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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndictments in GOP's 'fake elector' scandal reach new heights
Slowly but surely, the controversy from 2020 has become one of the most consequential political scandals in a generation.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/indictments-gops-fake-elector-scandal-reach-new-heights-rcna149303
Last fall, Kris Mayes, Arizonas Democratic state attorney general, told CNN that her office was overseeing a robust investigation related to alleged criminal misconduct in the scheme. Evidently, she wasnt kidding: NBC News reported on her office filing a series of new criminal charges in this case, including conspiracy, fraud and forgery.
The former president is described as Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in the indictment.
As NBC News report added, the indictment also described a variety of prominent Republican figures whove been charged in the case but have not yet been served and whose names are redacted, including Meadows, Giuliani, Epshteyn, former Trump campaign and White House official Mike Roman, former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney Christina Bobb, and John Eastman.....
For those keeping score, lets count up the number of indictments currently pending in the scandal across multiple jurisdictions:
A Washington Post report noted overnight that an investigation launched by Wisconsins attorney general is still ongoing suggesting the total number of indictments might yet grow though the scandal appears unlikely to lead to charges in New Mexico and Pennsylvania.
A state grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted Trump aides including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and Boris Epshteyn, as well as so-called fake electors who backed then-President Donald Trump in 2020, after a sprawling investigation into the alleged efforts to overturn Joe Bidens win in the presidential election in the state.
The former president is described as Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in the indictment.
As NBC News report added, the indictment also described a variety of prominent Republican figures whove been charged in the case but have not yet been served and whose names are redacted, including Meadows, Giuliani, Epshteyn, former Trump campaign and White House official Mike Roman, former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, former Trump attorney Christina Bobb, and John Eastman.....
For those keeping score, lets count up the number of indictments currently pending in the scandal across multiple jurisdictions:
Arizona: 18 people have been indicted, including 11 fake electors and seven Trump aides.
Georgia: 19 people were initially indicted, including Trump, though some have since reached plea agreements with prosecutors.
Michigan: 16 people have been indicted, though there are several other prominent unindicted alleged co-conspirators.
Nevada: Six people have been indicted, each of whom served as fake electors.
A Washington Post report noted overnight that an investigation launched by Wisconsins attorney general is still ongoing suggesting the total number of indictments might yet grow though the scandal appears unlikely to lead to charges in New Mexico and Pennsylvania.
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Indictments in GOP's 'fake elector' scandal reach new heights (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 25
OP
It makes sense if you you look at the GOP thru the prism of an Organized Crime Party.
OAITW r.2.0
Apr 25
#1
Another one of Trump's lawyers, Christina Bobb, has been indicted in Arizona
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 26
#4
OAITW r.2.0
(24,656 posts)1. It makes sense if you you look at the GOP thru the prism of an Organized Crime Party.
crickets
(25,987 posts)2. Good. K&R for visibility.
usonian
(9,916 posts)3. There are lots and lots of them, and unlike the Jan 6 insurrectionists
who went home anonymously (!), the fake electors signed the receipts
When this ball really starts rolling, it will show that a whole bunch of "ordinary citizens" were either in on a seditious act, or were conned right out of their undies. Lots and lots of them, and lots and lots of publicity in states and towns across the nation.
Not just a fat cat with judges and certain unnamed officials either cutting him slack or actively obstructing justice in his favor.
They're going down (as nobody's always do) and going down hard.
And lots of friends and relatives are going to feel this
All, all over this land
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,666 posts)4. Another one of Trump's lawyers, Christina Bobb, has been indicted in Arizona