18 indicted in alleged 2020 fake Arizona elector scheme tied to Trump, AG announces
by CBS News
CBS News— An Arizona grand jury indicted 18 people Wednesday in the ongoing investigation into an alleged attempt to use alternate electors after the 2020 presidential election as part of a wider alleged conspiracy to falsely declare then-President Donald Trump the winner, the state's attorney general announced.The alleged fake electors and defendants named in the indictment were Kelli Ward, Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, Jacob Hoffman, Anthony Kern, James Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Lorraine...
BBC News—Arizona indicts Trump allies over 2020 fake elector scheme. Former Trump advisers Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows are among those charged, court documents show.
FOX News—Arizona alleged ‘fake electors’ who backed Trump in 2020 indicted by grand jury. Eleven Republicans have been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona and charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery for falsely claiming that former President Trump had won the state in 2020 over then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden. "I will not allow American democracy to be undermined," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a Wednesday video announcing the indictments over the "fake elector scheme." She added, "The investigators and attorneys assigned to this case took the time to thoroughly...
The Guardian—Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Giuliani over 2020 fake elector scheme. Along with 11 fake electors, seven allies of the ex-president including Mark Meadows and John Eastman were also chargedAn Arizona grand jury has charged 18 people involved in the scheme to create a slate of false electors for Donald Trump, including 11 people who served as those fake electors and seven Trump allies who aided the scheme.Kris Mayes, Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, announced the charges on Wednesday, and said the 11 fake electors had been charged with felonies for fraud,...