A former senior prosecutor to special counsel Robert Mueller wants to see more states press charges over the fake electors' conspiracy.
Andrew Weissmann was speaking as a grand jury in Fulton County reconvened to consider if former President Donald Trump acted to overturn the result in Georgia after the 2020 general election, and as special counsel Jack Smith continues his federal probe into attempts to influence the result.
"What we're seeing is a very natural progression of the federal investigation," Weissmann explained on MSNBC Thursday. "For a long time, we focused on Georgia. But a natural question was why would they only focus on that one so-called swing state when there were issues that would appear to be happening in ...Arizona, in New Mexico, in Wisconsin. So, you always expect that there would be this broadening of the investigation to show the full nature of the conspiracy."
Michigan is another state which has started considering possible charges for fake electors.
Weissmann explained that state investigations are important not only because they would generate a "clean criminal case" but, in those states that pressed fake electors, there is a real chance of "clean charges" regarding making false statements and filing paperwork with federal officials to undermine the peaceful transfer of power.
But the other reason he supports state charges is that a future president can't pardon himself from convictions.
"You need to show they didn't have any legal basis and, as Tim pointed out, that there were no facts," Weissmann continued. "Still, to this day, there are no facts. To make a charge that's filing a false statement and a conspiracy to do the same, this is all sort of a natural progression that you see at the federal level.
"...Those state cases, if they are brought, are ones that will not be subject to a federal pardon if Donald Trump or an ally wins the White House. So, what we're hearing being done by the states is extremely important."
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