Sixteen Republicans who allegedly signed paperwork to falsely claim Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential election have been criminally charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said there was a “coordinated effort to award the state’s electoral votes to the candidate of their choosing”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the first time anyone has been charged for trying to overturn Trump’s defeat via the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 16 people face a series of felonies, including forgery, conspiracy to commit forgery, and conspiracy to commit election forgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The charges carry possible penalties ranging from five to 14 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their alleged aim was to get Congress to accept false certificates for Trump, even though Democrat Joe Biden carried the state by 154,000 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The defendants met covertly in the basement of the state’s Republican Party headquarters in Michigan, Ms Nessel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They signed multiple certificates stating they were the “duly elected and qualified electors for President and Vice President of the United States of America for the State of Michigan”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group includes Marian Sheridan, the grassroots vice chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party; Meshawn Maddock, former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party; Republican National Committeewoman Kathy Berden; and Stanley Grot, the clerk in Shelby Township, a northern suburb of Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the congressional committee that investigated the Capitol attack, Trump and his allies sought to overturn his November 2020 defeat by convincing Republican-controlled legislatures in battleground states to name their own Trump-friendly electors or refuse to name any at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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