Trump's fake electors don't have a historical leg to stand on
Opinion by Robert Alexander
The plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election by calling on fake electors to cast ballots for former President Donald Trump – with the goal of having his vice president, Mike Pence, interfere with the legitimate counting and certification of electoral votes on January 6, 2021 – is coming to a head.
Last week, Trump was named an unindicted co-conspirator in Michigan’s case against 16 fake electors. That same day, Trump was assumed to be “Unindicted Coconspirator 1” in an indictment released by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office charging 11 GOP fake electors and seven others – believed to include Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former White House aide Boris Epshteyn – with conspiracy, fraud and forgery related to a plot to keep Trump “in office against the will of Arizona’s voters.”
Six fake electors in Nevada are scheduled to stand trial in January 2025, and Trump himself is among those indicted in Georgia’s sweeping investigation of the fake elector plot in that state.
Unsurprisingly, Trump has been dismissive of the charges in Georgia, proclaiming his innocence and accusing prosecutors of a “witch hunt.” Some high-ranking Republicans, such as Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, have suggested that Democrats have done similar things in the past. History suggests otherwise.
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