A physician, a lawyer, a CEO: the 84 fake electors who allegedly tried to steal the 2020 election
With a new indictment this week, 36 have been criminally charged and 10 face a civil lawsuit – but seven hold office
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With a new indictment this week, 36 have been criminally charged and 10 face a civil lawsuit – but seven hold office
Six Republicans accused of falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of Nevada’s 2020 presidential election will not stand trial until next January.
State prosecutors this week dismissed the defendants’ arguments that their actions could not be considered criminally fraudulent because state and federal officials were not deceived by them.
The Silver State win would secure 26 delegates for Trump, his largest single delegate haul thus far, and a third electoral victory heading into a Republican primary in South Carolina later this month that could seal the 2024 Republican nomination for the former president.
While legal, the party’s decision to host a competing contest to the Feb. 6 primary election has angered GOP voters and provided fertile ground for misinformation to take hold, experts say, undermining voters’ trust in the process.