Thirteen 2020 fake electors will cast real Electoral College votes for Trump on Tuesday
CNNWashington CNN — Thirteen Republicans who participated in the 2020 fake electors plot, including some who are facing criminal charges, will cast real Electoral College votes Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump, as electors in the states finalize his victory. Their role in the 2024 process, Sherman said, “is yet another chilling reminder that, despite the prosecutions of many individuals who stormed the Capitol on January 6,, nearly every federal government institution failed to hold Donald Trump and his allies accountable for illegally attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.” In Michigan, the six fake-turned-real electors are former state GOP co-chair Meshawn Maddock; Marian Sheridan and Amy Facchinello, who have both been local party officials; John Haggard and Timothy King, who were plaintiffs in a frivolous lawsuit that tried to overturn the state’s 2020 election results; and dairy farmer Hank Choate. They failed, and it’s time to take the loss and let this go.” When emailed for comment, Haggard sent an automatic reply that said he was heading to Lansing to cast his electoral vote for Trump and that solicited donations to cover legal bills, saying, “SEND ME SOME MONEY.” In Nevada, the fake-turned-real electors are state GOP chair Michael McDonald and Jesse Law, the GOP chair in Clark County, home to 70% of the state’s population. The five fake-turned-real electors in Pennsylvania are Bill Bachenberg, a GOP donor who has been tied to efforts in multiple states to breach election systems after 2020 in hopes of proving Trump’s fraud claims; state GOP vice chair Bernadette Comfort; and Ash Khare, Patricia Poprik and Andrew Reilly, who have been local GOP officials.