11 Georgia Fake Electors Deemed “Criminal Targets”

Politico reports:

Eleven of the 16 Republicans who falsely signed certificates claiming to be Georgia’s valid presidential electors say they’ve been deemed criminal “targets” by the Fulton County district attorney [photo], who is investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.

In a court filing seeking to be excused from testifying to the Fulton County grand jury, the elector nominees say they invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination on the advice of their attorneys, and they derided the change of their status as a “publicity stunt.”

The Republicans contended that they acted lawfully, casting “contingent” electoral votes in the event that a court ruling deemed them the legitimate electors for Georgia.

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11 false Georgia electors say they’ve been deemed criminal “targets” of the Fulton County investigation into efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.https://t.co/6uPVmkbYfY

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