GOP Probes 2020 Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel
2 months ago

GOP Probes 2020 Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel

CNN  

House Republicans have hired two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake elector scheme to serve on their election law committee. The committee, which has broad jurisdiction over national elections, is expected to play a significant role in the post-election landscape when Congress returns in November. The hiring of these individuals indicates that the GOP is prepared to challenge a potential defeat in the 2024 presidential election.

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Thirteen 2020 fake electors will cast real Electoral College votes for Trump on Tuesday
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1 week ago

Thirteen 2020 fake electors will cast real Electoral College votes for Trump on Tuesday

CNN  

Washington 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 …

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges
1 week ago

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges

NPR  

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are set to cast their states' Electoral College votes Tuesday while still dealing with felony charges stemming from the last presidential race. Eight of this year's designated Republican presidential electors in Michigan and …

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
1 week, 3 days ago

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground’s 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state’s fake electors case had been revived in Carson City, the capital, where he filed a new complaint this …

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.
1 week, 6 days ago

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.

Politico  

The two most broad and perilous cases, in Arizona and Georgia, allege Trump helped direct a sweeping plot to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. In April, a grand jury indicted 18 people, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Rudy Giuliani and longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn, who is playing a central role in shaping Trump’s incoming administration. Already, …

Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
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1 month, 1 week ago

Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge recused himself Tuesday from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency. Lawyers for Republican state Sen. Jake Hoffman, who faces nine felony charges in the case, sought the judge’s removal, arguing Cohen …

Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds

Politico  

All told, at least 1 in 5 prospective Trump electors from battleground states this year had some connection to the scheme to overturn the 2020 election. There’s little reason to believe that Trump or his allies would attempt to reenact the false elector scheme, given the prolonged criminal proceedings against the fake electors and the maturation of the “Stop the …

GOP Probes Trump's Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel
2 months ago

GOP Probes Trump's Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel

CNN  

House Republicans have hired two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake elector scheme to serve on their Election Integrity Committee. The committee, which has broad jurisdiction over national elections, is tasked with ensuring the integrity of the 2024 presidential election. The hiring of these individuals indicates that the GOP is prepared to take center stage in …

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report
2 months ago

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report

Raw Story  

More than a dozen Republicans who served as "fake electors" in 2020, including some who are facing criminal charges, are reportedly serving as official Donald Trump electors in battleground states this year, while another 16 electors from those states say president Joe Biden's election win was fraudulent. Altogether, election deniers and fake electors make up more than a third of …

Rudy Giuliani texted 2020 "fake electors" plot to the wrong number
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rudy Giuliani texted 2020 "fake electors" plot to the wrong number

Salon  

The 2020 fake electors plot failed in part because Rudy Giuliani texted the wrong number, according to the recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith, The Guardian reported. At the time, Giuliani tried to persuade Republican officials in swing states where Trump lost to submit fake, alternate slates of electors so that the current Republican nominee could claim victory. …

Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fails in bid to get election interference case moved
3 months ago

Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fails in bid to get election interference case moved

The Independent  

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Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court
3 months, 1 week ago

Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court. In a decision Monday, U.S. District Judge John Tuchi said Meadows missed …

Defense attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case call prosecutors politically motivated
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Defense attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case call prosecutors politically motivated

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Attorneys representing Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona argued Tuesday that prosecutors were politically motivated in seeking a grand jury indictment against their clients. Defense lawyers argued that Democratic state Attorney General Kris Mayes tried to use the indictment to silence their clients’ constitutionally protected speech about the 2020 …

Rudy Giuliani did nothing illegal in Arizona’s fake elector case, his lawyer says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rudy Giuliani did nothing illegal in Arizona’s fake elector case, his lawyer says

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the charges against his client in Arizona’s fake elector case should be thrown out because Giuliani did nothing criminal in contesting Joe Biden’s narrow 2020 victory in the state over Donald Trump. “How is he to know that that’s a crime?” Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen is hearing …

Mark Meadows tries to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court
4 months, 1 week ago

Mark Meadows tries to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows wants to move his charges in Arizona’s fake electors case to federal court, just as he unsuccessfully tried to do last year in an election subversion case in Georgia. In a court filing made available on Wednesday, attorneys representing Meadows in Arizona asked a federal judge to move the …

Arizona grand jurors wanted to indict Trump over fake electors scheme but prosecutors urged them not to - with a PowerPoint
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona grand jurors wanted to indict Trump over fake electors scheme but prosecutors urged them not to - with a PowerPoint

The Independent  

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Republican activist becomes first person to be convicted in Arizona’s fake elector case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican activist becomes first person to be convicted in Arizona’s fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A Republican activist who signed a document falsely claiming Donald Trump had won Arizona in 2020 became the first person to be convicted in the state’s fake elector case. Loraine Pellegrino, a past president of the group Ahwatukee Republican Women, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of filing a false document, Arizona Attorney General’s Office spokesperson Richie …

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election

Raw Story  

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. 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, …

Ex-Trump attorney agrees to cooperate in Arizona fake electors probe
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Trump attorney agrees to cooperate in Arizona fake electors probe

Raw Story  

Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for Donald Trump, has reportedly agreed to cooperate in an Arizona case against so-called fake electors who plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. On Monday, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that Ellis had entered a cooperation agreement in the case. "Jenna Ellis signed the agreement earlier this morning," Mayes' office said …

Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case, the state attorney general’s office announced Monday. Seventeen other people charged in the case have pleaded not guilty to the felony charges — …

Arizona attorney general: First 'fake elector' agreed to flip in MAGA election plot case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Arizona attorney general: First 'fake elector' agreed to flip in MAGA election plot case

Raw Story  

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. Eleven people in Arizona falsely signed paperwork claiming to be electors on behalf of former President Donald Trump following President Joe Biden's narrow win in 2020. The Georgia …

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada
6 months ago

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada

The Independent  

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Fake electors case dismissed against 6 Nevada Republicans
6 months ago

Fake electors case dismissed against 6 Nevada Republicans

Raw Story  

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. 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 …

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case
6 months ago

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Lawyers Boris Epshteyn and Jenna Ellis and former U.S. Senate candidate James Lamon have pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges in a case about trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s Arizona election loss to Joe Biden. Epshteyn, a Trump adviser, is accused of assisting Giuliani in carrying out the scheme to submit fake electors for Trump …

Arizona state senator pleads not guilty in fake electors case
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona state senator pleads not guilty in fake electors case

CNN  

CNN — Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman on Thursday pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges related to the Republican lawmaker’s alleged role in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results. Hoffman sent a two-page letter to Vice President Mike Pence on January 5, 2021, asking him to order that Arizona’s electors not be decided by the popular vote …

Arizona Republicans charged in 'fake electors' case can't afford lawyers: reports
7 months ago

Arizona Republicans charged in 'fake electors' case can't afford lawyers: reports

Raw Story  

Several Republicans charged in the Arizona fake electors case are unable to afford legal counsel, according to a new report. According to KPNX's Brahm Resnik, one of those fake electors is Greg Safsten, the former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, who told the judge presiding over his case he was indigent and was given a public defender. Among …

Giuliani is served with indictment in Arizona fake electors case
7 months ago

Giuliani is served with indictment in Arizona fake electors case

LA Times  

Former Mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani was among those indicted in April in an Arizona election interference case. Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in …

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The chief of staff for former President Donald Trump faces the same conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges as the other named defendants in Arizona’s fake elector case, the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday. He previously referred to the Arizona indictment as a “blatantly political and politicized accusation and will be contested and defeated.” With the indictments, Arizona …

Who are the 18 indicted co-conspirators in the Arizona fake electors’ scheme?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Who are the 18 indicted co-conspirators in the Arizona fake electors’ scheme?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The indictment states that she arranged “the fake …

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case, but the names of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani remained blacked out. The Arizona attorney general’s office released a copy of the indictment that revealed nine …

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona
7 months, 4 weeks ago

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona

NPR  

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona An Arizona grand jury has indicted a group of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. CHANG: OK. SCHUTSKY: The 11 that were named are the so-called fake electors, the folks who, like some in …

Arizona prosecutors charge 11 fake Trump electors for alleged 2020 election subversion
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Arizona prosecutors charge 11 fake Trump electors for alleged 2020 election subversion

Raw Story  

Former Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward is among 11 individuals who have been charged in connection with alleged 2020 election subversion, according to a reporter. Kyle Cheney of Politico flagged the filing on social media on Wednesday, saying, "Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election." She did not withdraw her …

Election interference case: Arizona indicts 18, including Giuliani and Meadows
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Election interference case: Arizona indicts 18, including Giuliani and Meadows

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. “It’s too important.” Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows Eighteen people …

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona
8 months ago

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

NPR  

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted a slew of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. The indictment also cites five …

Arizona indicts Meadows, Giuliani, 16 others in 2020 election fraud case
8 months ago

Arizona indicts Meadows, Giuliani, 16 others in 2020 election fraud case

LA Times  

Mark Meadows was described in the Arizona indictment only as former President Trump’s “chief of staff in 2020.” An Arizona grand jury has indicted Mark Meadows, who served as former President Trump’s chief of staff, and former Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment says that when he was unable to …

Arizona grand jury subpoenas Trump supporters who tried to overturn the election with false paperwork saying he beat Joe Biden
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Arizona grand jury subpoenas Trump supporters who tried to overturn the election with false paperwork saying he beat Joe Biden

Daily Mail  

An Arizona grand jury has sent out subpoenas to alleged participants in a version of the 'fake electors scheme' in the state –the latest iteration of a multi-state conspiracy probe springing from the effort to overturn the 2020 election results. An Arizona grand jury has sent out subpoenas to alleged participants in a version of the 'fake electors scheme', amid …

Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC ahead of Jan 6, report says
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC ahead of Jan 6, report says

The Independent  

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Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run
1 year ago

Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run

Associated Press  

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Nearly two years after he signed documents attempting to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in Nevada, Jim Hindle thanked everyone gathered in a historic Nevada boomtown’s commission chambers and asked them to bear with him while he learned how to oversee elections in rural Storey County. But Hindle’s tenure in the heavily Republican county is part …

Trump Says Nevada Fake Electors Treated 'Unfairly' During Rally In Reno
1 year ago

Trump Says Nevada Fake Electors Treated 'Unfairly' During Rally In Reno

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RENO, Nev. — Former President Donald Trump called out three of Nevada’s fake electors Sunday, saying they’re being treated unfairly less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be arraigned for signing certificates falsely stating Trump won the state in 2020. “A tremendous man, tremendous guy, gets treated so unfairly and he loves this country and …

Trump says Nevada fake electors treated ‘unfairly’ during rally in Reno
1 year ago

Trump says Nevada fake electors treated ‘unfairly’ during rally in Reno

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Former President Donald Trump called out three of Nevada’s fake electors Sunday, saying they’re being treated unfairly less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be arraigned for signing certificates falsely stating Trump won the state in 2020. “A tremendous man, tremendous guy, gets treated so unfairly and he loves this country and he loves this …

Former Michigan GOP spokesperson testifies fake elector defendants were misled
1 year ago

Former Michigan GOP spokesperson testifies fake elector defendants were misled

Associated Press  

A former communications director for the Michigan GOP testified Thursday that he believes an attorney for then-President Donald Trump’s campaign “took advantage” of some of the 15 Republicans who face forgery and another charges for allegedly serving as false electors. Investigators have said the group signed a document during a meeting at the Michigan Republican headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020, …

Six Republicans in Nevada charged in fake elector scheme to overturn Trump’s loss
1 year ago

Six Republicans in Nevada charged in fake elector scheme to overturn Trump’s loss

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford announced felony charges on Wednesday, marking another round …

What are fake electors? How the scheme to give Trump the 2020 election was supposed to work.
1 year, 5 months ago

What are fake electors? How the scheme to give Trump the 2020 election was supposed to work.

Slate  

You may be hearing the phrase “fake electors scheme” a lot lately—in fact, just this week, 16 people in Michigan were charged with a slew of felonies because of it. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel testified before the Jan. 6 Commission that Trump called her asking for the RNC’s help in gathering pro-Trump electors across the country. Although many …

Michigan AG charges participants in 2020 fake elector plot
1 year, 5 months ago

Michigan AG charges participants in 2020 fake elector plot

CNN  

CNN — Sixteen fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election have been charged with multiple felonies, state Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Part of a bigger plan Michigan was one of the seven battleground states where the Trump campaign put forward slates of “fake electors” as part of their plan …

GOP Georgia chair: Trump's lawyers advised me to stand as fake elector
1 year, 7 months ago

GOP Georgia chair: Trump's lawyers advised me to stand as fake elector

Raw Story  

David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, now claims that his plot to stand as a fake elector should not be criminally charged because he was acting on the advice of former President Donald Trump's legal team, reported CNN on Monday. "Specifically, Shafer’s attorneys say their client was relying on 'repeated and detailed advice of legal counsel' when …

Arizona county’s new elections head shared voter fraud memes
1 year, 7 months ago

Arizona county’s new elections head shared voter fraud memes

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced voting machine conspiracies on Tuesday hired an elections director who has promoted the false claims that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump reelection in 2020. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer, who shared memes on his personal Facebook page …

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud
1 year, 10 months ago

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by election …

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories
1 year, 10 months ago

“Hyper-partisan attack”: Arizona GOP advances new voting bills inspired by conspiracy theories

Salon  

Arizona's Republican-controlled state legislature advanced bills last month that they claim will improve election transparency — but voting rights advocates worry will actually have the opposite effect. "There's a lack of confidence from some of my constituents in the election itself," Republican state Rep. Rachel Jones of Tucson, who presented the bill, said during the committee meeting. "These are the …

Transcripts reveal link between Trump, Nevada fake electors
2 years ago

Transcripts reveal link between Trump, Nevada fake electors

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — New transcripts of closed-door testimony to the Jan. 6 House committee show Donald Trump and his allies had a direct hand in the Nevada Republican Party’s scheme to send a phony electoral certificate to Congress in 2020 in a last-ditch attempt to keep the former president in power. Those documents, detailed at length in the transcripts, included …

Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories
2 years, 1 month ago

Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday, but election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted. After polls closed, the county supervisor, Republican Bill Gates, apologized, but said “every voter had the opportunity to vote and have their vote counted.” The issue affected an …

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