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Michigan attorney general charges fake Trump electors over alleged 2020 election crimes

Source: CNBC

Michigan’s attorney general on Tuesday criminally charged 16 so-called “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump, accusing them of a fraudulent effort to reverse President Joe Biden’s victory in the state’s 2020 election.

The 16 people each face eight charges, including election law forgery, uttering and publishing and conspiracy, state Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a video announcement. Nessel called the alleged plan “an effort to undermine democracy.” Several of the accused are active in Republican politics.

The case is the first time that any members of fake Electoral College slates for Trump have been criminally charged. Nessel’s announcement also came hours after Trump said that Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith has designated him a target in a federal criminal probe of attempts to undo the ex-president’s loss in 2020.

Smith’s investigation is focused on, among other things, the attempted use of fake Electoral College slates to thwart Biden’s victory.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/fake-trump-electors-charged-with-michigan-election-crimes.html
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