Posted on Jan 25, 2022
Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions
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During the chaotic two months following the 2020 presidential election, groups of Republicans in seven states won by Joe Biden met and signed documents falsely asserting that Donald Trump was or may be the rightful recipient of their state's Electoral College votes.
The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't successful. Congress did not accept any of the illegitimate results on Jan. 6, 2021.
But the actions by those groups across the U.S. still may have been illegal.
Attorneys general in at least two of the seven states where the Republicans met, Michigan and New Mexico, say they have referred investigations regarding the separate slates of electors up the ladder to federal prosecutors.
During the chaotic two months following the 2020 presidential election, groups of Republicans in seven states won by Joe Biden met and signed documents falsely asserting that Donald Trump was or may be the rightful recipient of their state's Electoral College votes.
The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't successful. Congress did not accept any of the illegitimate results on Jan. 6, 2021.
But the actions by those groups across the U.S. still may have been illegal.
Attorneys general in at least two of the seven states where the Republicans met, Michigan and New Mexico, say they have referred investigations regarding the separate slates of electors up the ladder to federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions
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I don't see how any of their actions could be legal. And in Arizona, why would a group of "sovereign citizens" get involved? Don't they supposedly not recognize any government as legitimate? Oh yeah. That's only if it doesn't benefit them.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
In Michigan, making a counterfeit public record is a felony punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
In New Mexico, tampering with a public record can get you 18 months.
In New Mexico, tampering with a public record can get you 18 months.
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CPL LaForest Gray
Civil war expert reacts to Trump supporter. See her warning for the US
CNN's Donie O'Sullivan examines how lies about the 2020 election could undermine the future of American democracy. #CNN #News
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Certainly illegal. It's fraud. And, if these documents went through the US Mail, then it's also mail fraud. And, since they were filed in a way to make them appear just like the real ballots, and sent to the Congress and the Archivist, it's likely election tampering and host of other statutes that may come into play. IF proven there was coordination (difficult, probably) then seem like a clear indicator of seditious conspiracy.
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