Eight of the Republicans set to cast Michigan and Nevada's 2024 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump still face felony charges related to efforts to reverse Trump's 2020 loss.
Eight of the Republicans set to cast Michigan and Nevada's 2024 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump still face felony charges related to efforts to reverse Trump's 2020 loss.Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald, one of the 2024 presidential electors facing felony charges related to the 2020"fake electors" scheme, speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee in July.
, where prosecutors have not filed charges after these pro-Trump electors in 2020 signed certificates with caveats that said the documents would only be used if a court overturned their state's election results.Presidential electors are usually leaders of state or local political parties or other longtime party supporters.
In Wisconsin, where unauthorized Republican electors also signed a false certificate in 2020, those electors are now banned by a"Even if they had been convicted, at least under Michigan law, it would not preclude them from serving as electors," says Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney during the Obama administration.
Both the Michigan and Nevada Republican parties did not respond to NPR's requests for comment. After the Nevada judge dismissed the earlier indictment, the Nevada GOP said in a press release that it was"pleased" and that the judge"reached the correct decision."
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