Former Trump aides charged in Wisconsin over 2020 elector plot
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s attorney general filed charges Tuesday against an aide and two attorneys who advised Donald Trump over a meeting of Republicans who claimed to be the state’s 2020 presidential electors even though Trump had lost the state.
WI’s AG filed charges against an aide & 2 attys who advised Trump over a meeting of #Republicans who claimed to be the state’s 2020 presidential electors even though Trump had lost the state.
The charges are the first in WI related to the meeting of electors. Prosecutors have separately charged Republicans who were involved in similar efforts in #Arizona, #Michigan, #Nevada & #Georgia.
Testimony in a #Michigan court Fri, revealed both #state & #federal investigators continue to probe certificates that falsely claimed #Trump won the #2020election, 5 months before the next election.
On day 4 of prelim examinations for 6 #Republicans who signed the false certificate in MI, MSP Capt Darren Green, said he was interviewed Thurs by the #FBI & 2 US prosecutors from DC.
Capt Green was at the #Michigan Capitol when a group of #FakeElectors attempted to enter the building on Dec 14, 2020, to present their document to the MI Senate. Green said the interview Thurs focused on the electors.
Just before Green's remarks, Howard Shock, an agent of MI AG #DanaNessel's office, testified that he had outstanding #subpoenas or search #warrants for info as part of an ongoing state investigation into the false electors certificate.
Whether a sitting president can be tried in a state court is an untested #legal matter that is sure to be fought out in higher courts.
4 of #Trump’s 19 original co-defendants have already pleaded #guilty & taken deals w/the prosecution, including #SidneyPowell & Kenneth #Chesebro, a legal architect of the plan to deploy #FakeElectors who has become a witness in 5 different state election inquiries.
Newsmax host calls indictments over fake electors in Arizona "tyrannical" while guest Rudy Giuliani says that Christina Bobb took the lead in that state
NY #Justice Juan #Merchan on Wednesday denied Trump's bid to #delay his April 15 trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until #SCOTUS reviews his claim to presidential #immunity in a separate criminal case.
The ruling Wednesday by Judge Juan #Merchan clears the way for the first of 4 pending #criminal prosecutions against #Trump to go before a #jury, even though #SCOTUS has yet to rule on his [BS] #immunity claim in a separate federal case in Washington over #Jan6, #FakeElectors & other acts of #ElectionInterference. Jury selection in Manhattan starts April 15.
lol. The last #Trump#Georgia#criminal#RICO defense argument was that charges should be dismissed because the term #FakeElectors was a legal conclusion & disparaging.
DA prosecutor got up for his turn & started by saying, “the words ‘fake electors’ do not exist anywhere in the indictment.”
#SCOTUS has scheduled argument for April 25 to review #Trump’s claim that he is #immune from #criminal prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the results of the #2020election.
Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
#Arizona prosecutors… issued #GrandJury subpoenas to multiple people linked to #Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their #criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe #Biden’s victory in the state.
The new steps… are a sign that AG Kris Mayes…is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump’s allies in the state, incl’g #GOP activists who falsely posed as presidential electors in Dec 2020.