{"id":1976675,"date":"2023-07-18T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-pro-trump-false-electors-charged-with-felonies-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T19:47:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:47:55","slug":"16-pro-trump-false-electors-charged-with-felonies-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-pro-trump-false-electors-charged-with-felonies-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"16 individuals who falsely claimed to be electors for Donald Trump have been charged with felonies in Michigan."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Michigan\u200c Attorney General Charges 16 Residents in \u2064Scheme to Overturn 2020 \u2062Election<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana \u2062Nessel \u200dannounced on \u200dTuesday\u2062 that \u200c16 residents in the \u2062state\u2062 have been\u200c charged with felonies over\u200d their \u2064alleged\u200d role in \u2064a \u200dscheme to\u200d overturn the results of the\u2062 <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2020-election\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-receives-horrifying-news-from-special-counsel-jack-smith-regarding-jan-6-grand-jury\/\" title=\"Breaking: Trump Shocked by Disturbing Update from Special Counsel on Jan. 6 Grand Jury\">2020\u2064 presidential \u200belection<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b defendants allegedly\u200c met on December\u2062 14, 2020,\u2063 and\u200d signed\u200d their names \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-pro-trump-false-electors-charged-with-felonies-in-michigan\/\" title=\"16 individuals who falsely claimed to be electors for Donald Trump have been charged with felonies in Michigan.\">multiple official\u2062 documents certifying<\/a> that they were the \u201cduly elected and \u2064qualified electors for President and Vice \u2064President of \u2062the \u200cUnited \u2063States \u2063of \u2062America \u2063for the State\u200c of Michigan,\u201d\u2063 according to Michigan officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064false \u2062documents were \u2063then\u200b \u201ctransmitted to the United States Senate\u200c and National\u2063 Archives in \u200ba coordinated effort to award\u200d the \u200cstate\u2019s electoral\u200d votes to the candidate of their choosing, in\u2062 place \u200bof the candidates actually elected\u200c by\u2062 the people of Michigan,\u201d\u200b the statement\u200d added.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the \u2063defendants was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/ag\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/07\/18\/michigan-attorney-general-dana-nessel-charges-16-false-electors\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\">charged<\/a> with:<\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-list-defn-props=\"{'335552541':1,'335559684':-2,'335559685':720,'335559991':360,'469769226':'Symbol','469769242':[8226],'469777803':'left','469777804':'\u00b7','469777815':'hybridMultilevel'}\"\u2063 data-aria-posinset=\"17\" \u2063data-aria-level=\"1\">One \u200ccount \u200cof\u200d Conspiracy\u200b to Commit\u200b Forgery, \u2064a\u2062 14-year felony,<\/li>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-list-defn-props=\"{'335552541':1,'335559684':-2,'335559685':720,'335559991':360,'469769226':'Symbol','469769242':[8226],'469777803':'left','469777804':'\u00b7','469777815':'hybridMultilevel'}\" data-aria-posinset=\"18\"\u200c data-aria-level=\"1\">Two counts of Forgery, a \u206314-year \u200cfelony,<\/li>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\"\u200d data-font=\"Symbol\" data-list-defn-props=\"{'335552541':1,'335559684':-2,'335559685':720,'335559991':360,'469769226':'Symbol','469769242':[8226],'469777803':'left','469777804':'\u00b7','469777815':'hybridMultilevel'}\" data-aria-posinset=\"19\"\u200c data-aria-level=\"1\">One\u2063 count of\u200d Conspiracy to Commit Uttering and Publishing,\u200b a 14-year\u200c felony,<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-list-defn-props=\"{'335552541':1,'335559684':-2,'335559685':720,'335559991':360,'469769226':'Symbol','469769242':[8226],'469777803':'left','469777804':'\u00b7','469777815':'hybridMultilevel'}\" data-aria-posinset=\"20\" data-aria-level=\"1\">One \u200dcount of \u2063Uttering and Publishing, a 14-year \u200cfelony,<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" \u2064data-font=\"Symbol\" data-list-defn-props=\"{'335552541':1,'335559684':-2,'335559685':720,'335559991':360,'469769226':'Symbol','469769242':[8226],'469777803':'left','469777804':'\u00b7','469777815':'hybridMultilevel'}\"\u200c data-aria-posinset=\"21\" data-aria-level=\"1\">One count of \u200cConspiracy\u2063 to \u2062Commit Election Law \u200bForgery,\u2064 a \u200b5-year felony, \u2063and,<\/li>\n<li \u200ddata-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" \u2063data-font=\"Symbol\" data-list-defn-props=\"{'335552541':1,'335559684':-2,'335559685':720,'335559991':360,'469769226':'Symbol','469769242':[8226],'469777803':'left','469777804':'\u00b7','469777815':'hybridMultilevel'}\"\u200c data-aria-posinset=\"22\"\u2064 data-aria-level=\"1\">Two counts\u2064 of Election Law Forgery,\u2064 a 5-year\u2063 felony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200ddefendants are Kathy Berden, 70, of Snover; \u200bWilliam (Hank) Choate, 72, of\u2062 Cement\u2063 City; Amy \u2064Facchinello, \u200c55,\u2063 of Grand\u2064 Blanc; Clifford \u2062Frost, 75, of\u2064 Warren; Stanley Grot, 71, \u200bof\u2063 Shelby Township; John Haggard, 82, of Charlevoix; Mary-Ann Henry, \u200d65, of Brighton; \u2064Timothy \u200cKing, \u200d56, \u200cof Ypsilanti;\u2064 Michele \u2064Lundgren, 73, \u200bof Detroit; Meshawn\u200b Maddock,\u2062 55, of Milford;\u2063 James Renner, \u206276, of \u2064Lansing; Mayra Rodriguez, \u200c64, \u2064of Grosse \u2064Pointe\u2063 Farms; Rose Rook, 81, of \u2063Paw \u2062Paw; \u200dMarian\u200c Sheridan, 69, of West Bloomfield; Ken Thompson, 68, \u200cof Orleans and\u00a0Kent\u2064 Vanderwood, \u200d69, of Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p><b\u200d data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nessel said that\u200c she has \u201cprosecuted numerous\u200d cases \u2062of election law \u2062violations \u2063throughout my \u2064tenure, and it would be malfeasance \u2064of the greatest\u2064 magnitude \u200bif \u200cmy\u200d department failed to act\u200d here \u2062in\u200c the face \u2062of overwhelming \u2063evidence of an organized effort to circumvent the\u200c lawfully \u200ccast ballots of millions \u200bof\u200b Michigan\u2064 voters in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-kind-of-a-jerk-carlson-mocks-implosion-of-2-gop-hopefuls-during-interview-with-beck\/\" title=\"Carlson ridicules downfall of 2 GOP candidates in chat with Beck\">presidential \u2063election<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2063<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2064evidence will demonstrate there was \u200cno legal \u2063authority for the \u200dfalse electors to\u2063 purport to \u2063act \u200das \u200c\u2018duly elected presidential\u2063 electors\u2019 and execute \u2064the false electoral documents,\u201d \u200dNessel continued.\u2063 \u201cEvery\u2064 serious \u2062challenge \u200cto \u200dthe\u200d election had been\u200c denied, \u200bdismissed, or\u2063 otherwise rejected by \u2063the time the\u200c false electors\u2063 convened.\u200d There was \u2064no legitimate legal \u200cavenue or\u2062 plausible \u200buse of such \u200ca document or\u200b an alternative \u200bslate of electors. There was \u200conly\u00a0the desperate effort of\u200c these defendants, who we have\u2062 charged with \u200ddeliberately\u200c attempting\u2063 to interfere \u200bwith\u2062 and\u200d overturn\u200b our free\u200d and fair \u200delection \u2063process,\u200c and along with it,\u200c the will of\u2063 millions \u200bof \u200cMichigan \u2063voters. That\u200c the \u2064effort failed \u200cand \u2063democracy prevailed does not erase the crimes \u200bof\u2063 those who \u200benacted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asking-for-testimony-from-pence-in-jan-6-investigation\/\" title=\"DOJ Asking for Testimony from Pence in Jan. 6 Investigation\">false electors plot<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nessel said that\u2064 the investigation\u200d was\u2062 \u201congoing\u201d and that\u2064 more charges \u200bmight \u200bbe \u2064forthcoming\u2064 against \u201cadditional defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This\u200b is a breaking news \u2062story; refresh the page \u200bfor updates. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>part of a plan to invalidate the election. Nessel emphasized the importance of upholding democracy and holding those accountable who attempt to undermine it. The charges include conspiracy, perjury, and forgery, with potential penalties ranging from five to 20 years in prison. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1976676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}