Tag: electors

Nevada judge dismisses Trump ‘fake electors’ case

A Nevada judge on Friday dismissed a case against six false electors who declared former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled from the bench that the state had filed the case in the wrong jurisdiction, the state attorney general’s office confirmed to NBC News. […]

Rudy Giuliani’s mug shot released in Arizona ‘fake electors’ case

Local officials in Arizona released a mug shot of Rudy Giuliani on Monday in connection with his indictment on state charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office released the mug shot after Giuliani was served notice of his indictment during a celebration last month […]

Maddow Blog | Why the Wisconsin ‘fake electors’ have yet to be charged

Earlier this week, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul unveiled felony charges against three people involved in the “fake electors” scheme in his state after Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss: lawyer Kenneth Chesebro; former judge and local Republican luminary James Troupis; and Mike Roman, who was Trump’s director of Election Day operations. Wisconsin has become the […]

Key Trump allies charged in fake electors scheme in Wisconsin

WASHINGTON — Three men involved in the so-called fake electors scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in office following his 2020 election loss have been charged in Wisconsin, according to court records. Mike Roman, a Philadelphia native who served as the Trump campaign’s head of Election Day operations, was charged Tuesday, as was Kenneth […]

Maddow Blog | State-level Republican officials continue to reward fake electors

At first blush, it might seem wholly unremarkable that Republican officials in Wisconsin met over the weekend and chose new members to represent the Badger State on the Republican National Committee. But as it turns out, there was a larger significance to one of the selections. WisPolitics reported: Soon after, the Wisconsin Republican Party congratulated […]

Trump allies plead not guilty in Arizona ‘fake electors’ case

PHOENIX — Allies of former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Arizona on charges related to their involvement in a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. The 11 people arraigned Tuesday include former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and so-called “fake electors” who signed documents claiming to […]