Michigan 'fake electors' head back in court: What to know [View all]

LANSING — Six Michigan Republicans charged with participating in a plot to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss are due back in court this week as a judge considers whether to send them to trial.

The so-called fake electors allegedly signed a document in the wake of Michigan’s 2020 presidential election claiming the state’s Electoral College votes went to Trump rather than then-candidate Joe Biden, a Democrat.

State prosecutors must now prove the defendants knowingly committed forgery by sending a slate of false electors to the National Archives and Congress despite Biden winning Michigan by over 154,000 votes.

Among those returning to Ingham County’s 54-A District Court on Tuesday morning are ex-Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock and Kathy Berden, a former Republican National Committee member.





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