Many of you are aware that Trump, John Eastman, Kenneth Cheseboro, Rudy Giuliani, and others concocted and attempted a scheme to alter the election results in seven states in 2020.
They tried to do this by creating a total of 84 false or fraudulent electors who would declare those states for Trump instead of Biden (who won those states.)

Michigan is the first to bring charges against those who participated in the scheme in their state. 
Arizona is set to do the same in short order, with Georgia a near certainty to follow suit. 

Pennsylvania is being eyed as "on-deck." 



Here is a clear cut summation of the foiled plot from Reuters:

Quote:Trump and his allies sought to overturn his defeat by convincing Republican-controlled legislatures in battleground states to name their own Trump-friendly electors or refuse to name any electors, even though Democrat Joe Biden had won the popular vote in those places.

Law professor John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, an adviser to Trump's campaign, wrote legal memos arguing that state legislatures had the authority to choose their own electors, according to the committee's final report.

Trump and supporters including Rudy Giuliani, his former personal lawyer, urged legislators in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia to take this step, but none did so. (A Georgia prosecutor is investigating attempts to reverse Trump's defeat in that state.)
Nevertheless, Trump and his allies assembled their own slates of electors in seven states that he lost. Those electors met on Dec. 14, 2020, to cast their votes for Trump - the same day when legitimate electors cast their ballots for Biden.

Those ballots had no legal standing, but Trump and his supporters used them to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to discard the actual results from the states in question when he presided over Congress's Jan. 6, 2021 session to certify the election outcome.
That would have left Biden short of the needed 270-vote majority, giving Republicans in Congress a chance to declare Trump the victor.

Pence refused to go along with the scheme, saying he did not have the authority to reject electors.

On Jan. 6, Trump held a rally in front of the White House and told the crowd that it would be a "sad day for our country" if Pence did not do as he wished. Thousands of his supporters then attacked the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to derail the proceedings.
Five people died and more than 140 police were injured. The Capitol suffered millions of dollars in damage.

Info on Michigan charges of felony forgery found here:
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-r...e-electors


Here is a list of the 84 fraudulent electors who could end up being charged if their states decide to pursue the matter. 
https://www.azmirror.com/2022/06/29/upda...full-list/

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