While Trump might not go to trial for a long time, others are forcing the issue in ways that could shed light on the case against him.
as a “sharp departure” from the idea that fake electors were being used for more innocent purposes. Smith indicates it’s at this point that the fake electors went from being a contingency plan in case states overturned their election results, as the Trump campaign claimed publicly, to being a fraudulent effort to create “a fake controversy that would derail the proper certification of Biden as president-elect” on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Georgia indictment describes Chesebro coordinating with Trump associates like Rudy Giuliani and key officials in other states in which fake electors were ultimately submitted. It says Chesebro emailed Giuliani on Dec. 13, 2020 with, in the indictment’s words, “multiple strategies for disrupting and delaying the joint session of Congress on January 6.” It quotes Chesebro saying his ideas were “preferable to allowing the Electoral Count Act to operate by its terms.
While an Oct. 23 trial could involve only Chesebro and possibly Powell, they are charged alongside 17 others with a racketeering conspiracy. The experts say that means the case would require delving into the much-broader alleged conspiracy, which features“My guess is, at a minimum, that we’re going to hear about the fake electors case in all seven states,” Cunningham said
“That could unearth a lot of damaging evidence against Trump, potentially either through the trial process or if Chesebro cuts a deal,” Kreis said.
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