Cases delayed until April for second group of Michigan Republicans charged in fake elector plot

(Michigan Advance) The second cohort of Michigan Republicans charged with submitting false electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election were scheduled to be in Lansing district court Tuesday morning, but the complexity and sheer volume of issues to be decided pushed their cases out for more than two months.

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office, which is heading the criminal prosecution of the 15 defendants, asserts that the group willfully signed several documents falsely claiming they were the state’s rightful electors in 2020, submitting false electoral votes to Washington, D.C.

President Joe Biden won Michigan by more than 154,000 votes in 2020 and thus won all 16 of the state’s 16 electoral votes.

The first six of the 15 individuals — Michigan GOP National Committeewoman Kathleen Berden, Amy Facchinello, John Haggard, Mari-Ann Henry, Michele Lundgren and former Michigan GOP Co-chair Meshawn Maddock — began their hearings in Lansing’s 54A District Court in December, and are scheduled to resume on Feb. 11 and 12. .............(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/01/30/cases-delayed-until-april-for-second-group-of-michigan-republicans-charged-in-fake-elector-plot/