The Fake Electors

[Chilidog]

Happy Birthday to you!

Here's a summons for you!

You shart like a monkey

And belong in jail too.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

[Dr. Ken]

[bob]

[MN-Skeptic]

From CNN - Three Trump allies charged in Wisconsin fake elector scheme

The Wisconsin attorney general on Tuesday filed charges against three allies of Donald Trump accused of taking part in the effort to put forth a slate of fake electors and usurp the 2020 presidential election, according to online court records.

The men – Kenneth Chesebro, a right-wing attorney who helped devise the fake elector plot; Jim Troupis, a former Trump lawyer; and Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official – are each facing a single forgery charge.

Wisconsin is the latest state to bring charges against people connected to the former president involved in the broad effort to overturn the presidential election results. State prosecutors in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada and Georgia also have brought charges against a swath of Trump’s allies.

An attorney for Chesebro declined to comment. CNN has reached out to attorneys for Troupis and Roman.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a one word response to the charges Tuesday: “Good.”

[MN-Skeptic]

Aaron Blake
@AaronBlake

There were pro-Trump fake electors in 7 states.

With the addition of Wisconsin, there have been charges brought against at least some of them in 5 of those states.

A likely significant reason for lack of charges in PA and NM:

Electors in those 2 states specified that they were just a *contingency* if Trump were declared the winner in their states.

That didn't exist in the other 5 states. They just claimed duly elected status.

For those who can't see the tweet, Blake includes a U.S. map showing the charges have been brought in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin. The second tweet quotes a Washington Post article from 6/7/2022 which stated:

Another 25 electors in New Mexico and Pennsylvania, by contrast, merely stated that they would be duly elected if it were determined legally that Trump won the popular vote in their state. One could certainly read those contingencies to suggest they worried about the legal ramifications of claiming “duly elected” status if they didn’t invoke them. There’s also the fact that several people who were invited to be fake electors declined to take part. (Perhaps they simply didn’t agree with the effort or think it had a chance of success, but it reinforces how far-fetched all of this was, at the least.)

[Kendra]

I hope at least one of the Capitol Hill reporters asks Ron Johnson about these charges.

[Slim Cognito]

[MN-Skeptic]

The Wisconsin criminal complaint - https://www.doj.state.wi.us/sites/defau ... plaint.PDF

[RTH10260]

The fake elector defense: what Trump allies are saying to justify the 2020 scheme
Wisconsin’s fake electors are claiming, like many others across the US, that they were misled

Rachel Leingang
Wed 5 Jun 2024 12.00 CEST

Three allies of Donald Trump were charged in Wisconsin Tuesday for their roles in advancing the fake electors plan, but the 10 fake electors themselves have not yet been criminally charged.

That might be because the Wisconsin fake electors, like other fake electors across the US, have said in media interviews they were misled to believe their documents could only be used if court challenges went for the former president. Others have said they were following lawyers’ advice when they signed on.

Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul’s office has said it is still investigating and hasn’t ruled out charges against the individual electors, who have faced a civil suit they settled by agreeing not to serve as electors for Trump again.

In April, 18 people were charged in Arizona in that state’s inquiry into the fake elector scheme. Defense attorneys representing some of those charged in Arizona have used similar justifications, saying they were following lawyers’ advice when they signed on.



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... rs-defense

[Kendra]

CNN reported that today is the day for Mark Meadows' arraignment, virtually.

[Foggy]

[raison de arizona]

Mugshots for the AZ crew have been released, click through the Twit for a bunch more.

More mugshots from the Arizona fake elector case provided to the @ArizonaMirror by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

New mugshots include Rudy Guiliani and Jim Lamon.