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Prosecutors in Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada have also brought criminal charges against Trump allies involved with the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, primarily GOP officials who signed off on slates of electors in the battleground states that falsely claimed Trump had won.
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Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Federal prosecutors said that under the plan developed by Trump and his allies, submitting the fraudulent slates of electors would create a fake controversy on Jan. 6 and position Pence to replace legitimate electors with those backing Trump.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
One elector, John Haggard from the 1st Congressional District, wore a bright red MAGA hat.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
In Wisconsin, where unauthorized Republican electors also signed a false certificate in 2020, those electors are now banned by a settlement agreement from serving again in any U.S. presidential election with Trump on the ballot.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Federal prosecutors said that under the plan developed by Trump and his allies, submitting the fraudulent slates of electors would create a fake controversy on Jan. 6 and position Pence to replace legitimate electors with those backing Trump.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
One elector, John Haggard from the 1st Congressional District, wore a bright red MAGA hat.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
In Wisconsin, where unauthorized Republican electors also signed a false certificate in 2020, those electors are now banned by a settlement agreement from serving again in any U.S. presidential election with Trump on the ballot.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elector. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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