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Salon reports: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is requesting former special counsel Jack Smith’s findings in his probe of Donald Trump’s alleged election subversion plot, a week before the president-elect gains the power to shut down the report. In a Sunday letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Mayes requested the full case, including Smith’s findings against alleged conspirators, in …

CNN reports: Nevada prosecutors have refiled criminal charges against the six Republican “fake electors” who tried to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat in that state. The retooled charges were announced Thursday by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat. His original case, filed last year, was thrown out by a Las Vegas judge who concluded it was filed in the …

The Associated Press reports: Wisconsin prosecutors filed 10 additional felony charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide to President-elect Donald Trump who advised Trump in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that the Republican had won the battleground state that year. Jim Troupis, who was Trump’s attorney in Wisconsin, Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who …

The Associated Press reports: Former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the Georgia 2020 election meddling case against the President-elect and others, is trying to invalidate that plea. Chesebro was charged in August 2023, alongside Donald Trump and 17 others, in a sprawling indictment accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to …

NBC News reports: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Sunday that she has “no intention” of dropping the criminal case against a group of President-elect Donald Trump’s allies who sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Arizona. “I have no intention of breaking that case up. I have no intention of dropping that case,” Mayes, a Democrat, …

CNN reports: An Arizona judge has set a trial date of January 5, 2026, for allies of former President Donald Trump charged for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. If that date holds, it means the Arizona case will go to trial close to five years after the alleged crimes were committed and take place six months later …

Politico reports: An Arizona Republican who falsely claimed to be a legitimate presidential elector for former President Donald Trump — part of a sweeping effort by Trump and his allies to subvert the 2020 election — has pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme. Lorraine Pellegrino, one of 11 Arizona Republicans who falsely posed as Trump’s electors that year, …

The Arizona Republic reports: Charges have been dropped against one of the defendants in Arizona’s so-called “fake electors” case in exchange for cooperation in the case, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced on Monday. Jenna Ellis signed the agreement on Monday morning. “This agreement represents a significant step forward in our case,” Attorney General Mayess said in an emailed statement. …

Reuters reports: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, two states seen as must-wins in the Nov. 5 presidential election, have failed to adopt electoral reforms intended to avoid a repeat of the chaos that followed Republican Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat. Their failure to embrace a 2022 federal law could attract the post-election attention of Trump and his Republican allies. …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes [photo] plans to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants in her investigation of the so-called “fake electors” scheme will become a cooperating witness for the prosecution. “We are going to have a very significant announcement to make early next week,” Mayes said during Friday’s taping of this weekend’s …

Law & Crime reports: The man formally presenting convicted felon and former President Donald Trump with his nomination as leader of the Republican Party at the Republican National Convention this week will be Michael McDonald, the Nevada GOP chairman who was indicted along with five others for allegedly submitting bogus electoral slates for the 2020 election that declared Trump winner …

CNN reports: Seven battleground states are sending fake electors and others who worked to upend the 2020 election results to represent their state parties at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where they will officially anoint Donald Trump as their presidential nominee. The fake electors and other election deniers identified by CNN include several who are currently facing criminal charges …

From the far-right cultist site The Federalist: A leading House Democrat pushed the debunked conspiracy theory there were “fake electors” in the 2020 presidential election during a floor speech on Wednesday. The moment came during a debate on the SAVE Act, a GOP bill that would require individuals to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. New York Democrat …

Media Matters has the transcript: CALLER: You talked to that other caller about the Constitution. Well, I don’t think I want anyone who said I will suspend the Constitution to keep myself in power and told his vice president to reject Biden electors and keep his fake electors just like he told Mike Pence. I don’t think I want anyone …

NBC News reports: Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Donald Trump during his 2020 presidential campaign, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the “fake electors” case in Arizona, where she and 17 other defendants face forgery, fraud and conspiracy charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. All 18 of those charged have pleaded not guilty in Arizona. Ellis …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: “This is a complete misuse of the criminal process to interfere with the 2024 election,” Giuliani said. Asked whether he had any regrets about his actions related to the election interference case, Giuliani said, “Oh, my goodness, no,” adding, “I’m very, very proud of it.” “But you don’t seem to be presuming me innocent. You seem …

The Associated Press reports: Weeks after being served with a notice of his indictment, former New York Mayor and ex-president Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani was processed on Monday in the so-called fake electors case. His mugshot was released just after 2 p.m. On May 21, Giuliani and 10 others pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges of conspiracy, forgery, and …

The Arizona Republic reports: Two top aides to Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Friday morning to charges stemming from a plan to keep him in the White House by falsely certifying he won the state in 2020. Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, and Michael “Mike” Roman, a member of Trump’s campaign team, were arraigned in a Maricopa County …

The Washington Post reports: Wisconsin’s attorney general filed charges Tuesday against an aide and two attorneys who advised Donald Trump over a meeting of Republicans who claimed to be the state’s 2020 presidential electors even though Trump had lost the state. The charges are the first in Wisconsin related to the meeting of electors. Prosecutors have separately charged Republicans who …

The Washington Post reports: Republican activists in at least three states where Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat in 2020 — nearly all of them under criminal indictment for casting electoral votes for him despite his loss — are poised to reprise their roles as presidential electors this year. Six activists in Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico have made …