Michigan plays a role in Jack Smith's Jan. 6 indictment against Trump

(Detroit Free Press) The federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday in Washington that charges former President Donald Trump with trying to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 election includes a lot of references to Michigan.

That's little wonder, given that Michigan was one of the states where Trump and his allies tried to press baseless claims that election fraud had cost him the election to President Joe Biden.

No evidence for those claims ever existed and none of them was ever proven in court. A legislative investigation ? headed by a Republican ? found no evidence of widespread fraud. Biden beat Trump ? as the Free Press has reported since the day the tally was called ? fairly, and by more than 154,000 votes.

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The fake electors scheme

The indictment said Trump and his co-conspirators organized fraudulent slates of electors in several states, including Michigan and then caused these fake slates, which appeared to certify Trump as the winner, to be sent to government officials in an attempt to have them counted at the certification proceeding on Jan. 6, 2021. A key part of Smith's claim that Trump and the others conspired to defraud the U.S. and its voters, the alleged fake elector scheme has resulted in Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel also recently bringing charges against the people who signed onto those false certificates. ..............(more)

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