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The Trump campaign scrambled to get fake electors' certificates to Pence by January 6 and even considered chartering a private plane: report
Emails and a recordings obtained by CNN showed the Trump campaign racing to get fake electors certi…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Facing charges, several pro-Trump fake electors say they wouldn't do it again: 'Hindsight provides a wealth of knowledge'
Some of the electors are now entangled in criminal probes and could face criminal charges, with mou…
John L. Dorman
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'It could appear treasonous': Officials failed to cover their tracks in fake elector scheme, indictment alleges
An unnamed attorney working to provide a slate of fake electors before the certification of the 202…
Hannah Getahun
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Election fuelled misinformation is serious global risk in 2024, says WEF
It’s a year of many elections across the world. This, on top of two ongoing wars, could make it the…
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A woman facing felony charges for her role in Michigan's 'fake elector' scheme bragged in May about not being in jail
Michigan Republican Party co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock tweeted in May about how she was still free…
Madison Hall
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Fake GOP electors ditched their phones so their plot to overturn Michigan's 2020 results wouldn't be recorded, prosecutors say
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday announced felony charges against 16 "fake electors…
Erin Snodgrass,Jacob Shamsian
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11 pro-Trump 'fake electors' in Georgia gave interviews for an investigation before realizing they were the targets of the prosecution
The electors, part of a larger group of 16 Republicans, alleged in a court filing that they were to…
Matthew Loh
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A GOP senator got caught pretending to be on his phone to avoid questions about the Jan. 6 insurrection
Sen. Ron Johnson held his phone to his ear while leaving the U.S. Capitol, but reporters noticed he…
Tom Porter
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FBI questioning Republicans in battleground states over Trump's attempt to overturn 2020 election: CNN
The FBI is investigating fake election certificates, which were made as part of the elbaorate but u…
Tom Porter
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Michigan announces felony charges for 16 Trump-backed electors who tried to overturn the election
Among those facing charges for the Trump-backed elector scheme is former Michigan Republican Party …
Brent D. Griffiths,Jacob Shamsian
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New email shows how the Trump campaign instructed fake electors in Georgia to secretly infiltrate the state's Capitol to cast electoral college votes
"I must ask for your complete discretion in this process," wrote Robert Sinners, the Trump campaign…
Cheryl Teh
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Voters are 'angry' over Trump's criminal charges because they don't seem 'legitimate': 'It just looks so fake,' GOP senator says
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis recently told The Huffington Post that Trump's lawsuits "look punitive …
John L. Dorman
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson says the fake electors he tried to give Pence on January 6 came from GOP Rep. Mike Kelly
Johnson made the remarks in a radio interview Thursday. He's insisted since Tuesday that his attemp…
Madison Hall,Bryan Metzger
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson tried to give a slate of fake electors from Michigan and Wisconsin to Mike Pence on January 6: 'Do not give that to him'
"Do not give that to him," Pence legislative aide Chris Hodgson replied to a text from Johnson's Ch…
Bryan Metzger
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Trump's legal team picked the now-GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania as 'point person' for 'fake' elector scheme in the state
Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, had to be convinced the plan…
Charles R. Davis
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A former Trump official admitted he helped Rudy Giuliani with the fake electors scheme
Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump campaign adviser, told MSNBC host Ari Melber he was part of the "pro…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Video shows fake Trump elector in Georgia letting 2 Trump associates into an elections office on the day that a voting system was breached
In the video, Cathy Latham, a Georgia GOP official, was seen letting operatives, including Cyber Ni…
Azmi Haroun,Cheryl Teh
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Trump's lawyer suggested telling skeptics that it was normal procedure to have Trump's electors vote in states he didn't win, newly released memo shows
The idea was part of a larger plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a mem…
Rebecca Cohen
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Rep. Adam Schiff said the January 6 panel will reveal evidence showing Trump was involved in the scheme to appoint fake electors
Schiff said the evidence shows Trump's involvement in the failed effort to overturn the election wi…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Arizona officials who planned to help overturn election in Trump's favor worried activating group of fake electors 'could appear treasonous': report
The New York Times reported officials worried their actions "could appear treasonous" after they pl…