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Michigan Charges Fake Trump Electors With Scheme to Swing 2020
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1:00Now PlayingThe state of Michigan filed criminal charges against a group of Republicans who put themselves forward as alternative 2020 electors backing then-President Donald Trump.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday charged 16 people, including Republican National Committee member Kathy Berden, 70, and state Republican Party Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock, 55. They were charged with forgery, conspiracy and election-law violations and face as many as 14 years in prison if convicted of the most serious counts.
Nessel’s announcement came on the same day former President Donald Trump said he was notified that he is a target in the US Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, signaling that he is likely to be charged with federal crimes. Ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, counting of the electoral votes, Trump and his allies had urged Vice President Mike Pence to count alternative slates from several battleground states instead of the actual ones.
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