Politico: Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds

[Dennis Donovan]

Politico - Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds

More than a dozen fake electors from 2020 are back this time. And several election deniers are among the new prospective Trump electors.

By Liz Crampton and Kyle Cheney

11/04/2024 05:00 AM EST

Many of the people preparing to cast votes for Donald Trump in the Electoral College in 2024 were involved in his plot to subvert the election in 2020.

Some are even facing criminal charges for it.

Of the 93 Republicans designated as prospective presidential electors for Trump from the seven battleground states, eight are facing felony charges for signing false Electoral College certificates in 2020, according to a POLITICO analysis. Another five signed similar certificates in 2020 but were not charged. And at least six others played notable roles in challenging the results of the 2020 election or promoting election conspiracy theories.

All told, at least 1 in 5 prospective Trump electors from battleground states this year had some connection to the scheme to overturn the 2020 election.

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[SheltieLover]

1. If they'd been remmanded to custody & tried / convicted, they wouldn't be back, would they?

And I'll just venture a guess that if max sentences had been handed down for convictions, a lot fewer traitors would be willing to fill the roles.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. It's coming up to 4 yrs. I wonder what's taking so long? The cases are handled by the state, not federal:

Six of the returning fake electors hail from Michigan. John Haggard, Hank Choate, Timothy King, Meshawn Maddock, Amy Facchinello and Marian Sheridan were among the group of Michiganders who signed a document in 2020 purporting to be official electoral certificates claiming the state’s electoral votes went to Donald Trump, despite Biden winning Michigan by more than 150,000 votes. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, brought felony charges against them, including forgery-related crimes punishable by up to 14 years. Those cases are ongoing and all have pleaded not guilty.

[SheltieLover]

5. Dunno

[travelingthrulife]

3. Of course they do. They weren't punished the first time they did it.

n/t

[orangecrush]

4. Someone please wake Garland up

[lees1975]

6. How the hell do we let this happen? No wonder we're on the verge of losing the country.