LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced felony charges against a group of Michigan Republicans who allegedly tried to award the state’s Electoral College votes to former President Donald Trump in 2020.
The charges alleged that 16 people used a phony certificate in the 2020 election despite Trump’s 154,188-vote loss in the state.
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Those criminally charged include a former leader of the Michigan GOP, a former Michigan Republican National Committeewoman and other Trump supporters. The document they signed states that the group of 16 were “…the duly elected and qualified Electors for President and Vice President of the United States of America from the State of Michigan,” according to a news release from Nessel’s office. “That was a lie,” Nessel said in a video announcing the charges brought by her office.
Complaints provided by Nessel’s office show each defendant faces eight felony counts each, including forgery-related charges each punishable by up to 14 years in prison and election law forgery charges each punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
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