to be revealed.

Loraine Pellegrino, the former president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for reduced charges in the case, according to Politico's Kyle Cheney.

As part of the agreement for unsupervised probation, Pellegrino is to agree to several conditions including paying restitution, a prohibition on possessing guns, and completing substance abuse treatment....

One of the "fake electors" indicted in Arizona for the plot to overturn the election results in that state has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, state Attorney General Kris Mayes said Friday.

"We are going to have a very significant announcement to make early next week," Mayes told 12 News' "Sunday Square Off." When she was asked if this means one of the electors plans to flip, she said, "I think that's accurate," and added, "We're making progress in the case, and we feel good about the case."

Mayes did not specify which elector is expected to strike a deal....

A new report that shows so-called "fake electors" will head to the Republican National Convention as delegates sparked outrage on social media Wednesday as critics collectively asked, "Do you have no shame?"

Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and Wisconsin — nearly all of which are considered swing states — have all sent "fake electors" and others who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election to represent their state parties at the convention, slated to begin Monday in Milwaukee. That's according to CNN, which said it obtained state party-published lists and other documents.

The individuals have been selected to serve as national committee members, delegates, and alternates, CNN reported, and their goal is to formalize former President Donald Trump’s nomination to the party. Some even face criminal charges for their roles in schemes to overturn President Joe Biden's victory. ...

Charges have been dismissed against six Nevada so-called "fake electors" who were accused of submitting false votes for former President Donald Trump in 2020.

The Clark County judge overseeing the case said it was not the proper jurisdiction to hear the case.

District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus on Friday morning rejected prosecutors’ contention that Clark County was the appropriate county. Defense attorneys had said Carson City would be more appropriate — where the false signing ceremony was held — or in Douglas County, where phony elector documents were mailed from, according to the Nevada Independent. ...

A relatively obscure Wisconsin law could explain why none of the state's 10 so-called "fake electors" have been charged, despite criminal cases being brought across several states.

Three Donald Trump allies were indicted this week on a single felony count on allegations that they plotted to keep former President Donald Trump in office following his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020. The trio charged were Mike Roman, the Trump campaign's head of Election Day operations; attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who last year pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors in a separate 2020 election case in Georgia; and former judge and Trump campaign attorney James Troupis.

But Wisconsin’s 10 fake electors have yet to be charged, and MSNBC legal correspondent and former litigator Lisa Rubin thinks she knows what's behind the feet-dragging....