The Michigan Attorney General's Office has charged 16 people for signing certificates claiming that Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2020. The individuals have been charged with several felony counts.
The individuals have each been charged with eight felony counts, including forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, and election law forgery. Some of the charges carry jail sentences of 14 years and/or a $10,000 fine.Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges against Kathleen Berden, William Choate, Amy Marie Facchinello, Clifford Frost Jr.
Rodriguez was the only licensed lawyer among the group of Trump fake electors, according to the state bar's website. Berden is a Michigan Republican national committeewoman, and Maddock is the former co-chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. "These false documents were then transmitted to the United States Senate and National Archives in a coordinated effort to award the state’s electoral votes to the candidate of their choosing, in place of the candidates actually elected by the people of Michigan," the attorney general's office said in a release.
"There was no legitimate legal avenue or plausible use of such a document or an alternative slate of electors," the Michigan attorney general said."There was only the desperate effort of these defendants, who we have charged with deliberately attempting to interfere with and overturn our free and fair election process, and along with it, the will of millions of Michigan voters.
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