Some Pro-Donald Trump Republicans in Trouble as Michigan Attorney General Reopens Probe of 'Fake Electors' Scheme

Some pro-Donald Trump Republicans are in trouble as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that she will be probing the "fake electors" scheme that was allegedly part of the former president's bid to overturn the 2020 election results.

According to Detroit News, the Michigan Attorney General had a press call with the Democratic Attorneys General Association on Friday.

There, she noted that her probe would occur alongside an ongoing federal investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

She saiid the final report from the House January 6 committee had given "clear evidence" about the "fake elector" scheme, which had 16 fake Republican electors ready to overturn Joe Biden's victory as president.

"I thought there was already a substantial amount of evidence in that case. But now, there is just clear evidence to support charges against those... 16 false electors, at least in our state," Nessel noted.

She initially referred the case to federal prosecutors last January 2021 as she noted that it seemed to be a coordinated multi-state effort.

However, she changed her stance on the case on Friday and said that a year had passed, and she was not sure what the federal government was going to do.

"I think that type of activity can't go without any consequences," the Michigan AG noted.

Michigan State Senate Pressured to Push for Donald Trump's Fake Electors Scheme

In a statement to the January 6 committee, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Republican, admitted that after the 2020 elections, he was pressured to award Michigan's electoral votes to Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden, who won in Michigan.

He testified to the committee last June that he met with three lawyers, including Grand Rapids attorney Ian Northon and Amistad Project Director Phill Kline, former Kansas attorney general.

The third lawyer is Hillsdale College Vice President Robert Norton. Shirkey denied their requests, knowing that putting forth fake electors would break the law.

"I'm not going to suggest to you that there were specific threats, but the pressure was real and the expectations were, for the most part, unambiguous," he told the committee.

According to The Detroit News, Norton planned to have the fake Michigan electors hide in the state Capitol overnight from December 13 to 14, 2020.

They would then be introduced as the actual electors and cast their votes for Trump rather than Biden.

Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Laura Cox did not agree with them and called the scheme "insane and inappropriate."

What Really Happened That Made Donald Trump's Fake Electors Scheme Fail?

According to The Hill, the fake electors might be facing charges involving the forgery of a public record and election-related forgery. So, how were they found out?

The fake electors reportedly met at the Michigan Republican headquarters and walked to the state Capitol.

However, as they arrived, Democratic electors were already there to meet and cast their ballots for Joe Biden.

Security officials then rejected the fake electors' entrance, leading to Biden's lawful win in Michigan.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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