{"id":1997110,"date":"2023-08-10T19:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T23:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-republicans-on-states-fake-electors-slate-plead-not-guilty\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T19:22:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T23:22:50","slug":"michigan-republicans-on-states-fake-electors-slate-plead-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-republicans-on-states-fake-electors-slate-plead-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan GOP members deny charges in &#8216;fake electors&#8217; case."},"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\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-republicans-on-states-fake-electors-slate-plead-not-guilty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1997110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Michigan Attorney General Charges 16 People for Election Fraud<\/h2>\n<p>Michigan Attorney General \u200bDana Nessel has made a significant announcement regarding the 2020 presidential election. Sixteen individuals have \u2063been charged for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-republicans-on-states-fake-electors-slate-plead-not-guilty\/\" title=\"Michigan GOP members deny charges in 'fake electors' case.\">signing certificates falsely claiming<\/a> that former President Donald Trump won the \u200dstate. These individuals have now been arraigned and have pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Each defendant\u2064 faces eight felony counts, including forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, election \u2062law forgery, conspiracy to commit election law forgery, conspiracy to commit uttering and \u200cpublishing, and uttering and publishing. The arraignments took place between July 21 and August 10.<\/p>\n<h3>Assigned Judge and Release\u200b Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>Judge Kristen \u200bD. Simmons has \u2064been assigned to preside over the cases of all 16 defendants. As a condition of their release\u200b after entering a not guilty plea, the\u200b defendants are prohibited from traveling out of state \u2062without the\u200b court&#8217;s permission, among other requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The arraignment dates for some of \u200dthe\u200c defendants are as\u200c follows: Mari-Ann Henry (July 21), Meshawn \u200bMaddock (July 25), William \u200d&#8221;Hank&#8221; Choate (August 1), Kent Vanderwood (August 4), Marian Sheridan (August 7), and Rose\u200d Rook and Stanley Grot (August 8).<\/p>\n<p>The remaining defendants were arraigned \u2064on Thursday. They include Kathy Berden, Amy Facchinello, Clifford Frost, John\u2062 Haggard, Timothy King, Michele Lundgren, James Renner, Mayra Rodriguez, and Ken \u2064Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-publishes-heavily-edited-probe-of-exonerated-general\/\" title=\"Mexico Publishes Heavily Edited Probe of Exonerated General\">attorney general&#8217;<\/a>s office has emphasized that the investigation is ongoing and has not ruled out the possibility \u2063of charging additional defendants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump&#8217;s \u2062Attempt to\u2064 Overturn the Election<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the 2020 election, President Joe Biden emerged as the winner in Michigan, defeating Donald Trump by approximately 154,000 votes. However, in\u200c an effort to retain the presidency, the Trump campaign allegedly presented slates of electors for the Electoral College who would vote in favor of Trump instead of\u2064 Biden. This scheme ultimately failed, and Biden&#8217;s victory was certified in January \u200d2021.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062worth\u200d noting that Donald Trump himself is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elitist-l-a-sex-club-bans-its-founder-after-he-said-hunter-biden-was-a-former-member\/\" title=\"L.A. Sex Club Bans Founder for Claiming Hunter Biden's Membership.\">facing legal challenges related<\/a> to his alleged attempts to overturn the\u2064 election. He has already been charged in a federal court in Washington, D.C., and it appears \u2062likely that he will\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witch-hunt-mueller-prosecutor-says-trump-could-face-charges-after-pardons\/\" title=\"WITCH HUNT: Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump Could Face Charges After Pardons\">face charges<\/a> in Georgia later this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel arraigned and charged 16 individuals who signed false certificates stating that Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election. 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