{"id":2008178,"date":"2023-08-22T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-led-georgia-alternate-electors-plan-indicted-ex-gop-chairman-says\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:59:11","slug":"trump-attorneys-led-georgia-alternate-electors-plan-indicted-ex-gop-chairman-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-led-georgia-alternate-electors-plan-indicted-ex-gop-chairman-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-GOP chairman claims Trump attorneys spearheaded Georgia alternate electors scheme."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-attorneys-led-georgia-alternate-electors-plan-indicted-ex-gop-chairman-says%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=2008178&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>Former Georgia Republican Party Head\u200b Indicted in Racketeering Case<\/h2>\n<p>Former Georgia Republican Party head, David Shafer,\u2064 has found himself at the center of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-led-georgia-alternate-electors-plan-indicted-ex-gop-chairman-says\/\" title=\"Ex-GOP chairman claims Trump attorneys spearheaded Georgia alternate electors scheme.\">high-profile racketeering case<\/a>\u2064 in Fulton County. Shafer, along with 18 co-defendants, including\u200c former President Donald\u2064 Trump, is accused of conspiring to subvert the 2020 election results. Attorneys for Trump, \u200chis campaign, and local \u2063GOP members allegedly called\u2063 on Shafer to create a slate of alternate electors as part of \u2064this alleged conspiracy.<\/p>\n<h3>Shafer&#8217;s Defense<\/h3>\n<p>In a filing requesting to move\u200d the case to federal court, Shafer claimed that he and other Republican electors were acting under the direction \u200bof the incumbent President\u2062 and other federal officials. He stated that an attorney for the President was \u2064present at the meeting of the presidential electors and advised them that their duties were necessary\u200d on behalf of the President and the Constitution. Shafer identified co-defendant Ray Smith III as the attorney in question.<\/p>\n<h3>Transcript Revealed<\/h3>\n<p>Shafer presented a transcript of a \u200cmeeting between pro-Trump alternate electors, which showed \u200bSmith addressing the group before they signed an unofficial document certifying Trump&#8217;s\u2063 election victory. Smith \u2063explained that they were conducting this action because the election\u2062 contest \u200cin Georgia was\u2062 ongoing and that they were following the Constitution. He referenced a similar situation in Hawaii \u200din 1960.<\/p>\n<h3>Prosecutors&#8217; Rejection<\/h3>\n<p>Prosecutors from District Attorney Fani Willis&#8217;s team rejected Shafer&#8217;s argument that he was solely following the advice of Trump campaign lawyers. They suggested that Shafer had a leadership role above the alternate electors, \u200bleading to his indictment on racketeering charges.<\/p>\n<h3>Historical Reference<\/h3>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s mention of the 1960 Hawaii case referred\u200c to a situation where Democrats signed\u2064 documents claiming \u200dto \u200dbe the state&#8217;s legitimate \u200delectors during an ongoing recount. Although Richard Nixon had initially won the state, the recount indicated that John Kennedy was likely to prevail. Democrats convened to preserve their ability \u2063to have their electors counted in case the outcome\u200c reversed. Ultimately, Hawaii went to Kennedy, and \u200cthe new governor certified his victory just before Congress convened for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-snubs-special-counsel-issues-limited-gag-order-in-trump-election-case\/\" title=\"Judge denies special counsel's request, imposes partial gag order in Trump election case.\">electoral\u200b vote counting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-school-board-requests-queen-victoria-public-school-change-name-citing-queens-racist-legacy\/\" title=\"Toronto School Board Requests Queen Victoria Public School Change Name Citing Queen\u2019s \u2018Racist Legacy\u2019\">historical reference<\/a>, the indictment against Shafer and the other defendants stands, and they face various charges related to racketeering, impersonation, forgery, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-court-website-posts-document-with-13-charges-against-trump-and-then-deletes-it\/\" title=\"Georgia court website briefly published a document listing 13 charges against Trump, which was later removed.\">filing false documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/former-georgia-gop-chairman-indicted-racketeering-case\">The Washington\u2062 Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgia Republican Party head David Shafer, one of 18 co-defendants indicted by District Attorney Fani Willis, revealed that attorneys representing former President Donald Trump, his campaign, and local GOP members urged him to form a group of alternate electors. 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