Trump’s 2020 'fake electors' charged with state crimes in Arizona

NBC News— A state grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted so-called "fake electors" who backed then-President Donald Trump in 2020, as well as key Trump aides, after a sprawling investigation into the alleged efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the presidential election in the state. One month after the 2020 election, 11 Trump supporters convened at the Arizona GOP’s headquarters in Phoenix to sign a certificate claiming to be Arizona’s 11 electors to the Electoral College, though Biden won the...

MSNBC—BREAKING: 11 Arizona Trump fake electors indicted on state charges including former GOP state chair. Donald Trump's Arizona fake electors have been charged with state crimes. Former Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward is among the 11 Trump alternate electors indicted.

The Guardian—The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document?. The indictment details the steps to push the concept of alternate electors in an alleged effort to overturn Biden’s victoryThe indictment against the slate of fake electors in Arizona and the Trump allies who advanced the scheme there includes a host of public statements and private exchanges that show how the group intended to overturn the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden in 2020.Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, announced on Wednesday that a state grand jury charged the...

Raw Story—Arizona prosecutors charge 11 fake Trump electors for alleged 2020 election subversion. Former Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward is among 11 individuals who have been charged in connection with alleged 2020 election subversion, according to a reporter.Kyle Cheney of Politico flagged the filing on social media on Wednesday, saying, "Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election."He also noted that there are "seven additional people charged in this indictment who have not yet been served."ALSO READ: ‘Fraudulent’: Trump tormentor...