A Michigan trial court dismissed charges against President Donald Trump’s 2020 electors on Tuesday.
District Court Judge Kristen Simmons stated during a hearing that Trump’s 2020 electors won’t go to trial because they were “executing their constitutional right to seek redress,” and not guilty of fraud or deception. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel introduced forgery charges to the electors in 2023.
“Typically people who are seeking to defraud or deceive the public do not gather and make a spectacle,” said Simmons.
Simmons also said the 2020 electors weren’t “savvy or sophisticated enough to understand fully the electoral process.” She declined to accept the perception of the document signed by the accused individuals declaring their status as “elected and qualified electors” as proof of fraud or forgery.
“This alternate document doesn’t state it’s an official document of the state of Michigan, doesn’t contain a certificate of vote, no one attempted to forge the governor’s signature, no one attempted to create a fake seal,” said Simmons.
Nessel expressed disagreement with the judge’s ruling and said she is considering an appeal.
A similar case filed by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is pending in the Maricopa County Superior Court. Like Nessel, Mayes brought charges of fraud, forgery, and conspiracy. Also similar to Nessel’s case, Mayes’ case has its own challenges to overcome.
In May, the case was dealt a major setback after a judge remanded the case to the grand jury for failure to provide jurors with key facts, specifically the 1887 Electoral Count Act. Mayes plans to file a special action to appeal the ruling.
Public records revealed that Mayes relied on a plan from a leftist dark money operation, States United Democracy Center (SUDC, formerly the Voter Protection Program), to prosecute the Arizona electors. Governor Katie Hobbs also outsourced governmental authority to SUDC. SUDC was credited by multiple major media outlets as part of the “shadow cabal” that ensured Trump’s loss in 2020.
Both the former governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, and former recorder of Maricopa County, Stephen Richer, serve on SUDC’s advisory board.
Unlike Mayes, Nessel hasn’t claimed any arrangement with SUDC.
Records of a collaboration between SUDC and Nessel’s office may not exist. SUDC has a record of advising the concealment and destruction of public records. The organization told Hobbs and Mayes as much in their agreements.
Mayes and Nessel have a close relationship. In February, the pair launched an ongoing podcast to discuss legal topics and active cases, “Pantsuits and Lawsuits.” The podcast focuses heavily on their collective efforts to challenge the Trump administration.
The 2020 Arizona electors indicted by Mayes were former Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward and her husband Michael Ward; Turning Point Action COO Tyler Bowyer; Arizona Federation of Republican Women member Nancy Cottle; State Senator Jake Hoffman and former state senator Anthony Kern; former congressional candidate Jim Lamon; former Cochise County Republican Committee chair Robert Montgomery; former Gila County Republican Party leader Samuel Moorhead; Ahwatukee Republican Women member Lorraine Pellegrino; and and former Arizona Republican Party leader Greg Safsten.
I do not see thousands of people marching on the streets demanding the withdrawal of the lawsuit and the resignation of Mayes. That means people are supporting her actions. The majority elected her and seems to agree with her. Less democratic countries have huge demonstrations with thousands of people on the street when they are not satisfied with the government’s work. Why is not that happening in this state?
we need to know each and everyone of these anti-AMERICA people
Time to put an end to the witch hunt. It never should have happened.
Mayes needs to have her law license revoked for violating their civil rights.