Nevada grand jury indicts 6 fake Donald Trump electors
Updated: 3:25 PM CST Dec 6, 2023
THE TOP WISCONSIN CAST ITS TEN ELECTORAL VOTES. IT JUST AS WISCONSIN’S DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS MET IN THE STATE CAPITOL TO CERTIFY JOE BIDEN’S WIN. PRIVATELY, IN ANOTHER ROOM INSIDE THE CAPITOL, TEN REPUBLICAN ELECTORS WERE MEETING TWO, AS DESCRIBED BY ONE ELECTOR. SHORTLY AFTER ON HIS PODCAST, DROVE TO A SECRET MEETING PLACE IN MADISON AND MET ALL THE OTHER ELECTORS THERE. THERE WAS SECURITY ARMED SECURITY TO PROTECT US AND OTHER OFFICIALS FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN WERE THERE. THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORS SIGNED DOCUMENTS CLAIMING TRUMP WON WISCONSIN WHEN HE DID IT. SUBMITTING THE PAPERWORK TO CONGRESS AND WISCONSIN SECRETARY OF STATE. THEY BROUGHT THEM TO THE OFFICE AND I SMILED AND THEN PUT THEM IN A DRAWER AND FORGOT ABOUT THEM. THE ELECTORS TEN REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING THE STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN AT THE TIME, ANDREW HIT, AND BOB SPINDLE, A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION. THE OTHERS, MOSTLY COUNTY, ARE PARTY LEADERS. A TYPICALLY MUNDANE, YET PROMINENT PROCESS, PICKED BY BOTH PARTIES TO OFFICIALLY SEND WISCONSIN’S TEN ELECTORAL VOTES TO CONGRESS SHOULD THEIR CANDIDATE WIN. IN THE NEW INDICTMENT, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THE SCHEME WAS ORCHESTRATED FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. IT WAS EVEN CALLED THE WISCONSIN MEMO TO CONVINCE ELECTORS IN SEVEN STATES. TRUMP LOST TO SUBMIT PAPERWORK TO DELIVER TO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. NOW, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAYING SOME FRAUDULENT ELECTORS WERE TRICKED INTO PARTICIPATING BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR VOTES WOULD BE USED ONLY IF THE DEFENDANTS SUCCEEDED IN LAWSUITS WITHIN THEIR STATE, WHICH THE DEFENDANT NEVER DID HIT. TESTIFYING BEFORE THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE, I WAS TOLD THAT THESE WOULD ONLY COUNT IF A COURT RULED IN OUR FAVOR, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USING OUR ELECTORS. WELL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USING OUR ELECTORS IN WAYS THAT WE WEREN’T TOLD ABOUT. MATT, YOU ALSO HAVE A NEW STATEMENT TONIGHT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN, MARK JEFFERSON, SAYING IN A STATEMENT TO 12 NEWS THIS AFTERNOON, QUOTE, WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF ANY USE OF THE ALTERNATE ELECTORS, CONTRARY TO PRESERVING THE LEGAL STRATEGY AND WOULD HAVE NEVER APPROVED
Nevada grand jury indicts 6 fake Donald Trump electors
Updated: 3:25 PM CST Dec 6, 2023
A Nevada grand jury indicted six Republicans who submitted certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election in their state, making Nevada the third to seek charges against so-called "fake electors."Related video above: Who are Wisconsin's fake electors?Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford began investigating the fake electors last month. He said in a statement Wednesday that he would do everything in his power to defend the institutions of the nation and the state.The announcement of the indictment represented a shift for Ford, who was quiet on whether he would investigate the fake electors before saying that state law would not allow him to do so.Ford had testified in support of a bill that would have criminalized future fake electors. That passed Nevada's Democratic-controlled Legislature but was vetoed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, who said the punishment between four and 10 years in prison was too harsh. In December 2020, six Nevada GOP members signed certificates falsely stating that Trump won Nevada and sent them to Congress and the National Archives, where they were ultimately ignored. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol investigated the role that these fake electors in key battleground states had in Trump's attempt to cling to power after his 2020 defeat.Trump supporters signed certificates that falsely stated he won their states in seven battleground states. The fake certificates were ignored, but the attempt has been subject to investigations.
RENO, Nev. — A Nevada grand jury indicted six Republicans who submitted certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election in their state, making Nevada the third to seek charges against so-called "fake electors."
Related video above: Who are Wisconsin's fake electors?
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford began investigating the fake electors last month. He said in a statement Wednesday that he would do everything in his power to defend the institutions of the nation and the state.
The announcement of the indictment represented a shift for Ford, who was quiet on whether he would investigate the fake electors before saying that state law would not allow him to do so.
Ford had testified in support of a bill that would have criminalized future fake electors. That passed Nevada's Democratic-controlled Legislature but was vetoed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, who said the punishment between four and 10 years in prison was too harsh.
In December 2020, six Nevada GOP members signed certificates falsely stating that Trump won Nevada and sent them to Congress and the National Archives, where they were ultimately ignored. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol investigated the role that these fake electors in key battleground states had in Trump's attempt to cling to power after his 2020 defeat.
Trump supporters signed certificates that falsely stated he won their states in seven battleground states. The fake certificates were ignored, but the attempt has been subject to investigations.
